Case Study: Anxiety Answer Sheet Diagnosing Tina Student Name: Marcella Franklin Diagnosing Generalized Anxiety Disorder: 1a. Refer to the DSM-IV checklist for generalized anxiety disorder. Which of Tina's symptoms meet any of the criteria? (Be sure to match specific symptoms with specific criteria.) |Tina symptoms include the sense of something bad about to happen, constant worry that something horrific will happen to her daughters, | |this corresponds with the DSM-IV of at least 6 months of "excessive anxiety and worry" about a variety of events and situations.
|Tina symptoms meet the criteria refer from the DSM-IV checklist. Tina issue started after the death of her husband, so, it was less than| |six month, however, Tina exhibited tension in her muscles , thinking she was having a heart attack, also she had difficulty falling to | |sleep, feeling restless, and Irritability as well as having concentration problems which show more than six basic symptoms of anxiety. | |Tina also worried constantly about her teenage daughter, the bridge falling, having problem controlling her worry. | 1b. Based upon your review of Tina's symptoms and the diagnostic criteria, could Tina be diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder or not (and if not, why not)?
Ruth and Idgie and Ruth were watching from the bridge. Idgie was Buddy’s younger sister and they were very close. Idgie started screaming. Idgie did not handle the death well, she was close to her brother and it was a sudden death. “A number of studies suggest that survivors of those who die sudden deaths, especially young survivors, have a more difficult time than people with advance warning.” (P60 Worden) It was a very traumatic death as well; she had to watch and was not able to help him.
Case formulation report # 1: Charlotte John Henahan Chatham University Charlotte is a middle aged, married woman who is seeking counseling for severe depression. Charlotte reports that she has come to counseling at this time because she was fearful of “slipping back into an even deeper depression.” In addition to this fear of slipping into a deeper depression, Charlotte also presents with a multitude of other concerns, such inability to concentrate, poor self-image, sleeplessness, binge eating comfort foods, difficulties with her career, some marital concerns, and a low libido; both in the classical sense of sexual desire and the Freudian sense of a drive for all life instincts. All of these other concerns are most likely symptoms of her “overwhelming depression” which she has now come to counseling to address because she’s fearful it will worsen if she doesn’t get help. The cause for Charlotte’s depression is not immediately clear. Charlotte reports several life events that could be related to her depression.
| 1b. Based upon your review of Tina's symptoms and the diagnostic criteria, could Tina be diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder or not (and if not, why not)? |Yes, Tina does fit the criteria needed to be diagnosed as suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder as she fits the majority of the | |generalized criteria as listed above. | Diagnosing Specific Phobia: 2a. Refer to the DSM-IV checklist for specific phobia.
Back from Madness Video Assignment Naomi – Schizophrenia * Naomi appeared to be abnormally comfortable discussing her difficult past struggles with psychotic disorder and her hard childhood living with two mentally ill parents; perhaps downplayed the severity of her disorder. * Claimed to hear voices constantly throughout the day, which interfered with her daily living, as seen when she explained that she sometimes could not distinguish the real people’s voices from those that originated from her mind. * Naomi explained that the voices she heard became more negative during times when she experienced stress and worry. She believed the voices and stress created a “downward spiral” for her. * Had a nervous breakdown after returning to college, prior to finals.
The list of her roles implies the many things expected of her. As well, the three different grading systems seem to show her frustrations with multiple standards. Few people see being a typical mother and wife as a full-time job in itself, and it is not unusual for women who are both of these to feel overworked and unappreciated. In Pass/ Fail Pastan appears to be portraying her fears of ether her or one of her children’s fear of failing or passing an exam. The speaker is having nightmares of failing tests.
Lately she has looked pale. She gets frequent headaches and finds herself much more irritable. This may be because she has been having trouble sleeping lately. This winter has also been particularly cold and Laura can't seem to warm up. Laura's symptoms were not severe enough for her to worry, so she put off seeing the doctor.
Maggie was very uneasy around her sister; her mother tells her anxiousness in regard to Dee’s visitation: “Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes: she will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe” (119). Dee undermines her sister, not always knowing what type of impact she impresses upon Maggie. Dee does not appreciate her sister or her mother, both of which is barely educated and lives in a poor, dilapidated home. In fact, Dee had her own way of making this noticeable in one instance when she stood off in the distance while their first home burned down with her mother and sister inside (121). She does not feel comfortable taking on the old fashioned lifestyle her mother and sister do.
Throughout “Long Day’s Journey into Night” by Eugene O’Neill, the issue of the past is one that is brought up quite often, by the entire Tyrone family. Mary; the mother; resents that she has never been able to feel at home, while also battling her addiction to morphine because her husband was too stingy to pay for a real doctor. As well as the men of the family’s addiction to alcohol. The children hate their father for his cheap ways and for the way they were brought up. And lastly, Tyrone resents taking on a family, because it kept him from making his “big break” as an actor.