M2: Outside Factors

Treatment Overview

The diagnosis which is will be considered in this paper is depression. Depression is a mental illness which can be caused by children or young adults who have gone through the legal system. There are various treatment methods for the depression problem. One of the ways that one can be able to treat depression is through changing the lifestyle of a person. There are various lifestyle changes which can help to reduce depression. One of these changes is exercise. Exercise has been recommended on many occasions as an effective method of reducing depression. Exercise is said to help a person to clear their minds which also reduces the deep thinking. Thinking too much is said to lead to stress which causes depression. Another change is nutrition. Eating well is said to be vital for both mental and physical health hence it will help reduce depression (Harris, 2013). Having enough sleep can also contribute to reducing depression.

Social support is also a good thing to treat depression. The young adult who depressed should keep regular contact with friends and relatives. This will help reduce stress. A person can also opt to go for personal therapy. Therapy have been said to be the most efficient way of dealing with depression. Therapy helps a person to understand their relationships with other people hence they can know how to handle their condition. They are assisted to behold better relationships and also to improve their current relationships (Levesque, 2017). The therapist also helps to establish healthy boundaries which will help the person to overcome depression effectively. The therapy is also important since it helps a person to handle the life’s problems hence depression will be reduced.

Legal system involvement and impact

The legal statement can be involved in the depression of a young adult. This is because of a teenager is locked in a cell the teenager might experience various mental difficulties because of social seclusion. When the teenager is secluded from families and friends, they might experience, a mental breakdown which affects them. The fact that they are locked for various mistakes, and they are made to look bad, makes them feel bad about themselves, and this can cause stress. The legal process is sometimes very harsh for kids, and they are not able to handle hence they experience depression (Horwitz, 2002). Some of the juvenile prisons have harsh conditions where these children are bullied. The legal system has, therefore, an impact on the children’s life, and they always need guidance to get back to the public life. One of the implications of depression is that it can lead to suicide where the kids feel like they are not worthy to live. They usually think that their life is so messed up, or no one wants them, and this can make them take their lives.

Ethical considerations

When taking therapy, ethics play a significant role. This is because the therapist is expected to act ethically to ensure that the client is well served. One of the ethical considerations is to conduct individual therapy. This is because the teenager might have some issues which he or she does not want his family to know about. It will be therefore ethical for the therapist to ensure that the process is confidential. Ethical consideration is, therefore, vital when it comes to therapy. The client is also expected to share some information which should be protected. Ethics remain very essential in treatment.

References

Harris, W. (2013). Mental disorders in the classical world. Leiden Boston: Brill.

Horwitz, A. (2002). Creating mental illness. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Levesque, R. (2017). Adolescence, privacy, and the law: a developmental science perspective. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press.