Psychology Case Study Alaina

Her anxiety and depression interfere with her academic and interpersonal functions. She struggles to motivate herself to attend her classes. She is not coping well with her internal struggles. She is

and having carefully analyzed the text, I am leaning towards a diagnosis of, major depressive disorder. The observed symptoms, which the protagonist seems to line up with the following symptoms listed in for Major depressive disorder in the DSM-5 checklist provided in the book (Comer, 2014). In the short story, the protagonist has mentioned and expressed with her actions feeling: in a depressed mood for most of the day, Daily diminished interest or pleasure in almost all activates for most of the day, Decrease in daily appetite, experiencing hypersomnia, daily fatigue or loss of energy (Comer, 2014). These things mentioned are symptoms that are categorized as being

She struggles with displaying appropriate and inappropriate behaviors with others. She longs for friends and a boyfriend, but due to her having difficulty with social communication and interactions, she hasn’t had any success.

Racism had tainted her life from the very beginning. During her childhood she attended a one-room school for blacks only. She was only allowed to attend school for a short time due to the ailing health of

like any other teenager, she faces problems with teen angst. In addition, the one thing

She began to feel disheartened; when she says her ‘heart sank further and further’. This tells us that she was feeling disappointed and felt that she should give up but by telling herself that one day life would ‘feel life was approximately a hundred times better’ it kept her going because she thought it would be over at some point and her life would then improve.

How she was treated differently such as she didn’t have too many friends and she and her siblings were treated differently for being

She felt like a loner. She was fighting her mum a lot, and said to her mother "maybe there's something else you'd like to find wrong with me while you're at it!" She didn't think about what other people felt. She was a

Paulette Jones has been experiencing many changes consistently with her health, which has affected her outlook on life. Paulette is constantly depress and worries if people accept her for who she is because her physical appearance has changed. The person she once was has disappeared. It is very rare that I get to see her happy, outgoing, spontaneous, and adventurous. She has recently visited here in Ga, and many of times I would walk pass and see her looking in the mirror at herself crying. Sometimes she appear happy, however deep down inside I can see her suffering as she wonders why she is on an endless downward spiral of life. It is very hard to look and hear my niece in such disarray on a continuous

After looking at all the symptoms and emotional set backs it is concluded that Jessica as Major Depression Disorder. I came to this diagnosis because of her emotional and physical changes. Jessica is no longer excited about life. She is withdrawn from all the things that she used to be interested. Her whole disposition has changed she feels worthless, like life has little to offer her or she just can not make the cut feeling sad and moody most of the time. The only difficulties with coming to this conclusion is she may also have a alcohol and substance abuse problem, but by her late activity of staying in bed and not wanting to be involved with anyone but herself she as also withdrawn from drinking and partying.

She knew that she should leave, that she should go out and have fun, but she could not. Depression is like a weight that holds you down. You are very aware of what you should and need to do, but that weight does not allow you to do it. The weight of depression and everything that comes with it is very tiresome along with extremely sad. After spending the day in bed, and going to the park alone, she was called in by her boss to talk.

From a biological perspective, there appears to be a potential for some genetic or inherited mental health issues, with various family members presenting with diagnosed and undiagnosed disorders. Family members including Toni’s mother, Aunt, and paternal grandmother appear to have mental health issues. In addition, a stress disorder is present in her uncle

There is no indication she has had a manic or hypomanic episode. Her depression may be complicated by grief due to her father’s death one year ago. Her symptoms seem to get worse after his passing.

Daniel is a seven-year-old male who is currently enrolled in the second grade in a public school. Recently Daniel's behavior has changed, and the mother expressed her concern about Daniel's lack of motivation to study and his aggressive behavior. She said that Daniel has always been a sweet and easy-going boy. Daniel has no history of medical complications, according to her mother, he has the vaccines up to date, and his last screening of hearing and vision was done by her primary doctor in January 2017, the results showed to be intact.

A social factor could again due to her childhood experiences. Her family showed little affection, her mother is inconsistent in her behaviour and Ruth had to take on a parental role of taking care of her siblings. This may lead to disorganised attachment in her childhood which contributes to the vulnerability to depression (Dobson & Dozois,