Case Study Intervention: Amber

Case Study #4 The case study Intervention: Amber is a case study about Amber who is a bulimic and an alcoholic who tries to deal with her issues and how her family makes an intervention in her life. In this case study, Amber’s background for her disorder are explained, giving an insight in her disorder. The case study shows how different factors influences a disorder and how not dealing with an issue can make the problem worse. Amber’s bulimic disorder ceased to exist while being pregnant with her daughter, Kalea. However, Amber started drinking heavily about six months after Kalea’s birth, and after Chris, her husband, divorced Amber, the binge eating and purging started up again, which led her family to intervene in Amber’s life.
What I Learned Watching this case study gave me an insight in how different psychological disorders interfere and are associated with one another, making multiple disorders critical for the person. I also realized how someone’s substance abusive issues affect the people related to the person with the disorder. Not only did the disorders affect the people related to Amber, but it also backfired and ruined Amber’s relationship to the people she cared about. Another important factor I learned from this case study is how communication
Amber has always considering being skinny as being beautiful and therefore she became obsessed with not gaining weight. Amber’s tooth falling out is a typical physical complication of bulimia due to the stomach acid that comes with the purging. Amber purges whenever she feels distressed or after meals, which is common for people with bulimia. Amber shows many symptoms of bulimia and the multipath model explains the reasons behind her