Major Depressive Disorder: A Case Study

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The first diagnosis that I chose for Suzy was Major Depressive Disorder, recurrent/moderate. According to Dinger, Barrett, Zimmermann, Schauenburg, Wright, Renner, Mano and Barber (2015) “Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a clinically and etiologically heterogeneous condition evidencing wide symptomatic and response variability” (pg. 93).
The DSM-5 then goes into more details regarding the wide symptoms that Dinger et al hinted to. According to DSM-5, Major Depressive Disorder is characterized by insomnia, fatigue, somatic complaints, sleep disturbances, depressed mood, and loss of interest or pleasure in nearly all activities. I chose Major Depressive Disorder because of the symptoms that Suzy described experiencing nearly every day prior

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