Brief Description Of An Client Essay

31 y/o AA male patient seen today for psychiatric-mental health assessment. He is awake, alert and oriented x4. He is calm, cooperative and follows commands during assessment. The patient reports he is depressed, difficulty sleeping and nightmares at night. The patient explained his depression is as a result of deep thinking from a news he received two days ago from his elder brother that his mother is ill. Stressors identified by the patient include losing his job a week ago before the news about his mother; his wife is 6-months pregnant with their first child, who currently works part-time at her present job; patient relates difficulty paying monthly bills and inability to provide adequately for his family as a man. The patient denies mood swings, suicidal/homicidal thoughts and ideation. Patient reports his spouse is at work at the moment and he does not want to put stress on his wife due to her current condition. Patient denies been hospitalized for depression or psychiatric illness; and denies family history of mental illness. Patient reports he is seeking help because he does not like feeling this way using terms of “helpless and loss of worth from his spouse”. Patient reports he needs help with his depression and nightmares before his current condition get out of hands and ruined his marriage.

I choose to use my older sister,Chioma, for this assignment because I felt like she was the perfect candidate to explain what she does. I decided to call my sister and ask if she was available to help on November 1,2017. I said my name and explained why I thought she my best resource.She came up with an idea that we could actually meet up at a private place so that I can be interviewed. We scheduled to meet up on a Sunday because it was basically the only day we were both free. She choose one of the officesses that she worked at earlier in the year; and thought that 2:00 pm was a reasonable time.That following Sunday we meet up and was dressed in formal attire. I wore a tan button down with a blue tie, and accompanied with black slacks. My

Adam presents with a diagnosis of sever anxiety, and anger management. These were reinforced by measures that were recorded to form a baseline that consisted of the GAD-7 for anxiety, PHQ-9 for depression, PCL- for stress, and the Q LES. At baseline he presented with severe anxiety and moderate depression symptoms. The 33 item Burns Anxiety Inventory, yielded a score that was also align with severe anxiety at baseline.

Psych: The patient states that she is depressed due to “falling apart” and anxious about dying. Denies suicidal thoughts, memory loss and confusion.

1. Client demonstrates excessive and sometimes unrealistic worry that has been occurring more days than not for past seven months. Client has been affected by physical issues due to anxiety; such as, nausea, diarrhea, lack of sleep and trouble falling asleep, excessive crying, discourse at home, and hypervigilance.

To determine which of the lease options above is best for your client the benefits such as profit and appropriate write-offs should be evaluated. The sale-type lease would not address the needs of your client because the proposed transaction by your client

The assessment was conducted on a patient who was forty nine (49) years old bisexual, a white female and single, a Roman Catholic and who didn't have any child. Most importantly, this patient has worked with me for a period of one year from January 2010; therefore I have been seeing her every week for about fifteen minutes. The patient was given to me by one psychiatrist who came across her at event where the housing project was being commissioned to support Veterans. By that time ,the patient was suffering from Anxiety Disorder NOS and Depression NOS.

Due to the extreme changes in Vanessa’s life, the therapist has chosen to administer the Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI-II), as well as Beck’s Anxiety Inventory Tests (BAI). Both tests will determine if the client’s feelings in the past week to two weeks are symptoms of either depression or anxiety. Depending on her score on the BDI-II, she could be experiencing minimal, mild, moderate, to severe depression. The BAI will indicate whether the client is experiencing minimal, mild, moderate, to severe anxiety. These tests should help the therapist in providing the best treatment plan for the

The interview was at clients' home with a quiet atmosphere and freedom from interruption. Neil scheduled sufficient time for the interview, and as far as I understood he was in good physical condition and mentally alert. He had a background report which he discussed with me and I didn't observe any prejudice from him towards potential clients. Neil acknowledged that clients were aware of the fostering process and explained the difference between fostering and Special Guardianship. He was polite, confident, showing an excellent knowledge of the subject, had a fluent grammatically correct speech without using special jargon.

His thoughts were logical and coherent. He appeared somewhat measured in relating emotionally laden information. He was goal directed, however. He identified auditory hallucinations of people “yelling and screaming” and gunshots/explosions were identified. His basic level of intellectual development revealed probable upper low average to low end of average intelligence. Dr. DeRoeck diagnosed the claimant with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Chronic), Unspecified Depressive Disorder, Alcohol/Cannabis Use Disorder (in early remission). Dr. DeRoeck opined the claimant’s impairment would interfere with activities of daily living associated with increased social isolation. He shops minimally particularly if the store is crowded. He also interact with his children. He can dress, groom, and bathe without prompting or supervision. His capacity to communicate and interact in a socially adequate manner is limited by the impairment. He avoids eye contact and has limited tolerance for interaction with others. In addition, his capacity to cope with the typical mental demands of basic work-like tasks is limited by his impairment. He also has difficulty coping with stress in job-related activities. His capacity to sustain persistence is

Mr. Landaverde was on time for his evaluation. Mr. Landaverde appeared neat and appropriately dressed for the interview. Mr. Landaverde had no noticeable tattoos. Mr. Landaverde was able to establish good eye contact throughout the interview. Mr. Landaverde’s posture appeared to be nervous when he first sat down for the interview. He appeared to have normal and steady psychomotor activity throughout. Mr. Landaverde’s general attitude and behavior appeared positive and cooperative. By the end of the interview, Mr. Landaverde appeared to become more relaxed in his posture. It seemed that he was cooperative and

Eric suffered from emotional difficulties since high school, and had been taking medication for the past 13 years to regulate his symptoms. Due to his symptoms, Eric had been hospitalized on three separate occasions. Although Eric claimed to be seeking help for his concentration difficulties and persistent worry and anxiety, it was clear that this was a small fraction of his psychology concerns.

Miesha is a 26-year-old African American female. She grew up in a single parent household in Collins, MS with her younger brother. Miesha’s mother worked two jobs and slept most of the time when she was at home. Miesha does know her biological father, however, he has been in and out of her life. Until the age of eighteen, Miesha regularly attended Our Kingdom Come Baptist Church, while living with her mother. Miesha is a high school graduate and is currently unemployed. She receives Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, Section 8 and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Miesha has two children, a son age 10 and a daughter age 5 by two different men. Miesha is not married; she is currently cohabitating with a man she has been dating for the past year. Miesha’s live in boy-friend sells drugs out of her home. Miesha states that he is mentally, verbally and physically abusive to her and has recently started being physically abusive towards her children.

Hannah, a 25 year old Caucasian female, presented as alert, tense, and oriented 3x. Hannah is well groomed and appropriately dressed. Her affect was blunted flat. While client was cooperative, she presented as guarded, which may be due to her anxiety. She was calm, but displays signs of anxiety by posture, shuffling hands, lip biting, and eye movement.

This report will discuss the health assessment of a client who presented to my PEP facility, Clinic 275. Clinic 275 is a confidential and complimentary walk-in sexual health service which provides medical consultation/advice, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (SA Health 2016a). Ultimately, this paper will illustrate how an ongoing health assessment, history taking, provision of client education and care options of certain STIs are fundamental to guiding the planning, implementation and evaluation of care for specific people. All information regarding the client, who will be referred to as R, was permitted for use by the facility and will maintain confidentiality in accordance with the guidelines of the Government of South Australia (2015, p.7; Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia 2016).