Psychosocial Case Studies

Cassie presents with multidimensional and complex problems. The problems are inter related and need to be addressed concurrently. This client presents with a history of anxiety and childhood sexual abuse which manifests as post traumatic stress disorder [PTSD], social phobia (social anxiety disorder) and depression. Wagner (2008) reports a strong association between social anxiety disorder and depression. Post traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DMS-5; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013) specifically includes sexual violation as one of the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. Consequentially, co-morbid symptoms create dis-regulated behaviours which may have long

My mother’s younger sister, J.J., did not fall victim to teenage parenthood as Sharna and her daughters did. She did, however, find herself disowned at the tender age of 15. My mom says I’ve always reminded her of J.J. when she was younger, mainly talking about the stubborn personality that her parents couldn’t seem to handle. J.J. struggled with dyslexia throughout school and received little special education, the only remedy being when she was held back a grade. This did little more than to deter her further from school altogether. She dropped out by junior year and never looked back. She lived paycheck to paycheck working part-time jobs and spent her nights at the bars. She married a man and had three children. When her

Lester is a 59-year-old, African American widower with two adult children. The client was recently injured in an accident on his way to visit his daughter. Mr. Lester suffered intracerebral hemorrhaging that left him unable to independently care for himself. It appears Lester’s injuries are catastrophic, and he will require 24 care that will include, assistance with the basic chores of dressing, feeding and self-care; if he does not return to his single-family home. Prior to this accident, he was an electrician, active member in church and a worship leader.

Social workers are faced with different dilemmas each and every day. It is a social workers job to be committed to their jobs and committed to their clients. Social workers are those people who are interested in helping people and helping to improve their lives. All help isn’t good help. Some of the things that social workers decide to do with their clients end up being unethical. As we explore the Jones case study, there are several different unethical decisions that were made. There are a few different dilemmas throughout the case study. Confidentiality, receiving gifts from clients and their family, social media, and also developing relationships (dual relationships). It important for social workers to have the resources such as the NASW and the standards of practice manual. The code gives us a set of values, principles, and standards to guide decision making and conduct when ethical issues arise.

Millie had expressed concerns of joint pain, financial difficulties and being incontinence that plays upon her having a negative body image. These concerns placed a toll on her health and this require immediate

The patient retracts himself from social interaction due to depression caused by the death of his brother Allie, at a young age. When

Through the months of September and October I had three meetings with a local woman, AA and her two sons, CG and HG. When we first spoke to arrange our meetings, we had decided to look into her asthma and how that affected her life and her family. As our first visit progressed, I realized that her struggles with mental health seem to have a much bigger effect on her life and family. AA has lived with depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem for her entire life. She never lived with her father and was mistreated by her mother until moving in full time with her grandmother at the age of twelve. As shown in the Genogram, AA’s mother has an undiagnosed mental illness; this is speculation on AA’s part because she always assumed that her mother was suffering from something, which would have lead to the harsh treatment of her daughter.

According to the research depression is an outcome of family, cultural, personal and social circumstances. The main causes of depression are the stress factors such as bereavement, abuse, the stress of divorce and sexual infidelity. Other kinds of stressors like isolation and ageing, health problems, stigma, cultural distance are the major difficulties faced by the people. The finding demonstrates the nature of an individual of understanding depression and different management strategies used in the primary care of the patients. The encouragement of the self-help in the step care models is recommended in the NICE guidelines of UK which may require more than blanket application of self-management tools and more systematic extracting of strategies which enable an individual to develop on their existing strengths and moving towards the recovery more effectively. The finding also reveals the depth of traumatic and violent experiences suffered by the women due to depression. Many women link their depressions with the heavy loss such as ill health, bereavement or job-related events. The approach of chronic disease management is becoming a widespread practice of controlling depressive disorders of how the patients respond to the approach in the primary care. The understanding of the symptoms is important to understand the recurrent depression that may be problematic and

Objectives/Progress: Pt. has discontinued her use of opiates according to the last quarter UDS results, Pt. is now eligible to receive phase 1 take home privileges if she maintain her abstinence. Pt. demonstrated a improvement on her commitments to maintain regular dosing attendance. Also P During this upcoming quater, this writer will meet with pt. to establish rapport and trust. This writer will reinforce the importance of remaining in recovery and to resolve her current legal issues by the next month. Pt. identified her children as a motivational factor to change and to . The counselor told Pt. that he needs to be free from drugs (cocaine) in order for his prescribed medications to work and be more effective. Counselor will help patient understand the importance of restitution to self worth and then help in developing a plan to provide restitution.

Depression is a severe illness the makes a person feel insecure, worthless. and daily tasks become difficult. They are different types of depression because According to Medical News Today states “depression is likely to be caused by a complex combination of factors, genetic, environmental, and psychological”. The probability is significant with genetics. At times an individual may become substantially depressed that they believe their life achievements seem futile. Depression is a

Patient is the second child of a separated family. She reports that growing up was very chaotic because his father was physically and emotionally abusive towards her and her family. Patient’s father admitted himself in a psychiatric unit about 20 years ago for unknown reasons. She believes he fits the criteria for Bi-Polar I Disorder. Patients’ younger brother (22 years old) carries a diagnosis of Asperger’s and takes Prozac 20mg to treat symptoms of depression. Patient stopped talking to her father in 2010 after a dispute related to her brother. She reports that her mother is a good support system and they talk regularly. Her mother was diagnosed with Lyme disease during this past

Anxiety may be experienced in reaction to the client’s anxiety and varying emotional response including anger, feelings of abandonment, and sadness over loss of therapist, denial, joy at growing up, rejection and guilt. Client reactions may be due to other meaningful “goodbyes” in their lifetime (leaving home, loss of a job, death of a loved one) or due to incomplete early separation with the mother. If the separation process for the client is flawed or unresolved in therapy, the therapist may be seen and a “bad mother” and the client may feel anger and hostility. Faced with such feelings from the client, the therapist might feel anxiety over

Lanesha is a 12 year old girl that has been having trouble with her temper and her anger in almost every aspect of her daily life. Her medicine and compliance to her treatment plan are no different. As a teenager, she does not want to continually be hassled and bothered. So to avoid this she constantly is telling the providers lies, or in her mind, “what they want to hear.” (http://support.mchtraining.net/national_ccce/case1/Flash/activity1.html). Lanesha has a sense of neglect from her grandmother because she states that she want to act like everything is fine as to appease her Grandmothers temperament. Marietta, also shares in frustration but also has a great deal of added stress as she also cares for her 10 year old grandchild and also her older ailing mother. Marietta exudes many of the qualities spoken by Dr. Horky in her presentation; her own age is taking a toll on her ability to care for Lanesha, she is worried about Lanesha. Due to Lanesha’s age and behavior however, Marietta is experiencing depression and grief. Almost portrays a sense that she has given up, like she has done all that she can. (Horky, n.d.). Other socioeconomic issues are in Marietta’s forefront.

The following case study, is a female, Kelly, suffering from several problems with her family. She lives in a low income family and is the important role of family’s pillar. Since she is the oldest daughter and is a student at the same time, her parents fully expected her to take care of younger siblings. As a result, she did not perform well in DSE examination while her parents does not support her to continue study and urge her to gain a livelihood for family. Therefore, she has no idea on her decision making.

The resentment within the young girl’s family is essential to the novel because one can understand the young girl better as she makes her decision.