Mental Healthcare Assignment (Case Study Analysis)

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MENTAL HEALTHCARE ASSIGNMENT (CASE STUDY ANALYSIS)
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Introduction
Mental health is one of the major disorders affecting a wide array of population
throughout the world. As per World Health Organization (2017), mental health along with
physical and emotional wellness determines holistic wellbeing. Despite this, a large section of
the society is unable to understand or identify the signs and symptoms of mental illness. One
such case has been mentioned in this paper, in which the subject Sarah (39) is suffering from
mental illness, however she is unable to understand the effects of this disorder. In this aspect,
discussion about the ICD-10 aspect and its effect on the disorder would be discussed. Further,
with description of the mental disorder, the type of treatment and the global or historical
perspective of this disorder would be discussed.
ICD-10 and the disorder identification
In the case study, it is seen that Sarah (39) is a fitness enthusiast and manages work
and life properly. However, the last two months she is unable to focus on her work and her
life. Further, it was seen that she is unable to complete her sleep, due to which she is always
weak and fatigue. It was also noted that she is unable to achieve her fitness goals and due to
this, she is suffering from loss of energy and loss of appetite. Therefore, due to this inactive
lifestyle, lack of energy, she is suffering from mood swings and thinks she would not be able
to justify her professional commitments. ICD-10 is framework, which helps to identify the
type of mental illness people are suffering from. In this case study, depending upon the
symptoms observed in Sarah and her mental health condition, it is observed that her health
condition is major depressive disorder, due to which, she is depressed and the condition is
severe, however without any psychotic features. The ICD-10 code for this disorder is F32.2.
The identification of this disorder was obtained depending upon the type of symptoms

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observed in their healthcare condition. The following section would provide detailed
description of the disorder.
Description of the disorder
As the case study identifies Depression as the primary mental health concern of Sarah,
it would be discussed for the healthcare complication discussion. Depression is a major
healthcare complication due to which patients suffering from it, develops negative feelings,
negative thinking and loses their interest in activities of daily life. Depression could be of
several types and depending upon its manifestation, the symptoms and signs are observed in
patients (Smith, 2014). Depressive disorders ranges from persistent depressive disorder,
psychotic depression, postpartum depression, bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorder and
others. Within these, the mental healthcare complication that Sarah was diagnosed with, is
bipolar disorder without psychotic disorder. As per Kootker et al. (2015), patients suffering
from bipolar disorder are affected with severe level of depression due to which they are
unable to focus on their activities of daily life. Further, patients suffer from low level of mood
and loses their appetite and activity level. As per Ebert et al. (2015), there are several risk
factors associated with this disorder such as personality, genetics, environmental factors and
bio- chemistry. Due to these patient starts developing pain and grief related feelings and
become unable to understand the complication they are suffering from. Besides, due to the
disorder, patients loses their self- esteemed and self- confidence. Similar signs and symptoms
were observed in the case of Sarah, which require immediate medical and psychological
assistance for her health and wellbeing improvement.
Possible causes of her mental health condition
Depression could be caused by complications in hormonal changes, inherited traits,
brain chemistry and biological differences. As per Smith (2014), physical changes in the