Question

After a very stressful period, Mr. Jones quit his job, stayed home, and shut out his family and friends. He appeared to get better, but one day, he walked out on his family. Two months later he came home depressed and refused to speak. Mr. Jones is most likely suffering from ____.

Answer 1

The correct answer is Depression

Depression is a highly prevalent mental illness and is the most associated with s/de. It tends to be chronic and recurrent, especially when untreated.

The treatment is medicated and psychotherapeutic. The choice of antidepressant is based on the subtype of depression, personal and family history, good response to a particular class of antidepressants already used, the presence of clinical disease and the characteristics of antidepressants.