Explain What a Planning Gap Is and What Is Used

question 72

Essay

Explain what a planning gap is and what is used to close it.

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Definitions:

Major Depressive Episode

A period of at least two weeks characterized by a significant depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, along with other symptoms of depression.

Anxious Distress

A specifier used in diagnostic criteria to indicate the presence of anxiety symptoms alongside another condition.

Persistent Depressive Disorder

A chronic form of depression where a person experiences a depressed mood for most of the day, for more days than not, for at least two years.

Major Depressive Disorder

Disorder involving a sad mood or anhedonia plus four or more of the following symptoms: weight loss or a decrease in appetite, insomnia or hypersomnia, psychomotor agitation or retardation, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness or severe guilt, trouble concentrating, and suicidal ideation; these symptoms must be present for at least 2 weeks and must produce marked impairments in normal functioning.