CASE STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY

Case 49A

The client is displays aggression to other people and serious violations of rules . The most likely Psychiatric diagnosis is conduct dis , unspecified onset , with mild severity (312 .89 . The states that the client has always been a problem child which indicates that the behaviors being displayed are not new or surprising . The displayed behaviors of the client appear to be causing impairment in social and academic functioning . Additionally , the client is under age 18 , which rules out a personality dis . Because there is not specific information indicating the exact

age that specific symptoms began to occur , the age of onset is unspecified . The diagnosis of mild severity is given because the conduct problems are not in excess , and only cause minor harm to individuals as indicated by the DSM-IV-TR

I would like to know the duration of the symptoms being displayed . I would also like to know the psychosocial background of the client , as well as the following information : developmental , history of trauma , and mental and medical health histories

Social factors are likely to have influenced the predisposition , onset course , and outcome of the diagnosed illness of the client . In this case , because the client is an adolescent , it can be assumed that significant life events and his ability to respond to life stressors may have initiated the onset of the diagnosed dis . The client may have experienced trauma in the midst of a major developmental stage and exhibited a maladaptive response . Additionally , social interactions between the...