Sharon Is A Treatment Of Family Pressure

Helen is a non drug user that repetitively goes through several week periods of racing thoughts, abnormal energetic disposition, lack of normal eating or sleeping, talking quickly, and putting herself in potential dangerous situations. This period can be described as a Manic or Hypomanic episode. Later, she enters to what qualifies as a Major Depressive Episode. She describes it as a period that may last

31 y/o AA male patient seen today for psychiatric-mental health assessment. He is awake, alert and oriented x4. He is calm, cooperative and follows commands during assessment. The patient reports he is depressed, difficulty sleeping and nightmares at night. The patient explained his depression is as a result of deep thinking from a news he received two days ago from his elder brother that his mother is ill. Stressors identified by the patient include losing his job a week ago before the news about his mother; his wife is 6-months pregnant with their first child, who currently works part-time at her present job; patient relates difficulty paying monthly bills and inability to provide adequately for his family as a man. The patient denies mood swings, suicidal/homicidal thoughts and ideation. Patient reports his spouse is at work at the moment and he does not want to put stress on his wife due to her current condition. Patient denies been hospitalized for depression or psychiatric illness; and denies family history of mental illness. Patient reports he is seeking help because he does not like feeling this way using terms of “helpless and loss of worth from his spouse”. Patient reports he needs help with his depression and nightmares before his current condition get out of hands and ruined his marriage.

The client was not diagnosed with any disorder until after the onset of a negative life event. Pat had arrived home from work one day and heard his wedding song playing. As he was walking, he saw his wife’s clothes trailing to the bathroom. Then he sees

The client is aware of her emotions and how they affect her relationship with her husband and children. Her awareness of her unstable mental health situation will be useful later when these emotions are addressed in counseling.

Since I have last seen the patient, she tells me she has been to see [Mary Bluen at Orchard Park in Portsmouth.] She has been seeing her in counseling now for the last six to seven weeks and her next appointment is tomorrow. She says she has been struggling lately with her feelings. She established a relationship with a superior at work who is married and she herself is married. She says this is something that she is trying to work through to figure out why she is making these choices. Her plan is to ultimately end her marriage. She is not sure if she will continue to see this male at work again or not. She is just not sure what her choices are. She said on top of all of this, she just found out today that she has been given a 90 day noticed, so she is not sure if she will even be able to keep the same job and she is fairly certain that this is follow

The client’s mother suggested Molly come in because she has become more and more dependent on her parents for a many aspects of her life. Molly reports that she is in jeopardy of losing her job because she is constantly falling behind and has difficulty completing necessary tasks on her own. She reports she does not enjoy making decisions for herself and it causes much distress in her daily life.

The session was conducted in the office assigned to Ms.(MO) the social worker. Mr. (FT) accompanied and remained in attendance during the session with his wife Mrs. (DR).  Mrs.(DR), is a 35 - year old Hispanic woman with thoughts of suicide or wanting to hasten death. She has made one attempt to commit suicide by ingesting multiple pill at one time. Mrs. (DR) admits cutting herself  however; she says it's never deep and she does not do it on her children’s birthdays and holidays.

Around this time last year, a patient named Monica Geller walked into my office. The patient was a twenty two years old young women living in New York with her brother and group of friends. My first impression of her was that she seemed like a very normal young nice lady with nothing out of the ordinary about her. However, Monica was very distressed about her condition for the past couple of months now. She explained to me that her days are filled with anxiety and worry over every little detail in her life. Monica is obsessed with how her apartment should look and in what order everything should be in. It was only recently, when her roommate redecorated the place, that she believed she had a serious problem. Monica described feeling very

Client Sanchez has a very close bond with her family, and uses them as her support system. She will be going through the assessment process and interventions with the assistance of her daughter. This client has come into the office seeking help, empowerment and interventions in order to get control over her situation. This case study will go through her assessment,

Patient reports that things “have gotten real bad the past five months”. She has felt “down and wanted to end it.” Patient reports that she is “lethargic, does not shower and stays in bed for days, her arms are heavy.” Patient reports that she cries all the time. When asked how she feels about herself patient replied “I hate me, hate the way I look, how I feel”. She also

D-The patient arrived late to her counseling session. Reported stability on her current dose and denies the need for a dose increase when offered by this writer. This writer addressed with the patient about her attitude about learning about her results yesterday as she appeared to be in a hurry and nonchalant about the result. According to the patient, he was affected by the news and says, " I had left over cocaine and threw it away.....I am done with that stuff." The patient updated this writer on her plans to change her mental health provider from CHR to the Hope Center as the patient dislike her psychiatrist at CHR. Furthermore, the patient reports, her CHR case manager will assist the patient referral to Chrysalis to be assigned with a

College is a fascinating time in an individual's life. A time of enlightenment, adventure, and maximum achievement. For Zoe Walker, family has always been a priority. Even in the busy life of a biochemistry major, Zoe found time to visit her parents and brother. The drive was a quick five hour ride through corn fields and cow pastures. She genuinely looked forward to the excursion. She created a playlist of her favorite music. Her mind would wander as she sped down the straight road, forgetting all the stress

Client arrived for therapy on time. He was dressed casually in a polo shirt and shorts. Client presented without cognitive impairments. His mood was congruent with his affect, as he stated that he was feeling “okay,” and occasionally took deep breaths throughout the session. He appeared to be frustrated as he continuously shook his head when expressing his feeling for his marriage. Client’s speech and language were intact. Client’s thought processes were logical and coherent. There was no evidence of delusional content, hallucinatory experiences or perceptual disturbances. Client’s insight appeared to be good as he was aware of his condition, but knew he was making progress according to his treatment plans. There was no evidence of SI/Intent

Cristina is a client at blue horizon clinic. She has been coming to counseling for almost six months and her condition has improved greatly. Cristina suffers PTSD and depression because of sexual abuse she experienced at a young age and she also grew up during the civil war in her home country. Because of her recovery, her therapist is thinking she will no longer benefit from therapy and has a plan of seeing her a couple more times to help her transition. Cristina’s father was diagnosed with CHF and he is only expected to live for no more than a year, his condition is deteriorating rapidly which is putting more stress on Cristina as she is a full-time employee, has a young daughter and is caring for her father. Last week, she came to counseling showing high levels of stress and anxiety, she was extremely agitated.

Additionally, Helen is articulate and smart. She demonstrates that she well in school and has an active social life. However, Helen’s body language demonstrate she is sleepy due to her difficulties of falling sleeping. Currently, Helen is not taking any medication or has any medical problems. She does not have any history of substance abuse, abuse, or trauma. At the moment, Helen does not demonstrate any family history of substance abuse history, abuse, and trauma. However, Helen demonstrates that her current mood