Harkness, K., & Lumley, M. (2008). Child abuse and neglect and the development of depression in children and adolescents. In J. Abela & B. Hankin (Eds.), Handbook of depression in children and adolescents. New York. The Guildford Press.…
You are approached by a potential client suffering from clinical depression. He has been treated on and off by doctors for over 20 years, has a lifestyle of moving around and engaging in hedonistic activity. He is not currently registered with a doctor. He wants to use CBT to control his depression alongside smoking cannabis. How would you respond to this case?…
For the purpose of the assignment the author was provided with an enquiry based learning (EBL) scenario. From the scenario the author shall attempt to disseminate the information provided, explore key concepts and provide an adequate option for the Calvert family. The scenario referred to a fabricated family, who were facing emotional and behavioural difficulties with their son Darren (7 years old). These difficulties were causing concern to a number of sources including his family, school teachers and health visitor. The assignment shall discuss the service provision that would be suitable for the family and their situation. It will then explore two possible contributory reasons for Darren’s presentation, and an associated intervention to contribute to positive outcomes for the whole family.…
A child being exposed to the loss of a parents, sexual abuse, insults, domestic violence and poverty can lead to the child developing depression as well as anxiety disorders. A family can also lead to poor academic performance, poor social skills, and also result in a child being a juvenile delinquent. Child counselors are able to help some children through different types of therapies and medications. There are many different types of medications that offer temporary relief and they include Buspirone, Litihium, Bupropion and Fluoxetine. The most effective treatment is for the child to continuously go to therapy to change the negative behavior patterns. Although some traumas such as a loss of a parent or an accident can’t be prevented, children should not have to experience violence, abuse and insults within their family because a family is supposed to make a child feel…
Just 50 years ago, a child being diagnosed with clinical depression would have been incredibly rare (Family Practice News, 2004). On top of that, it was thought to only happen in the worst of situations, such as with extreme neglect or physical abuse. However, as the detection and acceptance of childhood depression continues to advance, occurrences of childhood depression diagnoses are also rising in every population across the globe (Family Practice News, 2004). In the second article presented above, the students of 21 schools were given the CDI. Upon screening and evaluating students, it was found that nearly one-third (29.2%) of the children from the Wisconsin schools were at risk for depression (Family Practice News,…
Depression is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “a state of being depressed; a state of feeling sad. A psychoneurotic or psychotic disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendencies” (Merriam-Websters).…
There are many diseases are not only have a physical pain, they have a psychological pain too. Postnatal depression is one of these illnesses. Postnatal depression is a psychological condition which effects mothers after childbirth. Mothers with this condition may experience a fall tension and stress. A mother who has postnatal depression as a dark shadow stuck up on her.(1) They severe a really bad days, isolation from others and probably to have a continual crying. Postnatal depression has several psychosocial and physical causes that affect the mother’s life and the relationships between mother and her baby, family, and social life.…
7101CCJ FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION & POLICIES ESSAY: Question: ‘In contemporary society we see two emerging trends affecting people with a mental illness. The first trend is using the criminal justice system to give the community greater protection from ‘dangerous’ mentally ill offenders. The second trend is towards making legal processes more therapeutic. These trends are in complete conflict and cannot coexist’. Discuss.…
Crockford, D. N., & Berg, A. (2013). Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Patients with…
Trauma is defined ‘as an event that threatens the physical or psychological safety’. It causes one to have ‘feelings of terror and helplessness’. Trauma is caused by many different events, including but not limited to, abuse, assault, war, or a natural disaster (Dods). When a person, no matter the age, experiences a type of trauma the brain automatically goes into a fight or flight response (Walkley; Cox). The fight or flight response is when the hypothalamus activates two systems.…
Major Depressive Disorder, also referred to commonly as depression, is a brain disorder that causes both physical and psychological symptoms in the patients of whom it effects. Depression is very common, but the symptoms can be extremely severe and potentially deadly if left ignored or untreated for any significant period of time. The cause of depression can be a combination of genetic, environmental, and psychological factors. Depression is a chronic disorder and can affect someone’s life heavily because of the potentially dramatic decrease in quality of life. Although major depressive disorder effects everyone differently, suicide is a potential risk of the disorder and all cases of depression must…
The word depression has a tendency to be associated with adults. In reality adults have much more to worry about than children, such as: financial responsibilities, family personal dilemmas, work challenges, and the overall wellbeing of themselves and their families. The truth is that society has a tendency to also forget that children are also plagued with this horrible disease. Unfortunately for them, it is difficult to express themselves. In today’s society with so many children going to extreme measures to “fix” certain situations, people will soon discover that at the root of the child’s problems there are instances of depression. Depression is not a simple matter that will always go away when it is recognized, but instead can be something that has to be dealt with daily. There have to be adjustments, compromises, support, and understanding from all the pieces of the individual’s life.…
Major depression is a therapeutic sickness influencing 9.9 million American grown-ups. Dissimilar to typical emotional encounters of passing mood states, misery, or loss, major depression is constant and can fundamentally meddle with an individual's thinking, conduct, mind-set, action, and physical wellbeing. Major depression has 4 categories. The first is the manner by which it influences your point of view/thought process making it hard to focus and most thoughts are negative. Second is mood change and inspiration and the individual no longer appreciates exercises like before and are bad tempered more often than not. Third is behavioral change, for example, losing enthusiasm for sex, no longer thinking about individual cleanliness, appetite…
A psychological disorder is defined as behavioral or psychological processes that impact multiple kinds of distress or impairment in one's life. There have been various psychological disorders that were identified and classified, some of which are: mood disorders, such as depression; personality disorders, such as antisocial personality disorder; and others. One individual can be diagnosed with multiple psychological disorders. In this paper the following topics will be discussed, psychological disorders, diagnostic and statistical manual, dissociative disorders, mood disorders, and suicide. There are specific criteria which indicate psychological disorders through mental and behavioral processes.…
All over the world, children are being abused mentally and physically everyday. It is important that people know the different psychological disorders and symptoms that children have due to the abuse they go through. It is also important as a parent, medical worker, officer, educator, and many others to be able to identify child abuse and the psychological disorders and symptoms in order to help protect that child or children. This paper will provide evidence to answer the question: What are potential psychological disorders and symptoms of children who experienced physical or mental abuse?…