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Biopsychosocial Assessment
Biopsychosocial Report (Ordinary People)
Client Identification Information
Client’s name: Conrad Jarrett
Client’s age: teenage, in high school
Client’s parents: Calvin Jarrett (the father), Tax attorney. Beth Jarrett (the mother), Homemaker

Description of Systems person system.
Conrad is a tall and thin white boy under 18 years old. He has big brown eyes like his father, but his hair is very short as it has been cut when he was in the hospital and now is growing out again. He speaks slowly and in a low voice which seems that he wants to control his emotion. He is healthy, but looks like losing his appetite hence a little weak.

family/household/primary social system.
Conrad’s family consists of his father Calvin, his mother Beth and him. He had an older brother named Buck, who died in the sailing accident four months ago. (See Appendix) Calvin’s family has a good relationship with his mother Beth’s parents and brother. They would get together frequently and spend the vocation time together. When Conrad’s parents are away, his grandmother would stay with him in their house and take care of him.

ecological system.
Conrad is an excellent student in high school with good grades, so his parents never worry about his study and consider him as a smart boy. He is a member of Choir in school and a good singer. He met his girlfriend Jeannine in the Choir as Jeannine was appreciate his singing very much. And also he was a talented swimmer, a member of his school’s swim team. But he quit the swim team after the sailing accident and claimed that he didn’t believe in God. He has several boy friends that grow up with him and they are used to hang out all the time. One of his friends is named Lazenby. Lazenby, Buck and he were the best friends. After the accident, he began to drift apart these friends, because he thinks it hurts too much to be around them. He was in psychiatric hospital for four months after the accident, and he met a friend named

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