Mood Disorders
MOOD DISORDERS
A 32-year old female Janice Butterfield, who came in at the insistence of her husband Jed Butterfield for a consultation concerning her suicidal attempt due to dysthymia. American Heritage Dictionary defines that dysthymia is a chronic disturbance of mood lasting at least two years in adults or one year in children, characterized by recurrent periods of mild depression and such symptoms. Although the symptoms of dysthymia may be less intense than those of depression, dysthymia can actually affect the client’s life more seriously because it lasts so long. With dysthymia, he or she may lose interest in normal daily activities, feel hopeless, lack productivity and has a low self-esteem. Therefore, dysthymia prevents the client from living life to its fullest and overall quality of life may be low. Dysthymia is also known as dysthymic disorder and sometimes as chronic depression and minor depression. The characteristic of Janice was clearly fit to the term of dysthymic disorder. During the psychotherapist’s visit, Dr Tobin noticed that Janice was staring the floor blankly and was static in her sitting position as if she was in an altered state. Nevertheless, with her condition as such, she managed to dress well and groomed herself but though she could not hide her depression as was clearly fixed on her face. She might be suffering from inner pain. As Janice’s characteristics, clearly correspond the criteria of an abnormal behavior person. Janice certainly engaged in behavior that put her at risk, who had turned on the car’s ignition with the sense to suffocate herself. She felt depressed and felt “hopeless loser”, who had no reason to live. Even she was experiencing persistent feelings of distress of losing her mother, which greatly affected her life and moreover, she felt depressed as she was risking her relationship with her husband who constantly complained about Janice’s neglecting her responsibilities towards her family, as she could not
A 32-year old female Janice Butterfield, who came in at the insistence of her husband Jed Butterfield for a consultation concerning her suicidal attempt due to dysthymia. American Heritage Dictionary defines that dysthymia is a chronic disturbance of mood lasting at least two years in adults or one year in children, characterized by recurrent periods of mild depression and such symptoms. Although the symptoms of dysthymia may be less intense than those of depression, dysthymia can actually affect the client’s life more seriously because it lasts so long. With dysthymia, he or she may lose interest in normal daily activities, feel hopeless, lack productivity and has a low self-esteem. Therefore, dysthymia prevents the client from living life to its fullest and overall quality of life may be low. Dysthymia is also known as dysthymic disorder and sometimes as chronic depression and minor depression. The characteristic of Janice was clearly fit to the term of dysthymic disorder. During the psychotherapist’s visit, Dr Tobin noticed that Janice was staring the floor blankly and was static in her sitting position as if she was in an altered state. Nevertheless, with her condition as such, she managed to dress well and groomed herself but though she could not hide her depression as was clearly fixed on her face. She might be suffering from inner pain. As Janice’s characteristics, clearly correspond the criteria of an abnormal behavior person. Janice certainly engaged in behavior that put her at risk, who had turned on the car’s ignition with the sense to suffocate herself. She felt depressed and felt “hopeless loser”, who had no reason to live. Even she was experiencing persistent feelings of distress of losing her mother, which greatly affected her life and moreover, she felt depressed as she was risking her relationship with her husband who constantly complained about Janice’s neglecting her responsibilities towards her family, as she could not