Treatment Approaches to Depression
TREATMENT APPROACHES ASSINGMENT The purpose of this assignment is to outline and discuss the main treatment approaches available for a specific mental health problem, in this case, clinical Depression. Depression is described as “a profound mood disturbance in which there is extreme distress, misery and despair” (bhui, 2001). ... Depression varies in severity and duration, at its most acute, the sufferer can believe life to be unbearable and may attempt to injure themselves or to take their own lives. ... Depression is characterised by negative thoughts of owns self and the outside world. ... Depression may be regarded as pathological in terms of: *The intensity of the mood disturbance- it is an overwhelming and extreme experience of sadness, grief, hoplessness, despair and misery. ... (Adapted from Ironbar and Hooper, 2001) Many commentators believe that our early life experiences affect our disposition to depression. ... (Lytle, 2001) There are also many social factors seen to influence our disposition to depression, such as relationship problems, stress at work, poor housing, which are implicated. ... Thus, this negative of themselves and others makes them more prone to the symptoms of depression. ... The physical symptoms of depression include, poor sleep, which may take the form of broken sleep and/ or early morning wakening.