Robert is paying for psychotherapy services with his health insurance. Anne is paying for psychotherapy services out-of-pocket (i. e., with a personal check). Robert is told by his clinical psychologist, Dr. Honores, that he has "several symptoms associated with depression." Anne receives the same diagnostic information. Based on your textbook's discussion of current controversies, which of the following is MOST likely to occur? a. Robert will receive a formal diagnosis of major depressive disorder; Anne will not. b. Anne will receive a formal diagnosis of major depressive disorder; Robert will not. c. Both Robert and Anne will receive a formal diagnosis of major depressive disorder. d. Neither Robert nor Anne will receive a formal diagnosis of major depressive disorder.

Option D Neither Robert nor Anne will receive a formal diagnosis of major depressive disorder

Explanation: depression is also called a mental health disorder.

It refers to being in a constant and frequent depressed mood and generally losing interest in human daily activities, jobs,

thereby leadng to a great hindrance in daily living. A doctor's verbal words is not usually enough to diagnose someone of having a depressive disorder and usually a patient having a particular symptom related to a particular disorder may not necessarily mean they have that disorder and most times, bsome disorder has

similar characteristics with other disorder. Only diagnosis which is usually done by different methods e. g physical examination of patient, test undergone in the laboratory, evaluation by a psychiatrist and A DMS-5 analysis can show if a person has the disorder or not.