In the case study, you will write about a fictional person, someone you create (SEE BELOW I PUT DETAILS ON WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT), who has the mental disorder you are writing about. (I put which disorder, name, background, and symptoms to use for the paper) Be as creative as you can. In the case study, you should list the following things, in “narrative form”. This means that you will not merely write sentences addressing each of these points, but rather, will write a cohesive description of this person and their life. * Written Case Study on Avoidant Personality Disorder for a heterosexual Latino male name Johnny, 45 years old, single, no kids, and has never been married. Lives with his best friend. Works full-time as a FedEx Driver. Has 2 older brothers and an older sister and they all have their own families. Dad is alive and mother is deceased. Suffered from depression after losing his mother to breast cancer. Has a short temperament now after he lost his mother. * Two etiological causes * Three symptoms here are 3 symptoms for my paper; avoiding talking to women their excuse they don’t have no game they don’t know what to talk about, excuses before was because he lives with his mom he can’t bring anyone home but now his mom has been deceased for 7 years still no relationship, he will only go out to the restaurant, bar, club only if he is with someone *Two forms of treatment for a mental disorder. Please also address some of the other information listed below that you see as pertinent to your case. Address these points in your case study in narrative form, along with anything else you would like to include: (SOME OF THIS INFORMATION BELOW I PUT ABOVE IN DETAIL ABOUT JOHNNY) 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 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? • NOTE: You are not limited to only covering the bullet points above. If there are other things you would like to include, please feel free to do so. To write your case study, carefully consider the symptoms of the disorder as listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM 5) and the class textbook. You will need to provide in-text citations of your sources in APA style as well as APA style references at the end of the paper. You should write your paper in narrative format (as if it were a story being told from either the perspective of the therapist or the client (most students write it from the perspective of the therapist). I will be attaching two examples that previous students submitted that the professor had received they did not get good grades on them.
