Case Study Helen presents as a 45- year-old African American woman who has had a study employment till she got fired a month ago. She demonstrates strength from her honest, courageous, determined, and caring nature. She is open and willing to give counseling a try to help her cope during her difficult time. However, her weakness consists of excessive worry and self-critical due to the fact that she feels like a failure. Yet, Helen demonstrates that her bible reading group on Tuesday nights provides her with support. In addition, she illustrates that visiting her friend which has helped her elevate her mood. Nonetheless, she is facing difficulties with work due to recently losing a job due to making numerous mistakes. In this case, Helen self-referred herself due to various stressors such as job loss and a break-up. The client demonstrates three culturally-linked organizing principles such as environmental, education, support group, and personal lifestyle. Additionally, Helen is articulate and smart. She demonstrates that she well in school and has an active social life. However, Helen’s body language demonstrate she is sleepy due to her difficulties of falling sleeping. Currently, Helen is not taking any medication or has any medical problems. She does not have any history of substance abuse, abuse, or trauma. At the moment, Helen does not demonstrate any family history of substance abuse history, abuse, and trauma. However, Helen demonstrates that her current mood
While many will agree that Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is critically acclaimed to be one of the most entertaining and well-liked pieces that he has written, there tends to be a discrepancy over how the characters in the play are portrayed when it comes to the importance of gender roles. After reading James C Bulman’s article over the Globe’s more recent performance of Twelfth Night and Shakespeare’s original written version, I realized that there are many ways that this famous piece has been portrayed and each has its own pros and cons.
Based off of the information provided in case 4.1, Helen’s symptoms and behaviors that are consistent with Bipolar 1 Disorder. Therefore, her diagnosis would be bipolar 1 disorder (F31.13), current episode manic, severe severity, with mixed features. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,
Helen has reported that she has mood swing and that she has suicidal ideation as well having feeling uncontrollable over her own body. She denies and audio or visual hallucinations. Helen is showing signs of bipolar disorder DSM 296.62.
Currently, she is concerned she might be pregnant (Confederation College, 2018). She is diagnosed with “alcohol dependence; psychosis and depression” (Confederation College, 2018). Primary
The subject is then sent to our Clinic Physician to make certain that no other physical reasons may exist for her symptoms. A full physical exam along with a blood test or (CBC) will be required to rule out any thyroid problem or history of substance abuse. The subject is asked to come back the following week for the findings of the treatment team. The results of the test are gathered and taken to the treatment team for evaluation. A Multiaxial Evaluation is used which classifies the criteria from the DSM-IV. The first is Axis I which includes clinical disorders, most V-codes and conditions that need clinical attention. In this case the subjects
Helen is a non drug user that repetitively goes through several week periods of racing thoughts, abnormal energetic disposition, lack of normal eating or sleeping, talking quickly, and putting herself in potential dangerous situations. This period can be described as a Manic or Hypomanic episode. Later, she enters to what qualifies as a Major Depressive Episode. She describes it as a period that may last
Topic #2- Describe and analyze the role that community plays in the conflict of the novel. Does Fast see community as an important asset in the opening days of the Revolution?
Key speech or thought expressed by the main character that relates to one of the five (5) common Canadian themes (see previous PowerPoint).
Helen recurrent mood episodes and suicidal ideation needs to be addressed immediately. Her moods episodes
Although the client has improved over the weeks with her self-statements and her optimism, she is still not sleeping well and she remains tied to making her papers perfect. During previous sessions the counselor has helped the client conceptualize her problem with not sleeping and it has been discovered that it is due to her mind racing when she goes to bed. The client claims that when she lies down her palms start to sweat, she feels flushed, and in her mind, she shouts “I have to correct my papers,
My client is a young mother of one daughter who is unemployed. She struggles with finding a stable job, as she didn’t get a chance to go to college he was of “normal” age to. Her only source of income consists of government assistance, as well as babysitting her neighbours’ children a couple times per week. Her daily struggles include: paying for groceries, getting her daughter weather appropriate clothes and paying rent. I will be using a strength based perspective to use with my client; because someone in this situation may feel very insecure or pessimistic. Using a strength based practice can allow my client to see the positives in her situation, and what strengths she has, to move forward. I will first be discussing my clients presenting issues and how they have made her daily life difficult. Then, I will go over how the strength-based theory applies to my clients’ situation as well as an anti-oppressive approach. Additionally, I will present an intervention plan for my client that will help her succeed in finding her inner strengths and then perhaps, a career.
Although he doesn’t seem to learn or develop much through the duration of the play, Feste is no dull character. In fact, Feste is known as one of Shakespeare’s greatest, most interesting and well-written characters. The complexity of Feste’s speech and each of his interactions with other characters reveal multiple important perspectives and roles that help contribute to the play. In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare puts a spin on the importance of Feste’s role by casting him as Olivia’s licensed fool, the play’s commentator and a connection joint towards the reality of the audience as well as for the play’s storyline. Through his frequent witty comments, Feste’s extensive intelligence of the other characters shines through as he pinpoints their
“The other night, during the full moon, I opened the shutters so I could watch you sleep. You were slumbering peacefully, like someone with nothing on his conscience. A little smile was showing through your beard. Your face made me think of the sun coming through the clouds, it was as though all of the suffering you’ve endured had evaporated, as though pain had never dared to touch the least wrinkle in your skin. It was a vision so beautiful, so calm, I wished the dawn would never come.” Page 42 Chapter 4
Adam Cooper started out as a fifteen-year-old boy, but became a fifteen-year-old man. In the beginning, Adam could not get along with his father, Moses Cooper, and truly believed that his father hated him. Moses was always getting on to Adam for everything he did. In Moses’ eyes his boy could do better than he let on if he would only apply himself a little bit more. “There was nothing that a Cooper man couldn’t do.”
In this analytic essay, I will be exploring the use of literary language in the novel Saturday by Ian McEwan and how with the use of narration and imagery can under shadow a simple piece of literature.