~ Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from normal experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain ... it is entirely natural that the victim begins to think ceaselessly of oblivion. ~William Styron (1925-2006) The purpose of this paper is to analyze, diagnose, and to determine a proper treatment plan to work toward the beneficial prognosis for the individual indicated within the case study. Case study: Eve is a 40-year-old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinic complaining of having trouble sleeping, feeling "jumpy all of the time," and experiencing an inability to concentrate. These symptoms are causing problems for her at work, where she is an accountant. What is a Dysthymic Disorder, and how does it affect an individual? Dysthymic disorder is a chronic mood disorder that falls within the depression spectrum. This is a long-term, chronic disorder, but with less severity than Major Depressive Disorder. Just like major depression, dysthymia has roots in genetic, neurochemical imbalances, childhood and adulthood trauma, and social circumstances, especially in isolation and the unavailability to access mental health professional services. The stress that provokes at least early onset form is usually chronic. The criteria for Dysthymic Disorder states that an individual must have two or more of the following symptoms lasting for more than two years: feelings of hopelessness, insomnia or fatigue, poor concentration or having difficulty making decisions, low energy or fatigue, low self-esteem, poor appetite or overeating, and last irritability. Some of the symptoms will exclude mania, hypomanic or mixed episode commonly associated with bipolar dis... ... middle of paper ... ...ess of Psychotherapy and Combination Treatment for Chronic Depression,” Journal of Clinical Psychology (Aug. 2003): Vol. 59, No. 8, pp. 893–905. Comer, (2005) Fundamentals of abnormal psychology (4th Ed.). New York: Worth. Fieve, 2006. Bipolar II, Rodale Retrieved July 22, 2010 http://www.medicinenet.com/dysthymia/page4.htm Harvard Health Publications, 2005 .Dysthymia Retrieved on July 27, 2010 Works Cited Arnow BA, et al. “Effectiveness of Psychotherapy and Combination Treatment for Chronic Depression,” Journal of Clinical Psychology (Aug. 2003): Vol. 59, No. 8, pp. 893–905. Comer, (2005) Fundamentals of abnormal psychology (4th Ed.). New York: Worth. Fieve, 2006. Bipolar II, Rodale Retrieved July 22, 2010 http://www.medicinenet.com/dysthymia/page4.htm Harvard Health Publications, 2005 .Dysthymia Retrieved on July 27, 2010
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy appears to be a new treatment, although its roots can be traced to Albert Ellis’s Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy, published in 1962. Cognitive therapy assumes that thoughts precede actions and false self-beliefs cause negative emotions. It is now known that most depression treatments have cognitive components to them, whether they are recognized or not. In the 1970’s many psychologists began using cognitive components to describe depression. From there, they developed cognitive forms to treat depression with impressive results (Franklin, 2003).
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The disease has an unpredictable clinical course. This means it’s hard to give a prognosis in any single patient.
 Mild, chronic depression has probably existed as long as the human condition, although it has been referred to by various different names. The DSM-III replaced the term “neurotic depression” with dysthymic disorder--which literally means ‘ill-humored’-and it was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 1980
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Depression is well known for its mental or emotional symptoms. Symptoms for depression include: persistently sad or unhappy mood, loss of interest or pleasure in previously enjoyable activities, difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions, anxiety, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness, and thoughts of death or dying. “People who have endured a major depressive episode describe the experience as a descent into t...
There are many symptoms of depersonalization that patients with this disorder have to deal with. J.C. Dixon studied the symptoms of DPD and found many recurring ones that people explained they had. Examples of this were: other people seemed changed or unfamiliar, things a person was used to seemed strange, body seemed detached, no self- awareness, and no difference between self and not-self (Trueman 2). These are not the only symptoms, another one is a type of obsession, like OCD. A patient may resort to obsessing over their symptoms. They may keep looking at their hands to decide if they look any more or less real than an hour ago, or may repeatedly check hundre...
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