Critical Analysis of Major Depression in Primary Care

CRITICAL ANALYSIS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Scenario of a person living with major depression......................................................................1
Therapeutic interventions available to a person with major depression in the Australian
primary care sector......................................................................................................................1
Barriers and enablers, they may have in accessing these............................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Mental illness can also be defined as mental health disorder. It includes wide range of
mental health conditions that can affect overall mood, behaviour or thinking of an individual
(Khan and et.al., 2020). Some of the most common type of mental illness identified within
individuals are: depression, anxiety, addictive behaviour and many more. This assessment will
lay emphasis upon critical analysis of major depression a mental health problem which is most
commonly encountered in primary care. This assignment will further focus upon description of
scenario of person living with dementia, therapeutic interventions available for that individual
and barriers and enablers in accessing those interventions.
MAIN BODY
Scenario of a person living with major depression
Mental health problems are one of the most common issue which is found in people
especially older people who live all along away from family members (Kraus and et.al., 2019).
Elder people who live individually alone away from their family members including children are
likely to suffer from depression. This critical analysis will explain scenario of a 70 years old
women who is living all alone after her husband’s death. She was suffering from major
depression due to loneliness. This major depression was identified by her GP when she was
taking treatment for management of her diabetes. He identified change in her behaviour and
mood like she used to get irritated easily, lost interest in doing things, had low concertation level,
had high anxiety level. She used to get irritated easily, not only this, she was also losing
willingness or interest in living. Slowly she was isolating herself socially as well. However,
diagnosis of major depression in primary care is difficult but when her GP identified these
symptoms, changes in her mood and behaviour, he focused upon some interventions in order to
reduce her major depression and enhance her mental health in an appropriate manner.
Therapeutic interventions available to a person with major depression in the Australian primary
care sector
Therapeutic interventions can be defined as a kind of intervention or efforts made by an
individual or by group of individuals in order to bring improvement within well- being of other
individual who needs help but is refusing it or unable to initiate or accept help (Farrer and et.al.,
2016). There are various kinds of therapeutic interventions that can be focused upon or can be
provided to person in primary care who is suffering from major depression. It is important to
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