Abstract
Mental health is a fragile area. One of the frequent psychical illnesses is depression which means decline, uneasiness, anxiety. Many people develop a psychical illness during their life, whereby the triggering mechanism can be different stressful situation. Thus, many people with psychical illness become clients of social services facilities. This way the client comes into contact with social workers, which should be ready for their work (or rather mission) professionally and personally. They should be familiar with a range of approaches, methods and techniques, which they can implement based on the client’s individual needs within social intervention, in order to improve the client’s quality of life. The aim of our research is to determine what approaches and methods are used in social work with depressed clients. As a research method we use the analysis of professional materials and case studies, which focused on the application of methods of social work with clients with depression. The article has theoretical and research parts. In the theoretical part we introduce the diagnostics and symptoms of depression. In the research part we analyze the approaches and methods, used in social work with a depressed client. Then we present case studies, which are focused on the application of methods of social work with clients with depression.
Highlights
IntroductionThe word depression is of Latin origin and literally means de=down, premere=press
The international classification of diseases identifies different areas of diseases, whereby mental and behavioral disorders are marked as “F” and they are grouped as follows: F00-F09: Organic mental disorders including symptomatic, F10-F19: mental and behavioral disorders, caused by the use of psychoactive substances, F20-F29: schizophrenias, schizotypal disorders and delusional disorders, F30-F39: affective disorders – including depression, F40-F48: neurotic disorders, stress related disorders and somatoform disorders, F50-F59: behavioral disorders with bodily disorders and factors, F60-F69: adult personality and behavioral disorders, F70-F79: mental retardation), F80-F89: mental development disorders, F90-F98: behavioral and emotional disorders, usually beginning in childhood and during adolescence, F99-F99: mental disorders not specified [1].The word depression is of Latin origin and literally means de=down, premere=press
Theoretical Framework In this part we focus on the characteristics of depression, its diagnostic criteria, types and symptoms
Summary
The word depression is of Latin origin and literally means de=down, premere=press. Depression means decline, uneasiness, anxiety [2]. The true extent of the depressive disease is not determined and people perceive it rather as a weakness. Depressed people are often given the advice to “get a hold of yourself“, “don’t work“, “it will pass“, etc. This is not truly helpful [3]
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