asked the client about the probability of visiting the physician to consult with him about taking antidepressant medication, but the client said that I do not think that I need medication as my depression is not severe, but if I feel that I need it, I will go and ask for it and she is not under medication now. Client think that her strict and conservative background led her to have a problem with friends and the relationship in general, as she added that she was isolated for so many years due to the home schooling and she has lack of self confident and social skills to deal with others. At the same time, she had no fun in her life and she did not enjoy it at all. All of these factors let her believe in some ethics and values grounded on the family background, faith, and experience which led her to act in a certain way with herself and others. She feels that she is obligated to achieve goals in her life, and she able to do that, but there is no fun, no self-care plan, and no enjoyment. Even when she moved to study, she misses the source of the security in her life which is her family as well as her first boyfriend has anxiety attacks and she feels obligated to help him. All these factors lead her to be depressed.
5- Mental statues Exam:
1. Appearance, Behavior, and Attitude
a. Apparent - the client is 21-year-old Portages American Caucasian Christian female, of average weight and height. At the time of the session, she was groomed and well dressed and was appropriate
For the postmodern approach, the counselor is appropriately listening to the client’s alternative story, such as what is contributing to her depression, anxiety, and failed relationships. Furthermore, this term is a contradiction to the client’s dominant story, which is the situation that is being accepted to the client’s culture and features her reality. In other words, the client will gain happiness if she marries a rich man and becomes a stay at home wife.
* What the individual wants to achieve and the outcomes to doing so. * What can the individual do for themselves? Or do they need help from their families and friends? * What does this individual need?
The client’s chief complaint is feeling stressed and overwhelmed from living with her mother. She has just moved in with her mother and new baby, while her husband is in another state attending a military training school. The client has expressed the feelings of being overwhelmed for the last one to five years. The client and her family have never gotten along, but now she is living with her mother who has a new boyfriend while still being married to the client’s father. The client is the older of two younger brothers’ feels and that she has never been understood or heard by her family. The client is irritable, anxious, hopeless, isolation, and guilt because she moved in with her mother to help with her new son, but her mother is not helping. The client may have unresolved conflicts with her family dynamics, which is influencing her thoughts and behaviors now. The client does not have the resolution for her past problems in the family dynamics, which is continuing the negative pattern she is experiencing today. The only way to help the client is to help the client in her self-awareness of these
These stages are not always linear and may overlap. In the engagement or establishment phase, is not as technique oriented as it is employing humanistic qualities to connect with the client by working to understand the client’s subjective reality. It is important to listen actively and suggest initial ideas about the client’s symptomology. Structure is important. This is the time to establish goals, as agreed upon by both the client and therapist. The end result of these goals should ultimately be to help the client function more fully and effectively in her community, even if that community initially consists of only the people in her home. After developing trust in the counseling relationship, the assessment phase gives the client an opportunity for catharsis by sharing the story of her life. In the subject interview, curiosity is key to getting the client to divulge important pieces of the story. This is a time for me to assess the client’s motivations and coping skills. Following the subjective interview, a more formal objective interview or lifestyle assessment is used to explore family constellation and early recollections. While many parts of Adler’s family constellation analysis are valid, it is important to view this tool in the context of the 21st century in which many
supportive method enabling clients to question personal choices they have made, and to realise the
During the time of assessment the patient reports that she recently had a change in depression medication. Patient expresses that she stop taking the anti-depressant medication last Monday. The patient reports that for a week she has been very tearful, isolating herself, experiencing insomnia, worthlessness, irritable, and hopelessness. Patient stated, "I don't feel suicidal, just feel hopeless." Further patient
Smith’s depression, she feels depressed because she believes she is a victim of the negative the group of her life’s stressors; her significant depression, a child with special needs, non understanding husband, she does not have social support system, and her husband would divorce her. She is not able to function well because her stressors make her feel guilty, frustrated, sad, and anxious due to her unresolved pain and conflict. As Fowers, (2005) stated, “In the process of gaining greater clarity about cultural values and the character strengths necessary to pursue them, critical questions about those values will arise” (p. 31).
Therefore, her decision to seek counseling implies that she longs to regain her emotional stability which would make her more resilient in handling challenges associated with single parenting. In other words, the client wants to feel ‘whole’ again to be able to tackle issues efficiently and enjoy her life.
My Pulse rises, my pupils widen, my heart skips a beat, and I may be little out of breath. I am experiencing an adrenalin rush. This is what I experience when I go to the VA facility in Loma Linda. It is a conditioned response from years of dealing with the VA system. Now, I feel this way anytime I go to visit the Doctors office. There are many reasons for this. Long wait times are frustrating, especially for someone with PTSD. The fact that there are more germs in a doctor’s offices is a source of worry as well. The young and seeming inexperienced medical staff does not give me confidence in their ability. I believe that visits to the doctor can prove more traumatic than the illness.
The prevalence of missed out-patient appointment among patients being managed for psychiatric disorders varies between studies conducted in different countries, and with different study designs. Centorrino and co-researchers63 evaluated attendance at an adult psychiatric out-patient clinic at a teaching hospital in Massachusetts between April and June 1997. Within that period 896 appointments were scheduled for 62 patients, and a missed appointment rate of 9.3% was obtained. It was not stated if the patients each had the same number of appointments within the study period. This study was also not specific for any diagnostic group of patients. The patients had different psychiatric diagnoses (major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, substance use disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder). It has been shown that patterns of clinic attendance vary between groups of patients with different psychiatric diagnoses.64,65 Also, since the estimated prevalence must have been obtained for several
The first stage of a patient's appointment should include the patients living information. For example, what is their address or place of residing as well as information about their insurance. Before every appointment you must verify the patient’s insurance such as their eligibility and benefits and if any information has been changed since the last time they visited. A change in insurance information can affect the benefit and authorization information so that is why it is always good to double check the if information of the patients. The correct coding of claims is important as it informs the insurance payer exactly what the patient got treated for. If you miscode the patient than they will get bill for the wrong thing which can make the
The client’s prognosis appears to be fair to good, contingent on her compliance with medications and therapy. Despite her hesitation, the client
In this problem formulation resubmission, I hope to offer a thoughtful and systematic, yet lightly held formulation to make sense of my clients suffering and where her problems stem from. I will initially look at her attachment style and then look at how she was greeted and held by her early environment with the help of Winnicot. To this I will add relational perspectives to understand where and how she struggles in adult relationships. Finally some transpersonal perspective will also be added to further understand her current struggles.
I believe the client would benefit from having some help with her depression, but understand in the Asian culture this type of problem is private.
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.