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Describe diagnosis of major depressive disorder


Question: What are the limitations of your diagnosis of major depressive disorder? How might diagnostic bias (e.g., gender, race, class) affect assessment in this case? Erin Callahan is a 22-year-old white woman referred to the campus counseling center by a concerned resident assistant (RA) at her university. The RA reported that Erin had been crying inconsolably in the dorm's shared bathroom and mentioned wanting "everything to stop." She had also recently withdrawn from her classes and stopped showing up to her work-study job. When the RA tried to check in, Erin accused her of "pretending to care" and slammed the door in her face. Erin agreed to meet with a social worker the following week. She arrived late to the appointment wearing an oversized sweatshirt with the hood up and avoided eye contact throughout much of the meeting. She was quiet and tense, but when asked why she came in, she said, "I guess it's this or get kicked out of school." Erin said she often feels like she's "on the outside looking in" and described herself as "exhausted, angry, and empty." She recently left a psychiatric hospital after a suicide attempt but said the experience was "just more people not? Need Assignment Help?

 

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