An Essay About Clinical Interview Diagnoses, Analyzing Videos (Essay Sample)

Clinical Interview Diagnoses
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Clinical Interview Diagnoses
Video 1
In this case, the patient Katie has the primary psychiatric disorder that makes it difficult for her to adjust to new environment. The patient is faced with hopelessness, loss of weight and lack of sleep. These symptoms under DSM-5 are allocated under code ICD-9. It is clear that she has a problem, which escalated to the point where she thought the only solution was taking her life. The fact that she did not get over her condition even with the presence of her new boyfriend, this shows that her psychiatric problem needs to be solved by a professional psychiatrist who will help her through this phase.
Video 2
In this case, Billy seems to be having a personality disorder. He is completely a different person while at his home and while is t wok. It is attributable to his wife who is too demanding and does not take into account the hard job that Billy has to go through daily in his line of work. These symptoms under the DSM-5 are allocated under ICD-10. Apart from having a stressful wife, Billy is not an alcoholic, but his wife is pushing him so hard that he chooses to be at the bar or at home drinking to avoid his nagging and stressing wife. As a result, his personal issues are starting to affect his work and slowly making him an alcoholic. Once Billy's wife will listen and understand the nature of his work and let him relax and have a piece of mind while at home, Billy will become collaborative and stop his regular drinking habits which are escalating at a very high rate.
Video 3
In this case, Jenna seems to be having the psychiatric problem. These problems appear to be related to her issue of getting over any breakup that she has. She ends up hurting too much that she decides to end her life. She also seems to have problems in getting along with people. She also has the tendency of hurting herself as she gets relief from feeling pain. She also has suicidal thoughts due to the emptiness she feels inside her, which is attributable to poor upbringing. These symptoms under DSM-5 are under code ICD-9. Jenna needs to undergo full counseling, which will enable her to open up to her problems and issues affecting her. It will assist her get rid of the suicidal thoughts and prevent her from feeling empty.
Video 4
In this case, Robert is having psychiatric problems, which can be seen in the thoughts, and nightmares that he has been having. He has also changed for the worse with his personality and overall appearance. He has become rugged and chubby due to lack of bathing and needs to become neat and presentable. These symptoms are under code ICD-10 in the DSM-5 manual. There seems to be something that is bothering him and...