Catherine and I filled out the Medical Health History of the Family and created a family genogram.
Catherine discussed again Lily Cate’s “hoarding” behavior. We discussed changing the word from hoarding to collecting. Mother still concerned. Lily Cate has a lot of anxiety about giving up collections. Mother concerned about Lily Cate getting food and other items out of trash. For example, Lily Cate put in a basket a banana peel and a half-eaten orange out of the trash and a lemon from the tree. She had items hidden and when Mom wanted to take it away, Lily Cate became anxious and upset.
At school, the teacher put out some cute thank you cards fir the children could write notes on. Lily Cate took most of them and just wrote a little scribble
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I want to ask when she got that diagnosis.
Catherine and her older brother had a difficult childhood. Her mother had depression and father couldn’t understand it and express that she should, just get over it.” When Mom and Dad would fight, Catherine was scared and went to room. Catherine confided that her Dad didn’t like her and he once told her if he could do it over again, he wouldn’t have children. When Catherine was 16 years old, she and her Mom moved out and parents got a divorce.
Catherine’s parents told her that after high school she was on her own. Catherine had a lot of anxiety during this time because she didn’t have any support system. She was completely responsible for herself. She worked in a mall shop and met a woman who became her mentor. Encouraged her to go to college with financial aid and scholarships. She had to become emancipated from her parents, so their income wouldn’t count on the financial aids forms. She ended up getting a BA in English and a MA in Film and Television. For many years, she worked with a film producer. They bought rights to book or stories and make films.
She got married in 2003. Catherine used to see a therapist and now her husband helps her control her
One night, while Lizabeth struggles to fall asleep, she abruptly wakes up to the sound of her parents arguing. Upon closer inspection, she can hear her father say “Twenty-two years, Maybelle, twenty-two years... and I got nothing for you.” (Collier 146). Her mother tries to calm his festered feelings of failure as a husband, which is to no avail. Watching her family balance go into disarray, Lizabeth panics
This semester, you will have the opportunity to construct a family genogram for informational purposes. You will develop a genogram, documenting information from both sides of your family (maternal and paternal) for 4 generations starting with yourself. The genogram may be hand drawn or you may use a computer drawn one. (You can download a basic program from www.genopro.com/free or from http://www.progenygenetics.com/students/ ) Your
However, with her alcoholic dad who rarely kept a job and her mother who suffered mood swings, they had to find food from her school garbage or eat expired food they had previously when they had the slightest bit of money. In addition, when bills and mortgage piled up, they would pack their bags and look for a new home to live in, if they could even call it a stable home, since they would be on the move so often. Jeanette needed a dad who wouldn’t disappear for days at a time, and a mom that was emotionally stable, but because she didn’t have that, she grew up in an environment where she would get teased or harassed for it. Jeanette suffered so much, that even at one point, she tried convincing her mother to leave her father because of the trouble he had caused the family already. A child should be able to depend on their parents for food and to be there for them when they need it, and when that part of a child’s security is taken away, it leaves them lost and on their own, free and confused about what to do next.
For example, throughout her childhood she never had a truly stable home. Her family was constantly moving from place to place around the country, and as her father said, “doing the skedaddle” whenever inconveniences arose, like debt collectors catching up to them or getting into trouble with the law. Second, her father always spent the majority of their money on beer and other alcoholic beverages at bars, and they frequently had no food to eat and were starving. The children often had to fend for themselves to find food when they were hungry without the assistance of their parents. Jeannette often subdued her and her siblings’ difficulties by taking charge of herself and her siblings to acquire food and by standing up for herself whenever it was necessary. For example, she stood up for herself whenever her mother was being selfish and pompous. Her mother would hide snacks and eat them secretly without sharing, and she would also spend days sobbing and complaining about how she had to do everything. During those times, Jeannette often took charge and directly criticized her mother about not doing her job. After her dad whipped her, Jeannette vowed to escape Welch for good and began saving up money to leave and move away. As a result of her struggles, over the years Jeannette had become very hard-working and diligent at whatever work she did. This lead her to become very successful in the future. She
Jeannette had a very challenging and awful childhood. Jeannette is forced to be independent and take care of herself in ways most children should not. She realizes at a young age that her life is unpredictable. Early in the memoir,
Imagine being born into a family that has no love and doesn’t care much for their children. That's how it was for Jeanette Walls and her siblings. Her parents did love her but didn’t show it much. They were not very helpful and were not great parents. Her father Rex and mother Rosemary didn’t have a great parenting style, but their children still grew up to be good people.
Something Catherine cannot get away from is marriage. Catherine’s parents are constantly reminding her of her betrothal to someone she is not
The family chose is Gil, Karen, and their children Kevin, Taylor, and Justin they are a pretty normal down to earth family, with minor issues. The main issue is Gil and his neuroticism; he seems to have obsessive compulsive disorder, because what is happening is that it is affecting their oldest child Kevin the most, the other two are affected but not to the extent that Kevin is being affected. Karen is the more go with the flow parent; she is more laid back and takes one day at a time with her children. She and Gil see their son Kevin is having issues and want to help him but they do not know how to. Gil tries
In the meantime, Catherine’s grandfather wants to get the whole family together due to a previous curse that has been put on their family. There is pressure on Catherine’s family to
This paper explores the concept of a familial genogram and the insight a familial genogram can provide. I have utilized three published articles to help clarify what a genogram is and what it is used for, what hypothyroidism is and its genetic components, and the connection hypothyroidism has to mental health. I have attached a familial genogram that explores the prevalence of hypothyroidism in my family tree. My diagram begins with my grandparents, through my parents, aunts and uncles, down to myself, my siblings and my cousins.
The propensity for specific disease processes are found when analyzing a client’s family tree history. Typically, completing a genogram with at least three generations can show which disease processes show a pattern in a specific family tree. As figure 1 shows, the current generation has a predisposition for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. The history complied spans four generations, with three generations on the paternal side, father, grandfather, grandmother, and great-grandfather, contracting heart disease, either suffering from a heart attack, having high blood pressure, or high cholesterol. On the maternal side, there is little information past the second generation. However,
A main key concept of NT is that the problem a client presents with is viewed separate from the client. The problem is not the person; it is something the person has. Therefore, the goal of NT is to change the effects resulting from the problem and not the person themselves. To do this, NT uses the technique of externalizing the problem. To externalize the problem, the problem is first given a name and then it is explored and applied to the clients believes, values, behaviors, and ideals that has formed the clients identity. The negative aspects of these areas get rewritten into the new story. The process of externalizing the problem allows the client to see their problem separate from themselves so they can better
After completing this genogram, I feel that it has helped me understand a lot about my family health history. On my father’s side, we have a higher risk for diabetes, and heart disease. Meanwhile my mom’s family is more prone to hypotension. To prevent these health problems, I need to plan a healthy lifestyle such as exercise more regularly. Also, I need to start eating more healthy food like fish, vegetable, and avoid fast food. Furthermore, I should have my health check up regularlly, talk with my physician my concerns about diabetes. I feel a lot of these diseases are preventable if I understand what cause it.
The objective of doing the genogram is to get to know the patient by gaining understanding of his/her family background. Assessing the family using systemic approach enables health care providers to learn about the ways in which family members interact, what are the family expectations and norms, how effective is the members communication, who makes decisions and how the family deals with life time stressors (Hockenberry & Wilson, 2007). This paper outlines the assessment and analysis of the three generation of Wits’ and Smiths’ families, its relationship, health pattern, habits, tradition and structure. It also provides a nursing teaching plan. The interview was conduced with Alina Wit, a second generation mother of three.
The overall process of drawing out my ecomap and genogram was moderately easy. I drew rough drafts of both clinical tools first before completing the final copies. I found this helpful especially for the ecomap because it allowed me to organize the different ecological impacts of my life effectively. I think the hardest part of creating this clinical tool was being able to lay it out so that things that should be connected were close to each other. I liked drawing the ecomap because it was interesting to see different aspects of my life connected to each other. Thinking of the different parts of my life that I come in contact with came easily to me. In terms of completing the genogram, because I have relatively small family, this was not that