Psychological Disorder: Major Depressive Disorder
Please read the following chapter in your text:
Chapter 15: “Psychological Disorders”
Library Reading
Kakaje, A., Fadel, A., Makki, L., Ghareeb, A., & Al Zohbi, R. (2021). Mental distress and psychological disorders related to COVID-19 mandatory lockdown. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 585235.
DSM–5-TR
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM–5-TR) is a comprehensive and critical resource for diagnosing and classifying mental disorders. Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the content and layout of the manual. This will be discussed in a bit more detail during Seminar this week. The manual can be accessed under the Digital Book area in the left navigation of the course.
Please respond to the following:
Explain what is necessary to determine if a person may have a psychological disorder.
Discuss what the library research article indicated about Mental Distress and Psychological Disorders Related to COVID-19 Mandatory Lockdown.
Choose one psychological disorder to examine more closely. Describe the symptoms that would be necessary to determine that a person may have this disorder.
Psychological Disorder
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Mental disorders cause suffering and limit a person's ability to perform their duties. These factors frequently affect how people think, behave, and feel. They may also impact how well a person does in important areas, such as work, school, relationships, and other significant fields (Kaser & Sahakian, 2019). A person must be subjected to a set of diagnosis and classification procedures to identify whether or not they have a mental health condition. These procedures will decide whether the individual's signs or the behaviors they have demonstrated satisfy a mental illness threshold for diagnosis.
Information According to the library research report, there is a clear link between Covid-19 and psychiatric problems. The research also discovered that those forced to stay home during the COVID-19 lockdown experienced mental health problems (Kakaje et al., 2021). They are probably unable to routinely ...