Brandy Case Study Psychology

Her anxiety and depression interfere with her academic and interpersonal functions. She struggles to motivate herself to attend her classes. She is not coping well with her internal struggles. She is

Presenting Problem: She has a hx of multiple failed placements and relates being placed in the programs for her substance abuse, anger and aggression. She has 2 past suicide attempmts one from an attempted hanging and the other from attempting to jump off a building. She reported feeling homicidal 7-8 times against her stepfather. Rhonda reported physical and emotional abuse from maternal uncle and incidents of sexual assault btwn the ages of 6 and 12.

The client’s name is Keisha, she is a female, single, sixteen years old, African American, high school student. She was transferred recently to a nontraditional high school, to complete the required credits needed to receive her high school diploma. According to her transcripts she is passing her classes satisfactorily. Keisha is scheduled to graduate on time by the summer of 2018. The client was referred to mental health counseling by her grandmother because she appears to be depressed. The grandmother stated that “student lost her mother when she was seven years old, and thinks she is sad about that” .The school psychiatric social worker referred the client to me in order to conduct a mental health assessment. Per her

___ [NAME] reports significant social and functional difficulties. She has been unable to be successful at school after being an excellent high school student. She last tried community college a year ago, would do ok for a week or two and then stop going to classes, have decrease in motivation, retreat to her bed. This has also been a pattern in terms of working.

She also has a family history of depression. Her marriege is unhealthy and she reported that she thought of asking for a divorce. Furthermore, she was frightened of her father who had abusive tendencies towards

Identify the Problem: April S is a 30 year old, divorced Afro-American female with one child seeking help to deal with feelings of suicide and depression. Client reports crying daily for the six months, difficulty focusing at work, inability to doing house chores (laundry, cleaning), isolating from family and friends, weight loss of 30 lbs. in the past two weeks without dieting,

Jennifer meets the diagnostic criteria of development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to a stressor within 3 months, has marked distress that is out of proportion to the severity of the stress, has significant impairment in social, occupational, and other functioning areas, and symptoms do not represent normal bereavement. Jennifer would not meet the criteria that the

Sabrina is a seven-year old girl. She is in Primary Two this year. Both her parents are teachers in a primary school and she has a younger sister who is two years younger than her. Sabrina’s maternal grandparents lived with her. Her grandfather passed away two years ago. Then her grandmother passed away later that same year. Sabrina was very close to her grandmother and her death affected her badly. She would still ask for her grandmother when she was in Primary One and was not able to accept her death. Sabrina was referred to the school counselor late in 2013 as her parents had to be persuaded to give their consent. The counselor started having sessions with her this year.

The Sarah self-referred for assessment at am outpatient clinic. She subsequently requested a referral to a psychologist in Chicago, IL. Sarah is a 24-year-old adult Caucasian female who identified as a lesbian. She reported a history of depressive symptoms that have worsened in the last few months. She is seeking treatment for these intensified depressive symptoms. She described having “depression” many years ago, but became evasive when asked to clarify. In addition, she noted a concern with experiencing anger and hostility towards others; she stated that these emotions are “uncomfortable” for her. She clarified that in the past three months she has perceived herself as “grumpier than usual.” She reported having experienced anhedonia, fatigue, and insomnia.

As a 15-yearold “at risk” adolescent, Manual recently reported feeling extreme depression and admitted that he no longer cared about living. In order to provide useful counseling support to Manuel, J. McWhirter, B. McWhirter, E. McWhirter, and R. McWhirter (2013) provide a list of legal and ethical considerations that serve as a guidelines during interventions. These suggestions include counselors’ documenting the incident and any intervention methods, consulting with colleagues in order to provide sound counsel, encouraging staff members to be considerate and professional within their communication, reaching out to the adolescents’ families, and keeping current with professional

296.32 (F33.1) Major Depressive Disorder, recurrent episode, moderate severity, with anxious distress. Ms. Client meets eight of the nine diagnostic criteria for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Specifically, during several periods of time she experienced depressed mood, diminished interest in things she enjoyed to do, hypersomnia, psychomotor agitation, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness, decreased concentration, and suicidal thoughts without intent. Additionally, as Ms. Client expressed, these symptoms are source of continuing distress and interfere with her academics and social functioning. Also, her symptoms started four years prior to the psychological assessment and persisted intermittently since then, lasting for several weeks to several months, with the most recent period of extended length (enduring two weeks) approximately one year ago. Since the last episode she has experienced these symptoms for two to three days at a time. Although the last episode that met the criterion of two weeks duration occurred approximately a year ago, the symptoms have not disappeared, but they occur periodically since then and when they do, they cause considerable distress and impairment in functioning. Thus, the disorder cannot be coded as ‘in partial or full remission’. The specifier ‘with anxious distress’ was given, because Ms. Client reports feelings of difficulty in concentration because of worry and restlessness.

R/s on yesterday Marion threaten to kill Brandy. R/s Brandy’s grandmother asked the caregiver to talk to Brandy because she needs help. R/s the caregiver reported that Brandy seems fearful of Marion when he is home, she is anxious and on edge. R/s Marion calls Brandy stupid and Brandy is happy when Marion is not home. R/s after the caregiver left the residence the family called and said they don’t want agency in their home. R/s today Brandy called requesting a new provider. R/s Brandy and Marion’s four-year-old son PJ is in the custody of Brandy’s father. R/s the family is reporting the child is being around high powered weapons.

I believe the couple died as a result of going under water, because their alcohol level ranged about the same, the only reason Mr. Luck did not die was because the couple’s bodies were blocking him from going under.

There will be many scenarios that can challenge a counselor. However, when there are specific cases that involve harm to the clients’ person or another a counselor must follow the processes outlined in the bylaws of the American School Counselor Association. These outlined processes serve two important purposes, the purpose of protecting the client and the purpose of protecting the counselor. This paper will answer questions in response to the scenario of Angela.

Alcoholism is a prominent substance abuse issue in Western society. The treatment method of controlled drinking as opposed to abstinence is a continuing cause of controversy in alcohol research to this day. The US is different from Europe in its acceptance of controlled drinking as a goal of treatment: “in the US alcohol dependence is typically depicted as a ‘recurring disease’ and the ‘successful abstainer’ as a ‘recovering’ though never ‘recovered’ alcoholic” (Coldwell, 2005). Depending on the alcohol abuse patient’s individual characteristics, either controlled drinking or abstinence is chosen as a treatment.