Holden Caulfield Case Study

Holden Caulfield Diagnosis Holden Caulfield is seventeen year old caucasian male from New York City who recently has flunked out of another private boarding school then ran away and spent a weekend alone in the New York City drinking heavily. Caulfield describes himself during this week as being fed up and done with all people. From a rational perspective, nothing Caulfield did or thought during this week were the actions of a lucid person. Because of Caulfield’s impulsive scattered thinking he is clearly a threat to himself. My diagnosis is that he is suffering from both an anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, luckily there are treatment steps he can take to help cope with his issue, these include medications and different types of psychological therapy. The patient is
The goal of the group therapy is for Holden to work on gaining a connection with other people going through the same problems. The individual sessions help him figure out what the issues are how to overcome. Once out of the hospital therapy will continue and if determined need by place on medication for anxiety. The likely candidate being Buspirone because it will also help him sleep and targets the physical side effects of his anxiety. On top of this, Caulfield will be taught how to cope with an anxiety attack or a hallucination coming on. A very vital piece will be Caulfield not consuming alcohol because with his medication the results could be fatal. At this time, don’t believe PTSD occurs frequently enough to warrant medication.
Caulfield is clearly suffering from anxiety and PTSD. This obvious because of what happened in New York and what Holden says. If Holden is not treated then these problems are serious enough he may end up dying. Fortunately, the treatments available will help Holden life a full healthy