Reference no: EM133600396
Assignment
Choose 1 character from a movie, television show, or fictional story who has a possible depressive disorder. You may use any of the characters listed on the Depressive Disorders: Character Cases list, or you may use a different character of your choosing with instructor approval.
Develop a DSM-5-TR diagnosis for your selected character based on the presenting symptoms and behaviors.
Create a 9 to 12 slides Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that details your character's assessment and diagnosis.
Support the diagnosis with excerpts from the movie, show, or story. You can use things like clips embedded into the presentation or quotes with descriptions of the behaviors.
Be sure to include assessment tools you might use for diagnosis or rule-outs of differential diagnosis and specifiers with your diagnosis.
Write a case conceptualization for your character based on a theoretical perspective.
Depressive Disorders: Character Cases
Select any of the characters listed below or selecta different character of your choosing with instructor approval.
I. Animated characters
1. Pooh or Eeyore from The World of Pooh or The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
2. Squidward from SpongeBob SquarePants
3. Riley or Sadness from Inside Out
4. BoJack, Diane, or Princess Carolyn from BoJack Horseman
5. Morty or Rick Sanchez from Rick and Morty
6. Daria Morgendorffer or Jane Lane from Daria
II. Media and stage characters
1. Tony Soprano from The Sopranos
2. Dr. Gregory House fromHouse
3. Gretchen from You're the Worst
4. Alyssa or James from The End of the F***ing World
5. Rebecca Bunch from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
6. Elliot from Mr. Robot
7. Frank from Little Miss Sunshine
8. Justine from Melancholia
III. Literary characters
1. Batman from DC Comics
2. Sherlock Holmes from the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
3. Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye
4. Esther Greenwood from The Bell Jar
5. Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower
6. Christopher John Francis Boone from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
7. Susanna from Girl, Interrupted