M3 Intervention Strategies

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Outside Factors

Depression can be treated by the application of various methods and strategies. However, there are various factors which may interfere with the effectiveness of these treatment strategies. We have been able to see that there are different strategies which can be used to treat depression among young adults who have gone through a legal system. Some of these strategies include therapy and change of lifestyle of the child. These policies are meant to ensure that the child has been able to recover from depression, and they have been able to continue with their life normally. However, there are various outside factors which can affect the effectiveness of these treatment strategies. Some of these factors include culture, environment, and family, and they are explained below.

Culture

Culture is a very important aspect when it comes to successful depression treatment. Different cultures have different ways of dealing with situations. Some cultures support individualism and other support collectivism. As a result, when a person wants to change their lifestyle as a way of fighting depression, some cultures will support that move and others will let the child do it on his own. The effectiveness of the treatment is therefore affected. If the culture supports efforts to reduce depression, the treatment strategies will be effectiveness (Kleinman, Good, 2015). Another way that culture affects treatment is the beliefs of the culture. Some cultures have beliefs that depression cannot be treated, or it’s a curse. This affects the treatment procedure in a negative manner. These cultural factors, therefore, affect the effectiveness of the treatment strategies.

The environment

The environment is also an important factor when it comes to the treatment of depression. The environment is expected to be conducive to support the treatment strategies of the illness. One of the main environment factors which can affect the treatment plan of depression is an environment which is not conducive for exercises. One of the ways to treat depression is through exercises, if the environment does not support effective exercise then the treatment strategies will be affected. A conducive environment is, therefore, one of the environmental factors to affect treatment (Evans, Foa, Gur, Hendin, Brien, Seligman, 2005). Another environmental factor is where the kid lives in an environment which is hostile and which increases stress for the kid. This makes the treatment strategies less efficient, and it becomes hard to treat depression. For example, an environment with high crime rates, air pollution and also noise pollution.

Family

The family is the most important outside factor to the effectiveness of the treatment strategies. The kid needs family support to ensure that they have gone through the treatment process successfully. The family supports the child financially, physically and mentally. One family factor which can affect the treatment process is if the family does not provide money for therapy. This will interfere with the treatment. Another factor is if the parents of the child do not support the kid psychologically. If the kid is psychological support, they will be able to exercise more, and they will be optimistic of getting better (Rey, Birmaher, 2012). The family is therefore very critical when it comes to the success of the treatment strategies for depression.

References

Evans, D., Foa, E., Gur, R., Hendin, H., Brien, C. & Seligman, M. (2005). Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders What We Know and What We Don't Know. Oxford: Oxford University Press, USA.

Kleinman, A. & Good, B. (2015). Culture and depression: studies in the anthropology and cross-cultural psychiatry of affect and disorder. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Rey, J. & Birmaher, B. (2012). Treating Child and Adolescent Depression. City: LWW.