What About Bob Diagnosis

Unfortunately, if Dr. Leo Marvin could have been set up for failure as Bob’s previous therapist did not disclose the severity of Bob’s diagnosis and patterns of behavior.

According to www.psyweb.com “Axis I: Major Depressive Disorder, Catatonic Features, and Postpartum Onset. Axis II: Schizophrenia and Psychotic Dissociative. Axis III: Complications Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium. Axis IV: Problems with primary support group. Axis V: Behavior is considerably influenced by delusions or hallucinations OR serious impairment in

Though the movie centers around Bob Wiley, each and every one of the characters' disorders are shown. Bob's major disorder is his dependent personality disorder. The disorder is a long-term condition in which people depend too much on others to meet their emotional and physical needs. Bob has always been dependent on his therapists. This is shown when he previous therapist refers him to Dr. Marvin. Bob’s attachment to his therapist is very stressful for the therapist. This is scene throughout the film while Dr. Marvin nears breaking down. It is also evident when Bob’s old therapist is leaving his practice. It is obvious that Bob was the cause of that. Bob is dependent on Dr. Marvin. This is seen as he tries to desperately call him after only about a day after Dr. Marvin goes on vacation, and then even fakes his own suicide to find out where the doctor was.

Axis I would be: 300.4 Dysthymic Disorder, Late onset, the Axis II is the area for Personality Disorders and/or Mental

D. The focus of the anxiety and worry is not confined to features of other Axis I disorder (such as social phobia, OCD, PTSD etc.)

Craig willingly went to a psychiatric facility to seek help for his disorder. Known to him, he thought it was just going to be an instant treatment or prescription of some drugs, while also expressing that he didn’t want to be seen in a psychiatric facility by his friends (It’s Kind of a funny story, 2010). It was to help him participate in a series of therapy in order to help him out with his disorder, so he needed to be checked in and spend at least five days before he could be discharged. The number one major type of therapy involved a one on one session with a therapist— which is known as psychotherapy. In a one on one session with Dr. Minerva who was his therapist, he was able to talk about the things he was really going through, open up about his family, friends and possibly help him figure out the genesis of what created the most stress. Another type of therapy that was used to help Craig was a group therapy. This involved him being a group with

Bob Wiley has the criteria for a diagnosis of having dependent personality disorder, panic disorder with agoraphobia, OCD, hypochondria, and multiple phobias. The criteria to be diagnosed with dependent personality disorder includes having difficulties making decisions without seeking advice from others, the need for others to take control and make decisions for them, having trouble saying no, experiencing difficulty starting projects without assistance from others, having the need for support which causes one to behave in risky ways, having fears of abonnement, and feeling helpless when alone (Psychology Today).The criteria for panic disorder with agoraphobia include that a person experiences a deep fear when put in certain situations such as using public transportation, standing in a line, being in closed or open areas, and being alone when not in their home (Psych Central).

may not be viewed within the borderline personality disorder, but play a role on the behaviors that are

* phobias or psychological difficulties; fears or psychological difficulties such as persistent sadness or tearfulness;

Symptoms of separation anxiety disorder are prolonged fear and anxiety when a person or object is separated from the patient. They unrealistically worry about the safety of a loved one. The fear is so intense that it activates the sympathetic nervous system. By activating the sympathetic nervous system the body automatically mobilizes to get back what has been lost. For example, a mother is shopping in the store with her toddler. The child stumbles off without the mother knowing, as soon the mother notices her child missing she darts off looking for him. During this period of time

When I begin to use the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders based on axis 1: Billie displayed depression or a mood disorder which could have caused her to use drugs at an early age. Axis 2: Billie displayed a

In the film What about Bob, the movie starts off with Bob Willey sitting in bed telling himself “I feel great, I feel good, and I feel wonderful.” Without these words of encouragement he wouldn’t make it through day. Bob Wiley is quite the interesting character; he suffers from so many disorders. First he is faced with ongoing anxiety issues throughout the movie. Anxiety disorder is when a “person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal,” which describes Bob’s character perfectly.

Bob displays many symptoms of being an obsessive compulsive disorder owner. At the very beginning of the movie Bob is repeating to himself that, "I feel good. I feel great. I feel wonderful" multiple times. Bob is also trying to leave his apartment but he cannot because he is scared of the outside, he paces back multiple times before leaving just his own apartment, to leave the apartment building Bob uses a tissue to touch the door knob and also uses a tissue to shake his psychiatrist's hand. These are great examples of obsessive compulsive disorder. Obsessive compulsive disorder has many symptoms and one of them is a fear of germs. Within just the first ten minutes of this movie you can tell he has obsessive compulsive disorder.

-excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity and tends to be associated with paranoia.

“The goal of CBT is to teach clients how to separate the evaluation of their behaviour from the evaluation of themselves and how to accept themselves in spite of imperfections” (Corey, 2009, p. 279). In CBT the clients are expected to change their current behaviour (normally full of automatic thoughts) to a more rational way of thinking. The clinician will challenge the client’s behaviour in order for the client to understand his or her behaviour and get alternatives to change his/her behaviour. When using CBT, the client’s behaviour changes when they are aware of the abnormal behaviour. This approach allows the client to focus on improving his/her wellbeing. This enhances the client’s awareness of an existing issue and that changes are necessary. The client will develop new coping skills to deal with the situation and develop a new way of thinking from negative (automatic thoughts) to positive (more realistic thoughts). Initially the client may not recognise that a problem exists, but through this process will get