Dsm-Iv Evaluation
DSM-IV Evaluation Sarah Blackerby Abnormal Psychology September 8, 2013 University of Phoenix
Case Study 1
Josephine is a 47-year-old single woman. The hardest times of the year for Josephine 's family are holidays and family gatherings; Josephine never seems to enjoy herself. She seldom smiles, laughs, or reacts to people and events around her. She remains detached and often goes into a room and plays video games or watches television by herself, even when the rest of the family is eating. Her family members say that she is rude and do not want her around.
Josephine lives by herself. She has held several jobs, but lost them because of her inability to interact with others. Her cool demeanor makes her difficult to approach. Josephine has no significant relationship in her personal life and cannot name any close friends. I would like to determine that Josephine may be experiencing a personality disorder called Schizoid personality disorder. While Josephine’s family may think she is rude, Josephine may think that she reacts better while being alone. However because of being alone so much, she possibly may even have skips and deficiencies in her thinking processes. One cause that may have caused Josephine to be like this is possibly the treatment she may have had as a child. Possibly one of family members may have acted in this same way, or they may have been abusive. In response, Josephine may have decided that being alone and quiet would not get her into trouble. With the deficiency in her thinking process, she may have decided that responding to her emotions and others emotions was unnecessary and decided that only motor skills were needed during this time. For treatment, the process of helping fight against Schizoid personality disorder is a long one. One idea is for Josephine to write down when she may experience a stimulating emotion, such as happiness. She could then write this
Case Study 1
Josephine is a 47-year-old single woman. The hardest times of the year for Josephine 's family are holidays and family gatherings; Josephine never seems to enjoy herself. She seldom smiles, laughs, or reacts to people and events around her. She remains detached and often goes into a room and plays video games or watches television by herself, even when the rest of the family is eating. Her family members say that she is rude and do not want her around.
Josephine lives by herself. She has held several jobs, but lost them because of her inability to interact with others. Her cool demeanor makes her difficult to approach. Josephine has no significant relationship in her personal life and cannot name any close friends. I would like to determine that Josephine may be experiencing a personality disorder called Schizoid personality disorder. While Josephine’s family may think she is rude, Josephine may think that she reacts better while being alone. However because of being alone so much, she possibly may even have skips and deficiencies in her thinking processes. One cause that may have caused Josephine to be like this is possibly the treatment she may have had as a child. Possibly one of family members may have acted in this same way, or they may have been abusive. In response, Josephine may have decided that being alone and quiet would not get her into trouble. With the deficiency in her thinking process, she may have decided that responding to her emotions and others emotions was unnecessary and decided that only motor skills were needed during this time. For treatment, the process of helping fight against Schizoid personality disorder is a long one. One idea is for Josephine to write down when she may experience a stimulating emotion, such as happiness. She could then write this
References: Unknown (2009) Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology. Unknown publisher.