{"id":5539,"date":"2023-09-10T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nurs.essaybishops.com\/?p=5539"},"modified":"2024-09-10T09:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T09:11:25","slug":"diagnosis-major-depressive-disorder-recurrent-with-psychotic-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/nursing\/diagnosis-major-depressive-disorder-recurrent-with-psychotic-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagnosis: Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent, with Psychotic Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Diagnosis: Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent, with Psychotic Features<\/p>\n<p>Explanation of the chosen diagnosis:<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Soprano&#8217;s symptoms align closely with the diagnostic criteria for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with Psychotic Features. The DSM-5 criteria for MDD require at least five symptoms to be present for at least two weeks, including either depressed mood or loss of interest\/pleasure (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Mr. Soprano exhibits several key symptoms:<\/p>\n<p>Depressed mood: He reports &#8220;blue moods&#8221; and feeling sad without knowing why.<br \/>\nDiminished interest\/pleasure: Loss of interest in activities he previously enjoyed, including sexual activities.<br \/>\nSignificant weight loss: He mentions losing about 30 pounds.<br \/>\nSleep disturbance: He reports both insomnia and hypersomnia.<br \/>\nFatigue\/loss of energy: He struggles with fatigue and a desire to &#8220;hibernate.&#8221;<br \/>\nFeelings of worthlessness\/guilt: He experiences intense guilt over past actions.<br \/>\nDiminished ability to concentrate: Implied by his racing thoughts and difficulty functioning.<br \/>\nRecurrent thoughts of death: He has had fleeting thoughts of dying or deserving to die.<br \/>\nAdditionally, Mr. Soprano experiences psychotic symptoms, including auditory hallucinations (hearing voices telling him he is a &#8220;bad man&#8221;) and paranoid delusions (fearing imminent arrest). These psychotic features are mood-congruent, aligning with his depressive themes of guilt and worthlessness (Dubovsky et al., 2021).<\/p>\n<p>The recurrent nature of his condition is evident from the similar episode he experienced at age 28, indicating a pattern of depressive episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Why other diagnoses were ruled out:<\/p>\n<p>Bipolar I Disorder: While Mr. Soprano shows depressive symptoms, there is no evidence of manic episodes characterized by elevated mood, grandiosity, or decreased need for sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Antisocial Personality Disorder: Although Mr. Soprano engages in criminal activities, he displays remorse and guilt, which are inconsistent with this diagnosis. His current symptoms also represent a change from his baseline functioning, rather than a pervasive pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Erectile Disorder: While sexual dysfunction is mentioned, it appears to be a symptom of his depressive episode rather than a primary concern or standalone issue.<\/p>\n<p>Therapeutic Interventions:<\/p>\n<p>Psychotropic medication: Antidepressants, particularly those with antipsychotic properties or in combination with antipsychotics, are often the first-line treatment for MDD with psychotic features (Dubovsky et al., 2021). These medications can help alleviate both depressive and psychotic symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): CBT is an evidence-based psychotherapy that can effectively address depressive symptoms, negative thought patterns, and behaviors associated with MDD (Cuijpers et al., 2019). It can help Mr. Soprano challenge his feelings of guilt and worthlessness, and develop coping strategies for managing his symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>These interventions are appropriate because they address both the biological and psychological aspects of Mr. Soprano&#8217;s condition. Research has shown that combining medication with psychotherapy often yields better outcomes than either treatment alone for severe depression with psychotic features (Cuijpers et al., 2020).<\/p>\n<p>Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is not recommended as a first-line treatment in this case, as it is typically reserved for more treatment-resistant cases or when rapid improvement is necessary due to severe suicidality or catatonia, which are not present in Mr. Soprano&#8217;s case.<\/p>\n<p>IQ Calculations:<\/p>\n<p>Full Scale IQ: 98 (average of subtest scores: 96 + 92 + 102 + 102 = 392 \/ 4 = 98)<\/p>\n<p>Full Scale range of scores: 93 &#8211; 103 (98 \u00b1 5, based on the 95% confidence interval)<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Soprano&#8217;s full-scale IQ falls at the 45th percentile, meaning that his score is higher than or equal to 45% of the population. This indicates that his cognitive abilities are within the average range, slightly below the exact middle of the distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Potential Resources:<\/p>\n<p>Individual therapy: This would provide Mr. Soprano with a confidential space to address his depressive symptoms, guilt, and the psychological impact of his lifestyle. It allows for personalized treatment and the development of coping strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Group therapy: Participating in group therapy could help Mr. Soprano realize he is not alone in his struggles with depression and provide peer support. It may also offer different perspectives on managing symptoms and life challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Inpatient hospital facility: Given the severity of Mr. Soprano&#8217;s symptoms, including psychotic features and thoughts of self-harm, a short-term inpatient stay might be beneficial for stabilization, medication adjustment, and intensive therapy in a safe environment.<\/p>\n<p>These resources address Mr. Soprano&#8217;s need for comprehensive mental health support, considering the complexity of his symptoms and the potential risks associated with his lifestyle and mental state.<\/p>\n<p>Case Summary:<\/p>\n<p>Mr. A. Soprano, a 55-year-old white male and self-described &#8220;highly creative businessman&#8221; (euphemism for a crime boss), presented to a psychologist with concerns of self-harm ideation, sleep disturbances, and disturbing thoughts. He reported a two-month history of depressive symptoms, including guilt, fatigue, loss of interest in activities, and significant weight loss. Mr. Soprano also experienced auditory hallucinations and paranoid ideations. A similar episode occurred at age 28, suggesting a recurrent pattern. Cognitive assessment indicated average intellectual functioning across all domains. Based on the clinical presentation, Mr. Soprano was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent, with Psychotic Features. Recommended interventions include psychotropic medication and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Additional resources such as individual therapy, group therapy, and potential short-term inpatient care were suggested to address his complex psychological needs and ensure safety.<\/p>\n<p>=========================<\/p>\n<p>Provide\/identify the diagnosis <\/p>\n<p>o Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent, with Psychotic Features<\/p>\n<p>o Bipolar I Disorder<\/p>\n<p>o Antisocial Personality Disorder<\/p>\n<p>o Erectile Disorder<\/p>\n<p>Explain, in detail, your choice of diagnosis?  <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Please Identify the two most appropriate therapeutic interventions &#038; explain why they are appropriate in this instance <\/p>\n<p>o Psychotropic medication<\/p>\n<p>o Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)<\/p>\n<p>o Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Calculate Mr. Soprano\u2019s Full Scale IQ ____________________ <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Describe the Full Scale range of scores ___________ &#8211; ___________ <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Mr. Soprano\u2019s full-scale IQ falls at the 45th percentile; please explain what this means. <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Of those listed, please select three potential resources for a client such as Mr. Soprano, and explain why based on emotional\/psychological needs.<\/p>\n<p>o Grief support groups<\/p>\n<p>o MHMR (Helen Farabee Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center)<\/p>\n<p>o Individual therapy<\/p>\n<p>o Inpatient hospital facility<\/p>\n<p>o Group therapy<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Please write a summary for the provided case study<\/p>\n<p>==========<\/p>\n<p>Signature ASSIGNMENT <\/p>\n<p>The following is a brief, highly incomplete case study of a fellow who presents with symptoms of a specific psychiatric illness. He is interviewed and given some IQ testing. IQ testing would not be the best test to understand his problems, in fact it might be contraindicated in his current state but for the purposes of the assignment, IQ testing provides the clearest example of data and its use in a critical thinking exercise which is one of the goals of this assignment.<br \/>\nCASE STUDY<br \/>\n\tMr. A. Soprano is a 55-year-old white male who presented as an \u201cemergency\u201d to a psychologist at a local ER. After establishing rules of confidentiality he revealed he was a high level crime boss; essentially a mobster. Throughout the interview he spoke in a rather pronounced Brooklyn accent. He preferred to call himself \u201ca highly creative business man.\u201d The client\u2019s chief complaint was a concern over a vague desire to \u201churt\u201d himself, sleep problems and was experiencing disturbing \u201cthoughts that don\u2019t make any sense.\u201d He stated his thinking had become very negative, \u201cand weighs heavy on me\u201d, where he doesn\u2019t see anything good or positive in his life, \u201cand I\u2019m normally a positive kinda guy.\u201d Dr. Psychologist proceeded to request the client cooperate with psychological testing to help determine potential causes for the client\u2019s reported problems. This included a clinical interview.<br \/>\n\tMr. Soprano began his interview by telling a story about ordering a fellow mobster killed, \u201ca couple months ago.\u201d He said, \u201cI liked the guy. He was my right hand man, but he screwed up Doc and coulda\u2019 got me whacked so ahh, ya know, he had to go but I felt really bad about it. Hey \u2018fergit\u2019 about it, it was a business decision. Sometimes ya make those tough one\u2019s but this one really bothered me ya know.\u201d  He stated he noticed in the days following, his thoughts would race and be dominated by feelings of guilt. In the last seven weeks, he went through periods of sleeping much more than normal or suffering from insomnia when he felt \u201cstressed out and I don\u2019t get stressed out, Doc. Normally I sleep like a baby.\u201d  He also related in the last month, he had been battling with the strong desire to stay home and \u201chibernate\u201d and would struggle to fight the fatigue and loss of interest through these times \u201cbut I have a business to run. So I get out but most days I don\u2019t wanna.\u201d  On the days where he simply couldn\u2019t bring himself to leave home he said he sometimes hears voices telling him he is a \u201cbad man\u201d and deserves to die. He added he finds himself peering out the curtains fearing the cops will come arrest him at any moment. He added he\u2019s noticed other changes that cause him concern, \u201cI don\u2019t know Doc, I used to really enjoy roughin\u2019 people up a little.  You know, gettin\u2019 their attention, a busted finger or a knee, but here lately I don\u2019t enjoy it so much.\u201d  He said these changes in his feelings, thoughts and behaviors had been going on for \u201ca couple months.\u201d When asked if he had any thoughts of suicide he said, \u201cI\u2019ve thought about wanting to die a couple times, here lately when whoever this is talking to me in my head, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019d actually do it. I don\u2019t want my kids livin\u2019 with that, ya know. I just sometimes feel like hurtin\u2019 myself for what I\u2019ve done, but I\u2019m not sure what that would be.\u201d<br \/>\n\tTwo days prior to this interview, Mr. Soprano said he was very disturbed when his wife came up to the restaurant table he was sharing with his girlfriend and called him a, \u201ccheater and a murderer.\u201d  He added, \u201cFirst time in a while since I went to restaurant \u2018cause my appetite\u2019s been off for weeks. I\u2019ve lost about 30 pounds.\u201d He said his wife knew he had a girlfriend but had never confronted him. His wife stormed out and he cut the evening short because of intense feelings of guilt and the sudden onset of deprecating voices that led to a brief consideration of suicide but he said he had no plan, just fleeting \u201cthoughts of dying or deserving to die. But it went away.\u201d He added that he has noticed frequent mood changes, \u201dDoc, these \u2018blue moods\u2019 just come over me. I ain\u2019t no crier but suddenly I\u2019m sad and ballin\u2019 like a baby and I don\u2019t even know why.\u201d He also reported a loss of sexual interest, \u201cMy girlfriend is a real good lookin\u2019 broad Doc, ya know buddaboom(!) but she\u2019s frustrated with me cause I ain\u2019t really interested lately, if ya know what I mean. And that really ain\u2019t like me.\u201d<br \/>\n\tThe client reported a very similar episode at age 28, with most of the same symptoms, many years ago after he began his life of crime. After killing his first victim, a \u201cbusiness\u201d associate, Mr. Soprano recalled becoming withdrawn and emotional and hearing a similar voice repeatedly speaking to him that he was \u201ca bad man.\u201d At that time, Mr. Soprano\u2019s wife actually considered having him committed but decided against doing so. After several weeks his symptoms subsided without treatment. \u201cI just threw myself into my work and got over it.\u201d He also reported that he never wanted to be in this life. He said he was \u201ca good kid\u201d. Until he was 24 he worked for a second cousin in a successful chain of shoe stores and looked forward to becoming a partner but his father was killed and he was enlisted to \u201ctake over the family business. \u201cJust like in the godfather movie Doc. I\u2019m like a real life version of Michael Corleone.\u201d<br \/>\nAfter assurances that he would not try to harm himself he agreed to come in for testing.<\/p>\n<p>END OF CASE STUDY<\/p>\n<p>One of the requirements of this assignment is to diagnose what psychiatric illness Mr. Soprano is suffering from. Be assured he is suffering from one of the four diagnoses listed in the answer sheet portion.<br \/>\nThe following list of diagnostic criteria and symptoms is not comprehensive but gives sufficient information for you to determine which diagnosis best fits. Many psychiatric problems share similar symptoms and this can be confusing. What you are looking for is the best match for the largest group of symptoms that match Mr. Soprano\u2019s story. For the most part these are the same criteria any professional would use to diagnose Mr. Soprano, only some of the wording has been simplified. Confine your consideration of symptoms to the facts of the story to determine THE BEST FIT.<br \/>\nThe four diagnoses for you to consider are:<br \/>\no\tMajor Depressive Disorder, Recurrent, with Psychotic Features<br \/>\no\tBipolar I Disorder<br \/>\no\tAntisocial Personality Disorder<br \/>\no\tErectile Disorder<\/p>\n<p>1. These are the diagnostic criteria of Major Depressive Disorder and regardless of the other symptoms must include either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure.<br \/>\n\u2022\tMust have at least 5 of the following symptoms for at least 2 weeks.<br \/>\no\tFeels sad, hopeless, helpless and empty<br \/>\no\tSignificant decrease in interest or pleasure in all or almost all activities.<br \/>\no\tSignificant weight loss not from dieting or weight gain with decrease or increase in appetite daily.<br \/>\no\tSleeping too much or too little<br \/>\no\tFatigue or loss of energy<br \/>\no\tFeelings of worthless or inappropriate guilt<br \/>\no\tDecreased ability to think or concentrate or indecisiveness.<br \/>\no\tRecurrent thoughts of death or thoughts of suicide<br \/>\n\tSometimes the person may or may not experience psychosis (a distortion of reality in some way that can be problems with who they are, when it is or where they are, or strange thoughts that are not logical or hearing or seeing things that no one else can see or hear that reinforces their depression. Meaning, the psychosis seems somehow tied to the depression, appears driven by the depression and may make it worse. Where if the depression goes away, the psychosis goes away.<br \/>\n2. The diagnostic criteria of Bipolar I Disorder<br \/>\nBipolar disorder is a cycling mood disorder. That means the sufferer has distinct episodes where they are markedly (very) different from their normal personality. These episodes can come frequently or may have years between. However to be considered a bipolar episode it must persist for a week or more and they come in two types: Bipolar I and Bipolar II.<br \/>\nBipolar I is an episode of mood and behavior change dominated by mania. They may have also suffered from depression in the past, or prior to, or following a manic episode. Lastly, the depression portion can be like the symptoms of depression described above but episodes of depression are not necessary for the diagnosis of Bipolar I Disorder.<br \/>\nBipolar II is dominated more by episodes of depression with a least one time where the person exhibited some symptoms of mania called hypomania (manic light) and is not offered for your consideration.<br \/>\nThe symptoms of mania in Bipolar I Disorder are listed below for you to consider for Mr. Soprano. <\/p>\n<p>Bipolar I:<br \/>\n\u2022\tMust exhibit a period where there is a distinct episode of abnormal and persistent elevated or irritable mood. Increased focus on activities or energy for at least a week.<br \/>\n\u2022\tDuring this period of elevated mood the person must exhibit at least three of the following<br \/>\no\t Inflated self-esteem\/ grandiose<br \/>\no\tMuch less need for sleep<br \/>\no\tMore talkative or a pressure to keep talking<br \/>\no\tRacing thoughts<br \/>\no\tEither increased focused on work, sex or other endeavors or unfocused purposeless activity<br \/>\no\tOverly involved in activities that involve high risk of painful consequences such as spending or sex.<br \/>\n\u2022\tThese changes are sufficient to cause significant impairment in functioning.<br \/>\n\u2022\tNot attributable to drugs. Some stimulants can cause a similar presentation as mania.<\/p>\n<p>3. The diagnostic criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder.<br \/>\nA personality disorder is a pervasive personality style that would describe the person. It is not a mental illness in that the person may not clearly appear psychiatrically ill. The main feature of this disorder is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.<br \/>\n\tAntisocial Personality Disorder:<br \/>\n\u2022\tDoes not obey the law by engaging in behaviors that are grounds for arrest.<br \/>\n\u2022\tIs deceitful with patterns of lying, using aliases or conning others for profit or pleasure<br \/>\n\u2022\tImpulsive with no planning<br \/>\n\u2022\tIrritable with arguments or physical fights<br \/>\n\u2022\tReckless disregard for safety of self or others<br \/>\n\u2022\tIrresponsible including failure to sustain consistent work or honor financial obligations<br \/>\n\u2022\tLack of remorse with indifference to hurting others or rationalizing hurting or mistreating others.<br \/>\n\u2022\tMust be 18 or older<br \/>\n\u2022\tEvidence of conduct problems before age 15.<br \/>\n\u2022\tThe behaviors of the disorder can\u2019t be tied to a more severe mental illness such as schizophrenia.<br \/>\n4. The diagnostic criteria for Erectile Disorder.<br \/>\nErectile Disorder is part of a group of Sexual Dysfunction Disorders. These are disorders where the person has a significant problem in their ability to respond sexually or to experience sexual pleasure. Erectile Disorder is essentially a problem for a man to get and\/or keep an erection during sexual activity.<br \/>\n\tErectile Disorder:<br \/>\n\u2022\tMust have one of the three of the following on all or almost all (75%-100%) occasions of sexual activity.<br \/>\no\tSignificant difficulty obtaining an erection during sexual activity<br \/>\no\tOr maintaining an erection until completion of sex.<br \/>\no\tSignificant decrease in erectile rigidity.<br \/>\nThe symptoms must be for a period longer than 6 months and are distressing to the sufferer. It is not better explained by stress or relationship problems and is not the result of drugs, alcohol or a medical condition.<br \/>\nTest Results and Interpretations<br \/>\nIntelligence<br \/>\n\tThe Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) is a cognitive assessment for those aged 16-89. It provides scoring representative of intellectual functioning in specific cognitive domains, as well as a composite score representing general cognitive ability. This administration of the WAIS-IV of Mr. Soprano yielded the following results. All the ranges are calculated at the 95% confidence interval.<\/p>\n<p>Factor\tStandard Score\tPercentile\tDescription\tRange<\/p>\n<p>Verbal Comprehension\t96\t42nd  \tAverage\t91-101<br \/>\nPerceptual Reasoning\t92\t30th \tAverage\t87-97<br \/>\nWorking Memory\t102\t51st  \tAverage\t97-107<br \/>\nProcessing Speed\t102\t51st  \tAverage\t97-107<\/p>\n<p>Full Scale IQ (FSIQ)\t\t45th  \tAverage\t<\/p>\n<p>Assignment Assist and Guidance Sheet<br \/>\nThis is to help you complete the assignment.<br \/>\nCritical Thinking: Choose the diagnosis. This is what clinical psychologists do. A clinical psychologist is provided information through interviews, outside information and assessment and then they put it together to \u2018figure out\u2019 what is going on. Those conclusions are then used to guide treatment. In explaining why you did not choose the other three diagnoses, focus on a few symptoms that are not present that caused you to rule that diagnosis out.<br \/>\nInterventions \u2013 pick two. There is one intervention that is not appropriate for Mr. Soprano. The other two address specific symptoms both physiologic and psychological that Mr. Soprano clearly presents. However there is one treatment that is just not indicated. One helpful hint; many studies show that two of the treatments in combination are much more effective in treating Mr. Soprano\u2019s problem than either one alone.<br \/>\nQuantitative skills:<br \/>\nAn IQ test is made up of many smaller tests. These then produce the subtest scores you see on the left. The Full Scale IQ is that one number we always hear when talking about a person\u2019s Intelligence Quotient or IQ. For the purposes of the assignment the Full Scale IQ is an overall average of the individual subtest scores.<br \/>\nThe column with all the \u201caverage\u201d(s) merely means that all the scores fall in the average range of IQ scores. Meaning most people have scores like these. Not exceptionally high or low; they are average.<br \/>\nUnderstanding and calculating confidence intervals:<br \/>\n\tNo one will get exactly the same score on an IQ test every time. There are variables in the person and in the administration that can introduce variance in the scores. The assumption is there is an optimal or true performance score for this person. This true IQ score would reveal itself as the most common score through multiple administrations of the test but of course you can\u2019t keep giving the test over and over again because of something called \u2018practice effect\u2019.  So you calculate using statistical methods how confident you are that the score you got would be captured in a range of scores the vast majority of the time if you could give the test repeatedly; say a hundred times. This is called a confidence interval. Another way to say it as a percentage, how confident am I, as the tester that the client\u2019s actual, true IQ score falls in a specific range of scores most of the time on repeated administrations? In this case we are looking at ranges that capture a 95% confidence interval. Simply stated, as the tester, \u201cI am confident that 95% of the time the person\u2019s true IQ will be in the range of __A___ to __B____.  Where A and B are the outside limit of the range of possible scores with the actual tested IQ score as the middle of that range. Or conversely there is a 5% chance their true IQ score falls above or below the range of scores given.<br \/>\nThe percentile is where the person\u2019s score falls, in relation to the standard distribution of scores. For instance a person with a score of 115 is at the 84th percentile, meaning about 84% of the population would score at or below below 115 and 16% at or above 115. (Average IQ is 100 at the 50th percentile).<br \/>\nNow, look closely at the scores and ranges. As stated these are at 95% confidence interval. It remains the same for the blank confidence interval for you to fill in for the Full Scale IQ. Again, because we don\u2019t exactly know where the range of scores fall in relation to the person\u2019s true IQ, we consider the score we do have as the center of the interval (with the understanding it may not be). With this information you should be able to calculate the FSIQ and the confidence interval numbers and explain Mr. Soprano\u2019s percentile rank.<br \/>\nSocial Responsibility: Now that you know the person a bit, what community resources would best fit Mr. Soprano needs? To do this you have to have some understanding of what those resources try to accomplish and would that be beneficial to this person and explain why. There is no singular right answer. It rests more on your explanation and educated knowledge of those listed resources.<br \/>\nCommunication skills: This is to see if you can distill the background, interview content, test results and treatment recommendations into a short summary where the reader would still have a good understanding of the case without all the quotes or details.<br \/>\nWriting is a combination of aptitude and knowledge of grammar and sentence structure. As a college educated person the ability to write is essential to the appearance of competence. You don\u2019t have to be an accomplished author but basic skills are a necessity. So here are a few rules:<br \/>\n\u2022\tThis is a professional, formal writing task. It is not writing a note or sending a text.<br \/>\n\u2022\tDo not refer to yourself. No \u201cI\u201d or \u201cme\u201d. If you must, you are \u201cthis writer\u201d.<br \/>\n\u2022\tDo not use slang<br \/>\n\u2022\tDo not use abbreviations. Texting has ruined people in this regard. IMHO \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n\u2022\tRead what you\u2019ve written, aloud. If it sounds disjointed or doesn\u2019t make sense then guess what?<br \/>\n\u2022\tDo not answer with your opinion<br \/>\nFor the case summary let\u2019s see what a summary would look like of a similar length case study of Ms. Jane summarized in 1 paragraph as follows:<br \/>\n\tMs. Jane is a 44 year old, white, female who presented with a complaint of anxiety.  She reported experiencing anxiety in the form of severe nervousness, panic, fear and foreboding in most social situations, especially where she feels pressured to meet and speak to unfamiliar people. She is terrified she will embarrass herself by having nothing to say or humiliate herself in some way. She stated she has suffered with this for years but never sought treatment until now because her daughter is marrying in 6 months. She is terrified she will embarrass herself and her daughter. She was assessed and found to meet the criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder. IQ testing indicated that Ms. Jane\u2019s intellectual functioning is in the average range. She was prescribed short term psychotropic medication in the form of an anxiolytic to relieve her sense of panic and nervousness. She also contracted for at least 5 sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help her identify triggers for her anxiety and strategies to reduce her fearfulness. She was also referred to a support group of people with social phobias.<br \/>\nThis reads very similarly to an actual summary paragraph of a psychological assessment. Note most of the details of the interview and assessment are omitted but there is enough to give you a pretty good idea what is going on with Ms. Jane and her treatment plan. Obviously Mr. Soprano\u2019s will read differently because he has a different history and disorder but it should contain similar kinds of points. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diagnosis: Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent, with Psychotic Features Explanation of the chosen diagnosis: Mr. Soprano&#8217;s symptoms align closely with the diagnostic criteria for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2127,1829,2117,2128,1189],"tags":[2131,617,2130,2129],"class_list":["post-5539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-signature-assignment-help","category-help-writing-medical-case-study-assignment-answers","category-nursing-case-study-assignment-help","category-psychological-disorder-case-study-help","category-psychological-disorders-homework-assignments-help","tag-cognitive-assessment","tag-major-depressive-disorder","tag-psychotic-features","tag-therapeutic-interventions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5540,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5539\/revisions\/5540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}