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Bipolar Disorder Case Study Examples
Case study: Jean – a 34-year-old with dysthymia and depressive episodes. Jean is a 34-year-old woman who has experienced dysthymia, that is, persistent low mood, for most of her adult life. However, over the last five years this has become particularly distressing and her mood has often deepened to include long spells of disabling depression. […]
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PTSD Case Study Examples
PTSD Case Study Examples about one person. Mr F was a prison officer in a small town in the west of England. At six feet four inches, he was a big strong man, fond of playing rugby for a local team and drinking with his mates. He was happily married with two young children. He […]
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agoraphobia case study
The word ‘agoraphobia’ is derived from the Greek agora, meaning a marketplaceand phobos, meaning fear. Despite the popular notion that agoraphobia is a fearof open spaces, Ash asserts that this is not the case and defines agoraphobia as‘a fear of being in public places’. Consequently, the person avoidspublic places such as buses, trains, shopping centres […]
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Example Case Study of Schizophrenia
Example Case Study of Schizophrenia: Brian’s story History and experience Brian is a young man who was diagnosed with learning disabilities at age 4. Brian and his family have lived for many years on a council housing estate in a close-knit inner-city community. Given Brian’s learning disability, he was marked as different from his older […]
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schizophrenia case study examples
The following case studies illustrate the human experience that is schizophrenia. Case one: Bridget’s story History and experience At the time of meeting and working with Bridget she was a middle-aged widow and mother who had lived with psychotic symptoms for nearly thirty years. Bridget was experiencing a relapse of her psychotic symptoms following the […]
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Specific phobia case study
Case study: Specific phobia Oliver is 27 and works as a car mechanic. When Oliver was eight years old,he was playing football with his cousin in the back garden when the footballaccidentally went into the next-door-neighbour’s garden. Oliver climbed overthe fence to retrieve the football, but when he was climbing over the fencehe was attacked […]
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Anxiety case study
Anxiety case study for Mary: Mary, a 37-year-old secretary, is single and lives alone. She usually has a good network of friends within and outside the workplace. Recently, while on a shopping trip in the town, Mary was attacked and thrown to the ground, during which she sustained bruising to her face and a fracture […]
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Example of Psychiatric Case Study
Example of Psychiatric Case Study: A 24-year-old woman with panic attacks and phobia “It was so frightening when it first happened. I was sitting on a bus, when all of a sudden my heart started beating so fast that I felt I was having a heart attack. I had difficulty breathing, and then I started […]
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Mental Illness Case Study Examples
Mental Illness Case Study Examples: Case 1 Ricard was a 34-year-old man who suddenly started behaving in abizarre manner three days earlier. He became very restless, started talking nonsense and behaved in a shameless manner, taking his clothes off in public. He had no history of a mental illness. The only medical history was that […]
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Free Mental Health Case Study
Free Mental Health Case Study: Case 1 Li was an 18-year-old high school student. He had always been an average student, hardworking and honest. Recently, however, his mother had noticed that Li had been staying out till late at night, his schoolgrades had been falling, and he was spending more money. The previous week, his […]
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