Análisis de caso del trastorno de depresión mayor en tercera edad y propuesta de intervención basado en el enfoque integrativo

Abstract

Depression, is a mental disorder that affects the lives of human beings causing emotional imbalances, has taken center stage in the lives of individuals for many years regardless of age, affecting both children, youth, adults and older adults. In the elderly they are more likely to experience both physical and mental illnesses, they can be considered a burden for their relatives since they require special care in some cases, based on the above, stages of concern, fear or anguish may be evidenced by their future vision. When analyzing the case in the investigation, specific characteristics are presented in which symptoms such as lack of sleep, fear of having a fatal disease, losing weight, not wanting to leave home, not tolerating looking in the mirror, reaching covering them up, not feeling comfortable having visitors, and loss of interest in things you loved to do and activities that involve self-care, Based on the above described, an interventional proposal is established by selecting the integrative approach due to its effectiveness in depression treatments, which reduce symptoms from the cognitive behavioral approach and work together with the family from the systemic family approach as a way of containment.