Mrs. Gomez is a 65-year-old Hispanic female who presents to the clinic complaining of difficulty sleeping, lack of energy, and inability to focus while reading. She came to the clinic with her daughter. Her husband passed away last year, and she gets sad thinking about him. The patient denies self-harm ideations. She has a medical history of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes. She has gained 10 lbs she is obese her bmi is 31.6. in the last six months. According to the daughter, the patient has lost interest in activities such as reading and church, and she moves slowly. She denies chest pain, shortness of breath, snoring, or physical restlessness. The patient does not smoke and drinks alcohol only on holidays. She has been diagnosed with depression. Write a paper about Depression and include the following:
1. why depression is the main diagnosis in this case her symptoms and Her GDS-SF score is 9
2. what diagnostic tests done to diagnose depression such as GDS, min cog, and cbc tsh
3. treatment plan include sertraline 25 mg daily and other treatment options.
I have attached a sample paper and case study.
This paper will be submitted to Turnitin please keep the similarity less than 15 percent. Thank You.
