MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER WITHOUT PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14 YEAR-OLD RAPE VICTIM.

• Main Author: Andika Metrisiawan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Udayana 2014-02-01
• Series: e-Jurnal Medika Udayana
• Subjects: Depression, children, rape victim
• Online Access: http://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/eum/article/view/7892

Depression is a very large impact on the global disease that affects people worldwide.<br />Lately, an estimated 350 million people suffering from depression. The World Mental<br />Health Survey in 17 countries stated that 1 in 20 people who reported experiencing a<br />depressive episode in the last 1 year. Depressive disorders often appear early in life and<br />causes a decrease in a person's interest and often recurrent. For this reason it is said that<br />depression is the leading cause of disability in relation to total annual loss due to disability.<br />Therapy should be given a basic psychosocial support combined with antidepressant<br />medication or psychotherapy such as cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal <br />psychotherapy or problem-solving treatment. This case report discusses the severe <br />depression without psychotic symptoms in children under the age of 14 year-old rape<br />victim. In addition to the victim made an approach to the development of psychological <br />1 <br />therapy is also given in the form of Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy ie 1 x 20 mg<br />fluoxetine oral and Benzodiazepine 1 x 10 mg orally.  <br />