Interpreting Disorder Case Study

A review of the records reveals the member to be an adult female with a birth date of 12/31/1952. The member has a diagnosis of increased weakness and decreased conditioning and a history of multiple falls over the past couple of months. The member’s treating provider, Marianne Nikas, MD has recommended that the member be admitted to a skilled inpatient facility from home.

R/s today Des’tani’s teacher was advised by the bus driver on that on yesterday Des’tani’s step grandfather, Christopher smelled very heavily of alcohol. R/s Des’tani grandmother, Brenda and Christopher care for child while mom works. R/s Des’tani has severe behavioral issues and she is difficult to care for. R/s one time there was an issue with roaches and bugs crawling out the child’s backpack, but nothing recently it gotten better. R/s school district’s social worker reached out to mom to offer services to help her. R/s other adults possibly Jacinda’s sister and brother are living in the home.

The portrayal of this disorder is pretty realistic in American Psycho. Patrick Bateman has some issues and that 's made clear throughout the movie. At the very beginning of the movie he explains how well he takes care of himself, psychically – with a balanced diet, a rigorous exercise routine, and by using multiple skin care treatments. It 's obvious his appearance means a lot to him as well as materialistic items. According to our textbook, one of the clinical characteristics of someone with narcissistic personality disorder is an exaggerated sense of self-importance. He explains that he wants to look young, belittles the dry cleaning woman, gets angry when his business card isn 't the best, look at himself in the mirror while taking part in sexual activities, and much more. Our textbook also lists exploitative attitude and a lack of empathy as clinical characteristics of this disorder, these characteristics are also portrayed in the movie by Patrick Bateman. Patrick kills many people throughout the movie, including homeless people, a business associate, and prostitutes. In the movie it only shows him killing one homeless man (Stabs him), but at the end of the movie when he confesses to killing Paul Allen he admits to killing other homeless individuals and even previous girlfriends. I found it very disturbing that he showed sympathy for the homeless man (at first) and then turned it all around and tells the man he smells and is a drunk. He even kills his dog! He takes

because it’s just slang and they don’t actually think they have the disorder. My only problem is when attention whores try to give something a title it doesn’t deserve and steal someone else’s pain and suffering just because they can’t stand it when no one is looking at them for more than two seconds.

On Saturday 09/03/2016 around 2349 hours, Security Officers Jason Peterman, Ariel Weiland and Steven Evans responded to a dispatched (51D) Disorderly Patient in E.D. room #59. We met with the E.D. Charge Johnathan Bacal who stated that the patient, Ryan Pieniak (DOB: 10/17/93; FIN #86128829) who is intoxicated, had been screaming, uncooperative and cursing at nursing staff. Security made contact with the patient and explained to him that foul language would not be tolerated and he must cooperate with staff until medically clear by the E.D. Doctor. Patient, Pieniak agreed to cooperate and went back to bed without any incident. No hands on and no injuries reported during this service call. Nothing further to report at this

In phase 1 of this trial they had a pool of 66 healthy participants that are women who are experiencing postmenopausal symptoms. The method for this experiment is to have an interval of the drug. Placing the group of women into 3 different groups which consisted of a group that had 3 mg of the drug to a group with 1.5 mg to a group that is receiving a placebo. This test is also being conducted in a way that has both the researcher and participants blinded in a random double blind test. The drug is gonna be used in an oral contraceptive with a specific dosage. This method is best used in this stage because it decreases the possibility of researcher bias. According to Dan Cartwright(2013), “Test drug, and during two periods they received single doses of both the estradiol and progesterone Reference drugs, which were taken concurrently. Blood samples were collected at multiple intervals, beginning one hour prior to start of dosing and continuing to 48 hours after

You made a good point on history being a component in treating co-occurring disorders. History is very important in understanding the course of the disorder. The next actually mentions the importance of obtaining a thorough history of patients before diagnosing and treating patients. I did not think of age as a component in treating co-occurring disorders. But that too is an important component. The process of treatment for a 19 year old male would not be the same for a 49 year old male. The severity of the symptoms of the disorder. In the data collection of the patients, clinicians have an understanding of the level of potential treatment the patient may need. For example, if the patient is a danger to themselves or to others or are significant

This week we learned about psychological disorders, what could be the cause of them, and how we try to treat each one of the disorders. In truth, it is a hard task to discern which of the known disorders that were covered in the chapters assigned for us to read this week would be more difficult for me to live with. Depression could cause me to feel like everything I did would not really amount to anything, deal with insomnia, and unable to find pleasure in my daily life. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can result from a terrifying or shocking event; this could result in me having to experience the ordeal over and over again at any given time, losing sleep, and closing off the relationships I have with my friends and relatives.

Jeffrey was arrested in the same year, 1988, for sexually fondling and drugging a young teenage boy (age thirteen); for this, he was put on probation for five years and for one year he was assigned to a work release camp where he was registered as a sex offender from the incident with the thirteen year old boy. Due to good behavior and a built up trust with the authorities, Dahmer was paroled from his work release camp two months early.

with in solitary confinement to control them and make sure that they do not cause others any form of harm. Many institutions have also started to use straightjackets to control prisoners with a personality disorders so that they do not self-harm themselves. The treatment of personality disordered federal prisoners is not impossible, but in many cases the situations within the institution or prison makes it impossible for many federal inmates.

Perception disorders are frustrating and debilitating for the individual. We have experienced a higher than usual number of people with Cerebral Palsy, Tourette’s syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Parkinson’s disease. I had a patient who suffers from Huntington’s disease and all four of his children inherited this disease.

The patient is 75-year-old lady who is brought in by her son for evaluation. He said she was in her usual state of health this morning when she woke up at 7am. Her son described her speech was slurred. She went to the bathroom and heard her fall, but there was no loss of consciousness, it was unwitnessed. When seen in the ED by the admitting physician she said she was feeling well and that she was able followed commands, speech was back to baseline and she denied any chest pain. Laboratory work was completely unremarkable. Past medical history is significant for depression, hypertension, schizophrenia and previous TIA. PT notes are reviewed, which revealed the patient has decreased functional mobility. She states she is mostly wheelchair-bound.

The behavior of those that are diagnosed with STPD can fluctuate depending on rigorousness of the symptoms. Schizotypal individuals are often highly creative (Miller 540). An STPD individual may not be able to communicate ideas in a correct manner yet the ideas agree with the arrangement, producing strange communication patterns. Unfitting or confined affect may be exhibited through grinning and happiness in sad situations. A major element in distinguishing individuals with STPD from other Schizo disorders is their desire for relationships (DSM-IV). They long for close personal relationships, yet feel great anxiety in social situations. They have struggle relating to and communicating with other people, causing them to become very remote.

Dealing with a psychological disorder during any stage of life can be difficult. If you add in being a celebrity and being in the public eye, this can make conquering your disorder hard. The person that I have chosen for my case study is a popular celebrity who has been in the public eye since the young age of five. According to health.usnews.com, my person has been diagnosed with bulimia, bipolar disorder, and self-hard at the tender age of 18. I decided to study this person through the six theoretical models because it will allow for the most understanding of the person’s disorders.

Two of the possible diagnoses for Ruth are generalised anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder which is also known as dysthymia.