Ptsd Case Study

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BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA Client Name: Antwone Quenton Fisher ID#: 220148 Address: U.S. NAVY Station in California Contact Information: none Safe to leave a message: No. DOB-age: 08/03/1976 24 years old Gender: Male Date: 09/14/2000 Start Time: 1:00 PM Duration: Starting at 1:00 PM and ending at 3:30 PM First Face to Face Appointment: 09/14/2000 Primary Method of Communication: English Referral Name: Dr. Davenport, U.S. Navy. Funding Source: Services are paid for by the U.S. Navy. Completed Assessment With: Lauren A. Marte, LCSW CLIENT PREFERENCES AND BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING CLIENT PREFERENCES Client Preferences: Mr. Fisher would like to no longer have any anxiety over forming relationships with others and…show more content…
“Recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions. Note: in young children, repetitive play may occur in which themes or aspects of the trauma are expressed. 2. Recurrent distressing dreams of the event. Note: in children, there may be frightening dreams without recognizable content 3. Acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur upon awakening or when intoxicated). Note: in children, trauma-specific reenactment may occur. 4. Intense psychological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event. 5. Physiologic reactivity upon exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event.” (National Center for PTSD, 2007) Mr. Fisher actually experiences two of the above symptoms. Mr. Fisher experiences recurring dreams and recollections about watching his lifelong friend shot in front of him, as well as recurring images of the physical and sexual abuse he experienced in the Tate…show more content…
Fisher also fulfills the requirements for this criterion. When Mr. Fisher first began his sessions with Dr. Davenport, he refused to speak with him and avoided any questions that involved his past. Mr. Fisher spent his first three sessions in complete silence. Mr. Fisher also avoided sexual relations with woman and fled the town the Tate’s live in by joining the military in an effort to avoid the activities, places or people that would remind him of the physical, verbal, and sexual abuse he experienced in the Tate home. Finally, Mr. Fisher experiences feelings of detachment from others. Mr. Fisher was unable to make significant connections with other until recently with his girlfriend. Mr. Fisher also experienced feelings of estrangement due to the abandonment by his mother at the age of 2. A potential risk factor for PTSD is an early separation from parents. (Breslau, Davis, Andreski, & Peterson,
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