Abnormal Psychology Case Study

 APA style, 3 pages, double-spaced. 

This paper should be narrative format and write about a fictional person (as if it were a story being told from the perspective of the therapist) and the symptoms of the disorder as listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM 5).

Includes two etiological causes, three symptoms, and two forms of treatment for a mental disorder.

Please, number and bold font of these causes, symptoms, and forms of treatment. 

 include:

Name of person, age, ethnicity/ethnicities, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, geographic location, ability status (disabled/able-bodied), etc..

Profession, student status, etc..

Personal life: who live with, where, for how long, kids, etc…

Social world: Who are their friends, what are the person’s hobbies, etc…

Family history: parents, siblings, where grew up, how this affected current disorder. Relevant information regarding the level of family functioning and support; family history of psychopathology, alcoholism, abuse, etc…

Past psychological problems, previous therapy, medical problems

Symptoms and how they affect them personally, and how it affects their functioning in the different areas of their life.

What types of behaviors are they exhibiting? What have they done to make their disorder better, if anything?

Finally, pretend that you were to offer recommendations as to what this person should do to treat their problem. What would the goals of therapy be? How would you treat the disorder? Would you recommend individual or group counseling, medication, other treatments?

Please include etiological causes, three symptoms, and two forms of treatment for a mental disorder. Please, number and bold font of these causes, symptoms, and forms of treatment.

 
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