ABS 200: A Case Study Of Severe Depression: Clinical Psychology
Severe Depression: Clinical Psychology
Angelice Szabo
ABS 200
Instructor: Ruth Scott
March 31, 2014
Applied Psychology is the application of knowledge, theories, principles, and techniques of psychology to real life settings. It refers to several branches of psychology, Clinical psychology is one of them. This paper is discussing severe depression and the role that clinical psychology has in the intervention and treatment of it. Clinical psychology is the branch of psychology that is responsible for understanding and treating mental health problems (Davey, 2011). A clinical psychologist would provide individual and group based psychological interventions (Davey, 2011). Severe depression is one of the many issues that …show more content…
He is suffering from severe depression and it appears that the disposition for depression is genetic. Which was triggered by stress from a loss of employment and then became intensified when he lost his wife, children and his home because of divorce. “Several biological, psychological and social factors, and the presence of comorbid psychiatric or medical illnesses, impact on depression severity” (Sonawalla, & Fava, 2001, p. 765). There are studies that support that major life events have caused depression. “The relationship between stressful life events and depression is well established based on a large number of studies, suggesting that stressful life events markedly increase the risk of depression” (Romanov, Varjonen, Kaprio, & Koskenvuo 2003, p. 25). Joe’s life events that had caused him to become depressed were him losing his job. Then on top of that his wife divorced him and took his home and his children. Depression was common in his …show more content…
(2011). Applied Psychology. Chichester, West Sussex: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Grohol, J. M. (2014, March 16). Depression. Retrieved from Psych Central: http://psychcentral.com/disorders/depression/
Hansen, H., Christensen, E., Dam, H., Gluud, C., Wetterslev, J., & Kessing, L. (2012). The Effects of Centralized and Specialized Intervention in the Early Course of Severe Unipolar Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Plos ONE, 7(3), 1-9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032950
Moller, H.-J. &. Bottlender, R: (2006). Severe mental illness in depression. Acta Psychiatr Scand, 64–68.
Pohl, J. Olmstead, M. C., Wynne-Edwards, K. E., Harkness, K. and Menard, J. L. (2007). Repeated Exposure to Stress Across the Childhood–Adolescent Period Alters Rats’ Anxiety- and Depression-Like Behaviors in Adulthood: The Importance of Stressor Type and Gender. Behavioral Neuroscience, 462-474.
Romanov, K., Varjonen, J., Kaprio, J., & Koskenvuo, M. (2003). Life events and depressiveness – the effect of adjustment for psychosocial factors, somatic health and genetic liability. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 107(1), 25-33. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.01419.x
Sonawalla, S. B., & Fava, M. M. (2001). Severe Depression: Is There a Best Approach?. CNS Drugs, 15(10),
Angelice Szabo
ABS 200
Instructor: Ruth Scott
March 31, 2014
Applied Psychology is the application of knowledge, theories, principles, and techniques of psychology to real life settings. It refers to several branches of psychology, Clinical psychology is one of them. This paper is discussing severe depression and the role that clinical psychology has in the intervention and treatment of it. Clinical psychology is the branch of psychology that is responsible for understanding and treating mental health problems (Davey, 2011). A clinical psychologist would provide individual and group based psychological interventions (Davey, 2011). Severe depression is one of the many issues that …show more content…
He is suffering from severe depression and it appears that the disposition for depression is genetic. Which was triggered by stress from a loss of employment and then became intensified when he lost his wife, children and his home because of divorce. “Several biological, psychological and social factors, and the presence of comorbid psychiatric or medical illnesses, impact on depression severity” (Sonawalla, & Fava, 2001, p. 765). There are studies that support that major life events have caused depression. “The relationship between stressful life events and depression is well established based on a large number of studies, suggesting that stressful life events markedly increase the risk of depression” (Romanov, Varjonen, Kaprio, & Koskenvuo 2003, p. 25). Joe’s life events that had caused him to become depressed were him losing his job. Then on top of that his wife divorced him and took his home and his children. Depression was common in his …show more content…
(2011). Applied Psychology. Chichester, West Sussex: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Grohol, J. M. (2014, March 16). Depression. Retrieved from Psych Central: http://psychcentral.com/disorders/depression/
Hansen, H., Christensen, E., Dam, H., Gluud, C., Wetterslev, J., & Kessing, L. (2012). The Effects of Centralized and Specialized Intervention in the Early Course of Severe Unipolar Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Plos ONE, 7(3), 1-9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032950
Moller, H.-J. &. Bottlender, R: (2006). Severe mental illness in depression. Acta Psychiatr Scand, 64–68.
Pohl, J. Olmstead, M. C., Wynne-Edwards, K. E., Harkness, K. and Menard, J. L. (2007). Repeated Exposure to Stress Across the Childhood–Adolescent Period Alters Rats’ Anxiety- and Depression-Like Behaviors in Adulthood: The Importance of Stressor Type and Gender. Behavioral Neuroscience, 462-474.
Romanov, K., Varjonen, J., Kaprio, J., & Koskenvuo, M. (2003). Life events and depressiveness – the effect of adjustment for psychosocial factors, somatic health and genetic liability. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 107(1), 25-33. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.01419.x
Sonawalla, S. B., & Fava, M. M. (2001). Severe Depression: Is There a Best Approach?. CNS Drugs, 15(10),