Ms. Tyler Case Study

Felicia Allen is a 32 year old woman, who was initially brought into therapy after an attempt to steal a bus. Due to her reported “emotionally disturbed” nature, this consult became a priority. The police report states that Ms. Allen pulled out a knife, and threatened the driver after the driver declined her dollar bills. She then took control of the bus, and crashed it across the street. Upon our meeting, Ms. Allen was fidgety, and swayed back and forth all the while mumbling to herself. If she were questioned, she would look up and say “Sorry, sorry.” As far as patient history goes, Ms. Allen started hearing voices when she was 5 years old. These auditory hallucinations were mostly composed of critical, disparaging voices that made comments on her actions and behaviors. Her severe symptoms led her to be hospitalized fairly consistently since she was 11. Ever since she was young, she has been driven to please, and has a strong desire to be independent. Felicia has been prescribed clozapine for 1 calendar year, which helped her auditory hallucinations a great deal. Given the above symptoms and information, I have diagnosed Felicia Allen with schizophrenia.

Her recent episode of fleetingly thinking of throwing herself in front of a car is also an increase in previously somewhat benign self-harm behavior in the past. She has a history of sexual abuse as a child which may be of significance to her current mood status at this time in her life.

Lewis is over exaggerating her symptoms or possesses multiple mental health problems. Her symptoms reported in the clinical interview are consistent with the various elevations within the scales and subscales of the MMPI-2. Elevations in the Hs scale suggest Ms. Lewis is suffering somatic symptoms. This is consistent with the elevations in the Hy scale, which indicates that Ms. Lewis denies conflict, has little insight when acting out, has little anxiety, tension, or depression unless she’s reacting to stress, and indirectly expresses anger or resentment; these issues may manifest as somatic symptoms. Specific elevations in the Harris-Lingoes subscales Hy3 and Hy4, indicate that Ms. Lewis is experiencing problems sleeping, is uncomfortable, and expresses little to no hostility. The Pd scale indicates that Ms. Lewis has rebellious tendencies, does not take responsibility for her problems, and has poor family relationships. Further elevations in the Harris-Lingoes scales Pd2, Pd4, and Pd5 suggest that Ms. Lewis has gotten in trouble with the law or at school, feels misunderstood, alienated, unhappy, and may indulge in excessive alcohol use. The Pa scale elevation suggests a mistrust in others, the need to be guarded, hostility, and resentfulness. Additional Harris-Lingoes elevations indicate that Ms. Lewis is hypersensitive, lonely and searches for risk or excitement. The Pt scale suggests that Ms.

Abby’s behaviors indicate a diagnosis of Schizophrenia-first episode currently in full remission. A psychotic disorder characterized by a spectrum of cognitive and emotional dysfunctions for more than six months (e.g. delusions and hallucinations, disorganized speech or behavior, and inappropriate affect), Schizophrenia can cause marked disturbance in multiple areas of everyday functioning (DSM-5). Abby experiences auditory hallucinations of her deceased husband William, in which he is mute due to a head injury. On multiple occasions, she is seen ushering him around the house, feeding him and tucking him into bed, and treating him as though he is tangible. She lives under the delusion that he is dependent upon her to the point that if she leaves,

Along with a case history, I would like to perform a mental status examination interview to assess the presence of cognitive, emotional and behavior problems (Trull & Prinstein, 2013, p. 174). This interview will include notes regarding her.

The first test I would pose is an initial psychiatric evaluation and MSE. An initial evaluation will give more firm factual information regarding Ms. Tyler’s mental health status. According to her psychiatric history mental health illness is in her family. Ms. Tyler has displayed random acts of violence before and takes an antipsychotic medication. Ms. Tyler apparently has had some hallucinations which were reported by witnesses and family members; but she denies them. The MSE Evaluation will provide detrimental information about Ms. Tyler’s appearance, motor activity, speech, thought content and process, perception, affect, intellect and insight in relation to her mental functions and behavior at the time of the crime in question. These noted observations along with her history, physical examination, and collateral information from family and friends of her history will help to determine her Mental Status. Lab test would also need to be administered to check for substance use, and any chemical level changes within the body that could cause hallucinations or delusion.

My assessment for John is Schizoaffective Disorder (Depressive Type) because I personally believe that he is illustrating both depression and schizophrenia related symptoms. When we carefully look into John’s case, the summary itself reports that he has been in good health for the last five years except for a few episodes of depression, which was treated with tricyclic antidepressants and supportive psychotherapy. Therefore, we already now that he has a history of depression. Although the summary doesn’t indicate how long this treatment lasted, we can make few assumptions

Justification for diagnosis: Based on the case study, Janice would be diagnosed as having schizophrenia, which is a psychotic disorder that includes major disturbances in thought, emotion and behaviour. The DSM-5 states for someone to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, they must exhibit either delusions, hallucinations or disorganized speech as one of the symptoms along with another active-phase symptom for more than a month. Her husband stated about 8 months ago Janice started believing her friends have been talking behind her back, people following her, then 5 weeks ago Janice microwaved her cellphone and router to stop “them” from tracking her. Janice persistent mental disturbance for at least 8 months, which is slightly longer than the DSM-5

I called Ms Bridgette Bates, who is the maternal grand mother to Faith. She said that her granddaughter is being sexually molested by her foster-parent, where she is living in right now.

A psychological disorder is also referred to as a mental disorder or psychiatric disorder. It refers to either a mental and/or behavioral attributes that cause a suffering and mutilated ability to perform in normal activities. There are many psychological disorders. Examples of these disorders are; depression, anxiety disorder, Schizophrenia, child hood disorders, impulse control disorders personality disorders, adjustment disorders and family disorders. I chose to write about Schizophrenia so that I can clear the air concerning the basic psychological ailments, and to assist people know what to do if a loved one identifies extremities in the manifestation of Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia being a serious brain disorder affecting how people think, behave and act prompted me to research on the possible causes of attack, expression of the disease and the population at risk. My research is also aimed at unearthing the common misconceptions about Schizophrenia. Victims of Schizophrenia may find it difficult to differentiate between truth and imagination, become unresponsive, and develop difficulty in expressing their normal emotions in common situations.

As indicated above, I do not consider that any further treatment is required for the work-related component of the condition. I do consider that additional treatment is required for the non-work-related component of her presentation. In my opinion, unless Ms Meyers actively engages in psychiatric and psychological treatment, her prognosis is poor.

She had been hospitalized 4 times during this time following some major events like her mother’s death and her brother’s alcoholism which resulted in violence towards her. Her major problems are that she thinks that these voices have an external source (the central heating system), lack of confidence in herself, and resorting in solitude. She not only refuses to accept the fact that there might be something wrong with her but also deny taking any medication to get rid of this problem but she did agree to meet a therapist who will listen to the things that are bothering her. She has been working as a caregiver in a rest home and used to be a very cheerful person with a likable sense of

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This is a case of my sister in law whom I know for the past 16 year. She has been suffering from schizophrenia, paranoid type. She is a 45 years old holds a master degree in Sociology. Soon after she got divorced se broke out and started to exhibit bizarre behavior. Their family members noticed her whispering and talking to herself. On confronting she got agitated and accusing them for poisoning and harming her. She also claimed that property where they all live belongs to her.

Carlos’ older sister suffers from schizophrenia but his preoccupation with developing schizophrenia is extremely disproportionate and excessive because even with psychologist assurances of Carlos having no schizophrenia symptoms,