Grade 11 - questions: depression: diagnosis and treatment

1. Explain why diagnosing a mental illness such as depression is not as precise a process as diagnosing a physical disease.

2. What is the DSM-IV and how is it used in the diagnoses and treatment of depression?

3. Explain how the culture a person belongs to can influence whether or not they are diagnosed with a mental illness such as depression.

Which Kids Are Most Likely To Be Bullied?

Studies have found that kids who are chronically bullied at school have a hgher rate of depression.  Now research has determined some early emerging characteristics of those children who are more likely to be bullied.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1850405,00.html

How do the theories of depression relate to learned helplessness?

Write an  essay (300 word minimum) relating one theory of how depression is caused (cognitive, environmental or biological) to Seligman's theory of learned helplessness.
Suggested format for your answer:  Start off briefly explaining the theory of learned helplessness.  Next, briefly explain one theory of the causes of depression. Finally, explain in detail how the aspects of your theory of depression could be linked to learned helplessness and therefore, increase the likelihood of depression.

Post your answer on your Depression Blog (2nd blog you created.)