Журнал клинических случаев

Case Study of Major Depressive Disorder

Abstract

Muhammad Ejaz and Muhammad Zafar Iqbal

This document pertains to the case study of Major Depressive Disorder. The subject of the disorder was Mr. IR age 33 years, married, an MBA and was serving as manager in a government commercial bank. Mr. IR has one elder brother and an elder stepsister. He was referred to my clinic by an Ex-client. Mr. IR told me about the symptoms he was suffering from. These were; aggressive behavior, sadness, suicidal tendency, lack of interest in routine life matters, disillusionment about his sexual ability, disturbed sleep and at last a unique symptom that he kept sitting, talking and weeping in front of mirror for one or two hours once or twice in a week. He could not recall his actions afterwards which he used to play before mirror. Assessment made after taking semi-structured interviews from Mr.IR and his family. In light of assessment and DSM-IV, it was diagnosed that Mr. IR was suffering from Major Depressive Disorder