Discuss Treatment Plans and Diagnosis

Case of John -

Diagnosis -

Axis I - pathological gambling

Axis II - no diagnosis

Axis III - no diagnosis

Axis IV - compulsive gambling , primary relation problems , financial problems

Axis V - GAF - 85

For a treatment plan , John should have some simple goals (1 ) John will work on being able to manage his gambling and will no longer gamble (2 ) John will refrain from managing his own money and will discuss all purchases with his wife (3 ) John will continue to attend personal therapy for his problems and will continue to

attend relationship counseling or therapy with his wife

The treatment team will assist John in setting reasonable goals and working on being able to follow through with said goals

John was diagnosed as having pathological gambling . This dis is composed by someone who is unable to manage on his /her own without gambling continuously . In to fulfill this diagnosis the gambling has to have a negative affect on the gambler , in this case John could be losing his home and has ended several relationships because of the problems that had occurred on behalf of his gambling ( Pathological ' 2007

If someone were to only talk to John they might assume that John did not have such a terrible gambling problem and that he is just depressed or some other diagnosis to explain what could be explained to the therapist as occasional gambling ' Talking with John 's wife was what was influential in part to the decision of the final diagnosis Therefore it was...