Montana Diagnostic Report
Daniel Levy
Bio- Psychology
Diagnostic Report
Sadie is a single, African American woman who lives in Montana. Her sexual orientation is lesbian. Sadie stated that she lives with her uncle and cousins. She studied Computer Science in New York City and won a scholarship for her academic achievements. Psychological symptoms are deviations of what are considered as normal and indicates the mental or physical disorder to the person. They should be in a recognized pattern in order to decide if a person has symptoms for a certain condition. A psychological diagnosis is the identification and labeling of a disease based on its signs …show more content…
The patient notices them and goes to get evaluated by a health practitioner. Medical symptoms are important when assessing ones psychological behavior. A head injury may be a primary cause in why the patient acts the way they do. Sadie has suffered with mild to chronic injuries based on her attack. She is walking with a cane and is also limping. She has medical braces on her arm and several scars on her face. She mentioned having a cut on her throat and several broken bones. She’s getting little to no sleep and has repeated nightmares, which causes her cold sweat, heart pounds, and shortness of breath. She’s also prescribed Oxies and is slightly hooked on them. These symptoms are in fact psychological and physical wounds. Symptoms, such as disturbing recurring flashbacks, repeated nightmares, and hyper arousal, continue for more than a month after the occurrence of a traumatic event are a diagnosis of Posttraumatic stress disorder. PTSD may develop after a person is exposed to one or more traumatic events, such as sexual assault, warfare, serious injury, or threats of imminent …show more content…
Based on the GAF scale I’d rank Sadie a 60. Even though she has moderate symptoms of Anhedonia and has reoccurring phases of hallucinations she doesn’t portray any symptoms of her really being dangerous. We know that she was a bright student and I don’t see her having any troubles with her schooling. Her environment and peers may have caused her a sense of emptiness because she has a different sexual orientation that the town mocks her for. And we also see that based on her physical attack she ‘s been facing a moderate case of PTSD, which is only because she feels unsafe and scared that’ll happen again. Also even though we see her wanting to be prescribed more Oxies she doesn’t seem to be abusing it and taking high doses. She said that she’d only take them when she really felt like she needed
Bio- Psychology
Diagnostic Report
Sadie is a single, African American woman who lives in Montana. Her sexual orientation is lesbian. Sadie stated that she lives with her uncle and cousins. She studied Computer Science in New York City and won a scholarship for her academic achievements. Psychological symptoms are deviations of what are considered as normal and indicates the mental or physical disorder to the person. They should be in a recognized pattern in order to decide if a person has symptoms for a certain condition. A psychological diagnosis is the identification and labeling of a disease based on its signs …show more content…
The patient notices them and goes to get evaluated by a health practitioner. Medical symptoms are important when assessing ones psychological behavior. A head injury may be a primary cause in why the patient acts the way they do. Sadie has suffered with mild to chronic injuries based on her attack. She is walking with a cane and is also limping. She has medical braces on her arm and several scars on her face. She mentioned having a cut on her throat and several broken bones. She’s getting little to no sleep and has repeated nightmares, which causes her cold sweat, heart pounds, and shortness of breath. She’s also prescribed Oxies and is slightly hooked on them. These symptoms are in fact psychological and physical wounds. Symptoms, such as disturbing recurring flashbacks, repeated nightmares, and hyper arousal, continue for more than a month after the occurrence of a traumatic event are a diagnosis of Posttraumatic stress disorder. PTSD may develop after a person is exposed to one or more traumatic events, such as sexual assault, warfare, serious injury, or threats of imminent …show more content…
Based on the GAF scale I’d rank Sadie a 60. Even though she has moderate symptoms of Anhedonia and has reoccurring phases of hallucinations she doesn’t portray any symptoms of her really being dangerous. We know that she was a bright student and I don’t see her having any troubles with her schooling. Her environment and peers may have caused her a sense of emptiness because she has a different sexual orientation that the town mocks her for. And we also see that based on her physical attack she ‘s been facing a moderate case of PTSD, which is only because she feels unsafe and scared that’ll happen again. Also even though we see her wanting to be prescribed more Oxies she doesn’t seem to be abusing it and taking high doses. She said that she’d only take them when she really felt like she needed