and treatment of depression in adolescents as well as the contextualised issues, cultural implications and other abnormal behaviour associated with the disorder will be discussed. DEPRESSION IN ADOLESCENTS 4. Background of Depression in Adolescence Adolescence is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood, a stage of major growth and development in which significant physiological, cognitive, psychological and behavioural changes take place. Understandably then, adolescence
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Dysthymia The most common mood disorder is depression. A person who is depressed often feels overwhelmed with sadness. He or she will lose interest in the things that they normally enjoy doing. He or she might experience intense feelings of worthlessness and guilt that makes them unable to feel pleasure. He or she might feel tired or apathetic, unable to make even a simple decision. Many depressed people blame themselves for their problems and feel that they have failed
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but they have a hard time. Another type is major depression, or a major depressive episode, and is more severe. This is the depression that prevents people from functioning and interferes with daily tasks.(Owen, 2000) Children who suffer from depression experience the same symptoms as adults. There are several symptoms divided into three categories: cornerstone symptoms, typical symptoms, and atypical symptoms. The cornerstone symptoms include depressive mood, feeling down or sad nearly the entire
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of severity, from minor feelings of discomfort and sadness to major and severe depression. Dysthymia, also called persistent depressive disorder, is a “depressed mood for most of the day, for more days than not, as indicated by either subjective account or observation by others, for at least 2 years¨ (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013, p. 168). This chronic state of depression is not severe as the ones experienced in Major Depression, but they are significant enough to cause problems and
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Bipolar I Disorder is defined by manic or mixed episodes that can last up to seven days; extreme manic episodes can become so severe that the person needs immediate care. Depressive episodes may occur as well, these episodes can last at least 2 weeks. Usually a manic stage can occur first and when you come down off of these manic episodes, you typically spiral into a depression over what you may have done. Bipolar I Disorder usually will develop in a person's later teenage years or early adult years
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amongst women are considerably startling because one out of every eight woman are the ones who are affected and suffer with the onset of major depression. That women are twice as likely as men to have depression is a consistent finding in psychiatric epidemiology and is not simply a consequence of females being more likely to report, recall or seek help for depressive symptoms. Before puberty, boys are slightly more likely than girls to be
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his primary problem is that he suffers from some form of depression. Based upon Bills symptoms it is hypothesized that he suffers from Major Depressive Disorder. This disorder that bill suffers from causes you to be in a bad mood, not getting any pleasure from activities, and having no interest in anything that he does. Symptoms include sleeping and eating disorders, not being about to think or concentrate. It also can cause problems making decisions, and often thinking about suicide. These symptoms
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explanations of major depression. Psychological explanations refer to the cognitive and behavioral theories of major depression such as negative cognitions, learned helplessness, and hopelessness. While biological explanations refer to genetic and neurochemical factors to explain the development and maintenance of major depression (Davey, 2011). Major depression, also commonly referred to as clinical depression, major depressive illness, major affective disorder, or unipolar mood disorder, is a clinical
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PSY 410 April 15, 2013 Psychosis Although psychosis is listed as a mental disorder, it is more of a form of schizophrenia. Psychosis is one symptom which may be detected in many different mental illnesses. It can also be the result of some physical illnesses. Individuals who suffer from psychosis, experience hallucinations, such as hearing or seeing nonexistent items. Psychosis causes the individual to change the way in which they think, feel, and perceive things
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PSY-101-OL May 2008 1a. Define the fundamental attribution error and explain how it distorts social perception. The fundamental attribution error is “the tendency for people to over-emphasize dispositional, or personality-based, explanations for behaviors observed in others while under-emphasizing situational explanations” (Wikipedia, 2001). People have the tendency to choose the dispositional explanation instead of the situational explanation of and event. For example your boss walks up to you
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