1. Show where in the reading the thoughts, feelings, or behavior suggest that author meets a specific criterion for a symptom of depression. Do this for 2 specific symptoms: what’s the behavior, and what makes it meet the criterion. Describe where you’ve had to infer or use judgment about their lives or the criteria phrase. DON’T USE the symptom of “suicide”
2. Also, describe one symptom the author does not meet.
3. The person may meet both general criteria for all disorders, distress and dysfunction. You choose one of the two general criteria to describe and apply to the case.
4. Describe a couple main ideas related to attachment or universal emotions and apply them to one experience you describe earlier in
the essay.
http://www.mental-health-today.com/dep/story.htm
