Discussion:
Cultural Factors and Depression for Andrea
An analysis of the cultural factors and related social and familial issues that you consider important in making a culturally sensitive diagnosis of "Andrea C.", and an explanation of their impact on the assessment and diagnosis.think about how a client's gender, culture (including the culture of physical disabilities), ethnicity, family (or lack thereof), and possible religious background may help you form a more complete case conceptualization.
In Andrea's case her symptomatic patterns showed that she may experience some physical pain, feel that others do not know how sick she's feeling, irritable, lack of effectiveness in life, personality problems, and stress (Butcher et al., 2013, p. 118). Andrea reported to feeling guilty, unworthy, deserves to be punished for her wrongs, regretful and unhappy about life, anxiety, hopeless, poor memory, poor concentration, no energy,). Therefore it is likely that Andrea is suffering from depression and may be focusing more on physical pain as some cultures do. Taking her culture into consideration can have an impact on the assessment because it will be understood that she is trying to cover up her depression by blaming her feelings on pain.