CASE STUDY #1 1. Provisional Diagnosis: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 2. Rationale for the diagnosis: A. Presence of obsession‚ compulsion‚ or both: Obsession: the persistent thoughts of the client and attempts to ignore‚ suppress or neutralize these thoughts‚ impulses‚ or images ---- he feels some foods contain poisonous germs and diseases‚ any personal hygiene would interfere with his studying‚ he believes that the special rituals before eating‚ such as loud hissing‚ coughing‚ would allow the
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4 years due to personality conflicts between her and her husband. Stacey enrolled in college classes for nursing but found the thought of making classroom presentations too stressful and paralyzing‚ she withdrew from the courses. She thought she would be made fun of and harshly judged by her teacher and classmates. Stacey has been gainfully employed as a cashier for a local grocery store for 7 years. Her employer is
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DOI: 4/25/2016. Patient is a 42-year-old female occupational medicine PT service representative who sustained injury to her right shoulder from repetitively pushing shelves/work duties. Per OMNI entry‚ she was initially diagnosed with right shoulder strain. MRI of the right shoulder obtained on 08/12/16 demonstrates very mild subacromial subdeltoid bursitis and focally advanced tendinosis of the anterior supraspinatus tendon‚ but without lateral subacromial spur or high grade partial tear. Dense
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Case Study � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� A Diamond Personality Dale A. Miller CJA/473 September 4‚ 2010 Gary Vernon Introduction A case study is a form of qualitative explanatory research that is used to look at individuals‚ a small group of participants‚ or a group as a whole. Research on case studies allows people to understand complex issues that can extend experience and add strength to previous research. Case studies articulate detailed analysis of a minimal number of events and their affairs
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Giovanna Eynaudi According to diagnostic criteria provided in the DSM-5‚ Mr. Fife should be diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. As mentioned in the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for social anxiety‚ an individual should experience clear fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which he or she is being observed and possibly analyzed by others (Criterion A). For instance‚ Mr. Fife’s information‚ he meets criterion A as he mentions how social situations such as speaking to strangers or
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Case Report Name: Anna Munsch Class Name: Abnormal Psychology What diagnosis has been given to this client? Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia Background Information Please outline the major symptoms of this disorder. According to the DSM‚ the major symptoms of Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia are recurrent panic attacks with anxiety about experiencing another attack. Also present is anxiety being in a public place where escape will be difficult or embarrassing or where it will be difficult
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Consider how writers of the period explore ideas of dual or multiple personality. As far back as the 1800s‚ multiple personality disorder has been discussed in many writings of this period. Multiple personality disorder has become known as a severe mental disorder. It has been defined in the Ghana medical journal (2004) as‚ ‘a condition in which the patient shows multiple identities as if he possesses two or more selves at different times in the same body.’ The distinct identities have its own
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Chronic Conversion Disorder Billy Lockhart Troy University- Montgomery‚ AL Chronic Conversion Disorder In this article the author is doing a case study on a patient known as Ms. T. The article is on Chronic Conversion Disorder Masking Depression and Anxiety: The case of Ms. T. by Dr. Robert C. Kores. A case formulation with therapeutic focus and direction‚ and follow-up information regarding a patient with somatic concerns is presented. A Conversion Disorder was diagnosed with underlying
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Bipolar Disorder: Two Personalities‚ One Body Jordann Watts West Georgia Technical School Abstract Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness. It affects the mood of a person causing them to be incredibly happy or incredibly depressed. There are three types of Bipolar Disorders: Bipolar I Disorder‚ Bipolar II Disorder‚ and Cyclothymic Disorder. Bipolar I Disorder can make a person feel happy and extremely energetic. Bipolar II Disorder does the opposite. It can make a person
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Running head: Binge Eating Disorder Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Binge Eating Disorder February 21‚ 2014 Abnormal Psychology Dr. Jean Nyland Spring‚ 2014 Abstract This paper is a review of the current literature in DSM-5 for how it relates to the diagnosis and treatment of “Binge Eating Disorder” (BED). In the United States BED affects approximately 3.5% of the female‚ and 2% of the male population. This equivocates to a substantial amount of children
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