Danny 's Diagnosis And Treatment Recommendations

Addiction can come in many different forms but they all change the environment around the addict. In The Shining, Danny, a five year-old boy has an imaginary friend named Tony. Although both his parents, Wendy (mom) and Jack (dad), have knowledge of this friend, it isn’t until chapter 17 that they realize Danny could seriously be mentally disabled or disoriented. Jack can be described as four things: alcoholic, a playwright, high tempered, and abusive. He has only touched Danny once but that day would change Danny forever, and Danny would never mess around in his office again.

When a person is battling depression, they are not at the point where they can think clearly of their actions. Depression can be caused from many distinct cases either from emotional stress of a lost loved one, feeling of not receiving justice, being

I had all of the diagnosis. The only thing that I did not have was increasing the medication from 10mg to 20mg. I just decided to go up to 15mg. AAP guidelines state that all criterial of DSM-IV are met and all other causes are ruled out. Information should be collected from parents, teachers and possibly other mental health professionals. If the patient has multiple teachers, then at least 2 teachers should fill out paper work. Evaluation should include possible coexisting conditions. These conditions include anxiety, depressive disorders, tics, and sleep disturbances. This is a chronic condition and patients should receive behavior therapy with medication administration (Hauk, 2013). I would ask about any sleep issues. He could be suffering from insomnia.

The patient is a 34 year old black male. The patient reports he is single with 3 daughter ages 3, 11, and 13. The 3 year old live with him. He reports currently live with his mother and brother. The patient reports he has 14 years of education however has not received his degree. The patient reports being on probation for Injury to a child for the next two years. The patient is scheduled to be complete his probation in September 2016. The patient reports Cannabis is primary substances and his last use July 20, 2015. He stated on that day he smoked about 5 joint. The patient also report that he tried Xanax . The patient denies any issues with HI/SI. Patient also reports he is taking his medication as prescribed. The patient appear to be in the pre-contemplation stage of change. The patient next scheduled individual session with the counselor is on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at

Mr. Goins is a 52 year old male who presented to the ED via LEO following a 4 day binge on alcohol and requesting help with his dependence. Mr. Goins reports he moved to Asheboro recently and found work, however recently lost his job. He reported a history of alcohol use and depression. Dr. Keith requested an assessment on Mr. Goins.At the time of the assessment Mr. Goins denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. He reports 5 days ago he became unemployed. Mr. Goins reports his fiance who is his primary support system left town to go to a doctor appointment in their home state of Georgia. He reports binge drinking for the past 4 days attempting to cope with his recent stressor. Mr. Goins reports calling his fiance last night an expressed to her he need help. He states, "I told her I felt at the time no reason to live." Further Mr. Goins stated, "I just had too much in me last night, I had about 14 of them airplane bottles." Mr. Goins denies a history of self harm. He does report a prior hospitalization for depression in Georgia. He also reports a history of attending substance abuse treatment, which was a positive experience for him.

The insurance the family had didn’t cover the test needed to find out what was happening to Mark. The hospitals they went to only seemed to give them pills for Mark to take. Other doctors were only interested in the money and whether or not they were willing to pay, so they weren’t of much help. None of the doctors seemed to give them any clue as to what was wrong with Mark. They decided it was best to look for either a psychiatrist or psychologist. They found a doctor who told them he believed Mark had Manic Depression and was to start on a lithium therapy as soon as possible.

J’s behavior change in such a short amount of days, with my professional outlook on it, I would clearly recommend some type of therapy. Even though, the medical doctors will most likely recommend some type of physical therapy. As, a counselor or psychologist, I would probably recommend a type of cognitive behavior therapy. So, that Mr. J can try to accept and cope with the traumatic life change he has endured. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a type of psychotherapy in which negative patterns of thought about the self are challenged to help alter the unwanted behavior thoughts. It also helps treat mood disorders such as depression or stress. There are different treatments with cognitive behavior therapy, include challenging automatic thoughts wherein, the therapists would educate them on their negative thinking and give them exercising to help overcome the negative thinking. Another treatment with cognitive behavior therapy, includes primarily changing attitudes. Wherein, the therapists help the client change the maladaptive attitudes that set the stage for the depression or stress in the first place. It is vital that Mr. J receives some type of treatment. Stress disorders, or depression going untreated, can lead to behavioral changes, psychotic disorders, or suicidal thoughts and attempts. (Comer,

Carl Fleischer, a 17 year old high school student was sent to the Social Workers office to discuss surrounding issues that might be the cause of his failing grades. Carl was very candid in his conversation with the Social Worker and admits to being an under achiever. Carl is not performing well academically which is a concern. The school Social Worker wanted to learn about Carl and asked him open and closed ended questions about is daily life style. Carl was very talkative in the conversation about himself and became detached when asked to talk more about why he felt he dad was a scumbag.

guilty to burglary and grand larceny auto and the other charges were nolle prossed. No finding was entered and a social history was ordered. The matter was continued to February 22, 2016, for disposition. On this date, Daniel was also

As it appears on Disco Di’s document she’s currently diagnosed with two distinct types of psychological disorder, first being major depressive disorder, and second being borderline personality disorder. However, the term major depression is only one part of the disorder Disco Di is facing. The type of the disorder in which Disco Di is suffering from, is called mood disorder, and to further narrow it down she’s specifically experiencing what is known as “Bipolar I” that according to DSM-5, is defined as a disorder in which individuals experience cycling episodes of mania and major depression (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Furthermore major depression also in accordance to DSM-5 is marked by chronically low mood which has certain symptoms such as being fatigue, feelings of guilt, and impaired concentration appearing almost every day. In the case of Disco Di, Even though she goes through some of these symptoms, but they are not all the symptoms that she experiences. As it is stated on her document, Disco Di being a cheerful, outgoing 12 year

Rationale: Jennifer has been presenting with symptoms for unspecified amount of time. Jennifer meets six of the criteria for symptoms being present during the same 2-week period and represents a change from previous functioning. Jennifer is depressed most of the day, nearly every day, has diminished interest in all or almost all activities most of the days, nearly every day, has fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished ability to think or concentrate, is having recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan. The symptoms have cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, and other functioning areas. There is no know substance or medical condition and occurrence is not better explained by Schizophrenia Spectrum or Psychotic Disorders. Jennifer has never had a manic episode or a hypomanic episode. Possible family history of depression - mother.

In order to be clinically diagnosed with depression, the patient must have exhibited this feeling as well as a number of symptoms for a period of at least two weeks. Currently it is estimated that approximately 85% of those affected can be successfully treated by a physician (Holtz, Stokes, 1138).

     People who usually experience depression, can seem fine. But there are many key signs to show that they are depressed. Such as, change in school performance, eating habits change, constant unhappiness, low self esteem, guilt, social isolation, inability to concentrate, irritable or angered easily, or has a severe lost of energy.

Depression has numerous causes and effects which affect not only the person but the people around them. Depression doesn’t have a specific cause; in most cases it’s different for everyone. It is a common, treatable mental illness that can be experienced at any time in life. It is often described with feeling sad, unhappy, miserable, or “down in the dumps”. Most people have these feelings on occasion. There are several types of depression. These different types of depression describe slight, but often important, diagnostic differences. True clinical depression interferes with mood disorder in everyday life for weeks, months, or even years. Most people think depression affects only one

Ken and I had a very unpleasant meeting. Ken wouldn't hear about the employee assistance program, so I recommended he see a therapist. Well, Ken felt humiliated. The only reason he went is because he believed he was under pressure from Bob to do something. The therapist is nutstanding and works with people like Ken .ill