Ella Has Experienced a Prolonged and Deep Depression

question 57

Multiple Choice

Ella has experienced a prolonged and deep depression. She turned to legal prescriptions to treat her problem and became addicted. In Ella's case, her primary disorder of depression was complicated with a secondary, substance use disorder, which illustrates

• A)how comorbidity occurs.
• B)a conversion reaction.
• C)an adjustment disorder.
• D)how neurosis develops.

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Definitions:

Romantic Love

A deep emotional, sexual, and affectional attraction that is often rooted in desire and leads to a sense of connection and commitment to another person.

Consummate Love

An ideal relationship state characterized by the combination of intimacy, passion, and commitment.

Fatuous Love

A type of love characterized by passion and commitment but lacking in intimacy, according to Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love.

Empty Love

In psychology, this term refers to a type of relationship characterized by the existence of commitment, yet devoid of intimacy and passion.