Abnormal Psychology Diagnosis
I spoke with my uncle for the past two weekends when I went home, whom I will call participant for the duration of the paper. He has been very depressed lately. He spoke to me for about an hour and I asked him what was wrong and why he seemed so down. Well, he stated to me that he just was feeling very well lately and that he was going to die soon. He does not have any disease or medical problem that would support this. He told me that he was a hundred years old and he didn't have much longer. The participant is 45 years old and his responses were not a joke. He told me that he had been feeling depressed almost every day lately. He also has also gone through these stages of feeling down for more than two years through my own observation
beginning criterion for Dysthymia. I asked him while he was depressed how he felt. He He has had these symptoms for a long time and I cannot say if he has never been without seen over the years is his overeating. Now, two or more of the following symptoms are need for one of the criteria for the disorder; Poor appetite or overeating, insomnia or these symptoms for more than two months at a time. He told me, that he feels this way Another criteria, the disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a This is another one of the symptoms, which are needed to fit the criteria for Dysthymia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ at least two years, overeating, insomnia, low energy, a
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