Depressive Disorder

depressed today. Just as Tina's surroundings, inner conflict, and other contributing factors her cognitive habits are affected as well. The negative thoughts of her situation and of herself and thinking that it will never go away or get any better is how her cognitive habits have changed. Her stage of depression at this time becomes uncontrollable. "One of the strongest bad cognitive habits associated with depression is rumination- brooding about everything that is wrong in your life, sitting alone, thinking about how unmotivated you feel, and persuading yourself that no one loves you or ever will." (Wade, & Tavris, 2008, p.383) The quote just mentioned describes what Tina is experiencing with her major depressive disorder. As far as Tina having the freedom to make her own decisions, she does not believe that she does. Her decisions are not made for her or for the best interest of her life. This falls into the category of the humanistic-existential perspective, which focuses on a person's uniqueness and free will. Finally, in relation to Tina's case study the community-cultural perspective, in which roles of social relationships and the effect of socioeconomic state on maladaptive behavior plays a very effective part in this situation. Her social relationship is no longer what it used to be she has become isolated from others (Carlson, 2011). So how is it that these theoretical perspectives or approaches relate to the Tina's diagnosis? Tina suffers from depression and from every theoretical perspective talked about she has been affected in that area.

Possible treatments that would be recommended according to each of the six theoretical perspectives and the related prognosis for recovery could be of therapeutic treatment and more. Biologically based -treatment consist of medication usually an antidepressant drugs and