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Introduction In this essay the author will be discussing a case study of a patient with a condition of major depression. The author will also discuss what depression is; the assessment that was done on the patient, interventions and medications as well as the effects of the condition on the focused patient in my case study. The author has chosen to use this condition for their case study because they find depression interesting in terms of what and how much impact it had on this patient’s physical, sociological and mental state. Moreover, using this patient’s condition for the case study will enable the author to know the care needs of the patients with this condition in the future. Also studying depression for the case study will also help improve the author’s theoretical and practical knowledge of depression. Names that are used in this case study have been changed in order to meet up with the requirements of Nursing & Midwifery Council code of conduct (NMC, 2008) on privacy and confidentiality. Mrs Smith had been admitted to the community hospital for rehab following a discharge from Hospital; she had recently been diagnosed with a condition of major depression in January 2014. She already was suffering from a condition of anxiety just after she had lost her mother in August 2013. The illness and Condition Depression is a psychological disorder that affects an individual’s mood. According to (Moragne, 2011 pg. 16) depression is a mood disorder caused by a combination of biological, psychological and environmental factors that will affect a person’s mind and body. Mood disorders affect a person’s mental, social and physical well-being and this can have major effects on the individual. Under (DSM-IV-TR cited in, American Psych... ... middle of paper ... ... from communicating by being silent and talk negatively and which can be difficult for everyone. Another, issue was that Mrs Smith did get emotional and cried at times; therefore, the author and the mentor had to stop the assessment for a while until Mrs Smith was no longer distressed. This is also supported by (Sanders 2011, pg. 501) who suggested that communicating with a depressed patient can be quite difficult. This is exactly what the author experienced when assessing Mrs Smith. Since Mrs Smith had been living with depression she was taking medications such as antidepressants which made her feel better and suppressed the symptoms from getting worse. Therefore, she was considered to be at low risk of self harming since the symptoms were suppressed by the medication but a follow up and mental health team checkups were arranged for her when she gets discharged.

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