Bipolar and Depressive Disorders
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The symptoms that would meet the criteria for Mental and Depressive Disorder have been treated by considering the cognitive-behavioral theory. Disability is caused by reoccurring or persistent depression that becomes a chronic mental illness. Its symptoms are characterized by recovery from the initial episode, followed subsequently by recurrences of chronic depression. It can start with either a dysphoric mood or negative thinking. Its cognitive state is the onset, followed by a downward spiral of negative attitudes and beliefs that deepen a depression. Suicidal ideations are born accompanied by extreme despair and occasional anxiety (Kang, 2020).
Depressed persons are likely to get negative thoughts, which become a primary focus (Jensen, 2016). Sadness cultivated by this state is a cause of depressive relapse and cognitive vulnerability. The state is presented in the form of low self-worth, remorse, shame, and negative thinking patterns. The social work approaches to treatment should address negative thinking responses, mood shifts, and negative attitudes. Rumination therapies would predict the recurrence of depressive symptoms, their duration, and severity and help individuals with depression that could lead to mental disorders make radical changes in their thinking (Verdolini, 2018).
Mental illness is a stigmatizing and thorny issue in the church. What is impossible with man is possible with God because the flesh will only bear a certain extend of wounds and no ore, and then the soul can bleed like in a bottomless pit, but these strains and despair cannot overcome God. God understands our broken-heartedness. That is why he sent His son to die for us; he gave us a comforter in the form of the Holy Spirit and demonstrated that he could cure mental illnesses in individuals. Therefore, I would use the scripture of Matthew 19:26 as the source of imparting hope and peace in my patient. I would describe God’s love for them and encourage them to face their challenges with God.
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Jensen, C. M., & Steinhausen, H. C. (2016). Time trends in lifetime incidence rates of first-time diagnosed bipolar and depressive disorders across 16 years in Danish psychiatric hospitals: a nationwide study. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 77(12), 1570-1575.
Kang, T. U., Moon, E., Choi, Y., Suh, H., Park, J. M., Lee, B. D., … & Lim, H. J. (2020). Anger-related characteristics according to chronotypes in bipolar or depressive disorders. Psychiatry
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Verdolini, N., Hidalgo‐Mazzei, D., Murru, A., Pacchiarotti, I., Samalin, L., Young, A. H., … & Carvalho, A. F. (2018). Mixed states in bipolar and major depressive disorders: a systematic review and quality appraisal of guidelines. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 138(3), 196-222.