In Treatment: Symptoms And Diagnosis
Introduction
The TV show “In Treatment”, season three, shows a psychologist, Paul Weston, trying to help a client that moved to America with his son and daughter-in-law The client, Sunil, is a 52-year old male from Calcutta, India. Sunil was a math teacher in India and retired early. Once his wife passed away, he moved to America to live with his son, Arun, and his daughter-in-law Julia.
Sunil appears apathetic and displays some flat affect during the episodes. My initial thought was that Sunil seems very distant and less interactive with Julia, but, will interact with his son Arun. In fact, I think he feels as if Julia is not the right wife for his son. Reason being, he mentioned during the episode how Julia practically changed the pronunciation …show more content…
These symptoms have been occurring for months.
According to the DSM V, for a person to be diagnosed with a Major Depression Disorder, the depressive episode must be present for at least two weeks and causing distress and/or severely impacting daily life areas. The symptoms should include weight gain, weight loss, or appetite disturbance, anhedonia, sleep disturbance, psychomotor agitation, diminished thinking or concentrating, depressed mood and etc. To add, according to the DSM V, for a person to be diagnosed with Adjustment Disorder, the individual must present emotional or behavioral symptoms responding to stressors that occur within three months. The criteria will include distress with expected reactions to the specific stressor or stressors.
In regards to Sunil being depressed most of the day, being rude to his family, lack of interacting socially, not eating, not showering, and not getting out of bed is what led me to provide the diagnosis of a major depressive disorder and adjustment disorder.
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Sunil showed signs of adjustment disorder five months ago when he moved in with his son and daughter-in-law. In addition to adjusting, he experiences depression. His depression is often. Every day, Sunil shows signs of depression and not wanting to get out of bed.
Antecedents
Sunil explains to the psychologist what his life was like prior to moving to New York to live with his son and daughter-in-law. Sunil voices that he has been a smoker since he was at his University. He also mentioned that his wife died six months ago. Sunil describes the Hinduism death to the psychologist. Sunil voiced that his wife was in her wedding clothes and then was cremated. Sunil’s wife died due to Congestive Heart Failure and her body responded badly to the procedure. Sunil carries a notebook with his wife photo inside. He mentioned that he usually writes about his day in that notebook as well. Consequences
After the problem occurs, Sunil’s daughter-in-law and his son brought him in for treatment. They are unsure of what else to do for him or how to help him. Julia thinks since her mother-in-law’s death, that Sunil has been declining and is not sure what will happen to
The TV show “In Treatment”, season three, shows a psychologist, Paul Weston, trying to help a client that moved to America with his son and daughter-in-law The client, Sunil, is a 52-year old male from Calcutta, India. Sunil was a math teacher in India and retired early. Once his wife passed away, he moved to America to live with his son, Arun, and his daughter-in-law Julia.
Sunil appears apathetic and displays some flat affect during the episodes. My initial thought was that Sunil seems very distant and less interactive with Julia, but, will interact with his son Arun. In fact, I think he feels as if Julia is not the right wife for his son. Reason being, he mentioned during the episode how Julia practically changed the pronunciation …show more content…
These symptoms have been occurring for months.
According to the DSM V, for a person to be diagnosed with a Major Depression Disorder, the depressive episode must be present for at least two weeks and causing distress and/or severely impacting daily life areas. The symptoms should include weight gain, weight loss, or appetite disturbance, anhedonia, sleep disturbance, psychomotor agitation, diminished thinking or concentrating, depressed mood and etc. To add, according to the DSM V, for a person to be diagnosed with Adjustment Disorder, the individual must present emotional or behavioral symptoms responding to stressors that occur within three months. The criteria will include distress with expected reactions to the specific stressor or stressors.
In regards to Sunil being depressed most of the day, being rude to his family, lack of interacting socially, not eating, not showering, and not getting out of bed is what led me to provide the diagnosis of a major depressive disorder and adjustment disorder.
Primary …show more content…
Sunil showed signs of adjustment disorder five months ago when he moved in with his son and daughter-in-law. In addition to adjusting, he experiences depression. His depression is often. Every day, Sunil shows signs of depression and not wanting to get out of bed.
Antecedents
Sunil explains to the psychologist what his life was like prior to moving to New York to live with his son and daughter-in-law. Sunil voices that he has been a smoker since he was at his University. He also mentioned that his wife died six months ago. Sunil describes the Hinduism death to the psychologist. Sunil voiced that his wife was in her wedding clothes and then was cremated. Sunil’s wife died due to Congestive Heart Failure and her body responded badly to the procedure. Sunil carries a notebook with his wife photo inside. He mentioned that he usually writes about his day in that notebook as well. Consequences
After the problem occurs, Sunil’s daughter-in-law and his son brought him in for treatment. They are unsure of what else to do for him or how to help him. Julia thinks since her mother-in-law’s death, that Sunil has been declining and is not sure what will happen to