Lacey has been bullied at school and on the Internet social networks for the last year. She is feeling worthless and hopeless, has a negative self-image, and recently has been having thoughts of suicide. Lacey is suffering from a

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Lacey's symptoms, including feeling worthless and hopeless, having a negative self-image, and experiencing thoughts of suicide, are indicative of a depressive disorder. Cyclothymic disorder involves mood swings but not necessarily the depth of depression described. Dissociative identity disorder involves the presence of two or more distinct personality states, and conversion reaction (now more commonly referred to as functional neurological symptom disorder) involves neurological symptoms without a neurological cause, neither of which matches Lacey's symptoms.

Lacey Has Been Bullied at School and on the Internet