Rose Maxon Case study

Assessing and treating a mental disorder is a process that may not just be concluded overnight (means the process may go over time). Therefore studies involving background information of the said subject of study, their personality, mental health history and conclusive report on daily progress is a necessity when psychiatric condition is to be studied. Apparently, it worth noting that human beings can easily adopt to any conditions that they are subjected into. When exposed to extreme distress, the strong willed individuals often overcome such conditions, but leaves them with a life long ordeal. The American Psychiatric Association have developed a model that help study and assess individuals by first categorizing Adults and Adolescents differently ("DSM-5 cross-cutting symptom measures: a step towards the future of psychiatric care?," n. Despite her husband being a setback to her efforts in raising a hopeful and potentially gifted son, she still believes in the general good of believing her husband will one day understand her and help her out (Wilson, 2016).

She never gave up on her family, but was always responsible for every single event in the family. She made sure it did not impact negatively form the people around. Being a loving and caring wife, she insist on courtesy and decency even in language used when the family is together. Her husband, Troy, however believes that Rose and her entire family are more of subjects to him and he goes as far as labelling their only Cory unfit for football games in the school. Forgiving traits are seen in Rose even when her husband tortures her to a point of no hope. For instance, when Troy dies and Cory his son refuses to attend his funeral, she persuades him to go and put behind his past. Even though he had constant fights with his father, his mother insists on the value of forgiveness and thereby impacting his way of reasoning.

Rose believes in a family bond that keeps them together. The bond that keeps the family happy – fence – can only remain strong if humans compromise our ego and desires at the expense of family. She has to put up with lots of nuisance around her in order to comply with the evolving conditions around her family. While her son is more of pessimism and cherish for the future, the father does not recognize this makes her the only helpless mediator between her husband and her son, both of whom she love dearly and almost equally. At some point and time she is torn in dilemma, when her son fights with his dad. Such conditions can result into depression. If the condition is maintained well, we end up having a lively person who may has learnt to survive despite all the sorrows that she is facing.

Though there is no direct correlation, the stress part initially kicks in when her husband starts having an affair with Alberta. While the setting is 1950s, the male predominance of oppression, has its roots in the black community as well. Troy is seen as a typical unworthy husband considering they he is treating Rose. Apparently Rose is traumatized by the fact that Troy thinks she cannot go for men and enjoy life for her own. We see that she too can choose to “enjoy life” and have fun, but then she confines herself within the bondage of her family to keep her family going. d. Retrieved from https://www. ncbi. nlm. nih. The History of DSM. Making the DSM-5, 3-19. Sperry, L. Sperry, J.  J.