Abnormal Psychology Diagnosis

A detailed Summary of 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.

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at least two years, overeating, insomnia, low energy, a

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