Case Presentation

Case Presentation Institutional Affiliation 26th April 2021 Case Presentation Demographic Information Fictional Name: Jane Washington Age at Admission: 26 Race: American Sex: Female Status: Second year Graduate Student Employment: Unemployed Referral Source: Natty Counselling centre Admission Date: 2/4/2019 Discharge Date: 5/4/2020 Treatment Setting and Modality: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Physical therapy, Clinical Psychologist GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER HISTORY Jane reported incidents of joint pains and irregular low back pain without ever experiencing any kind of physical injury. At the age of 19, she began having problems falling asleep and incapable of resting well at night. She has been feeling extremely agitated due to lack of sleep for more than five years now. Jane states she always worry about her performance in graduate school, mother’s health condition and taking care of her siblings. The mother is struggling with obesity and can only survive with physical support from others. During the day, Jane feels anxious causing her to be inflexible. Every night, she is woken from her sleep with serious episodes of headache that stays for two hours. These episodes affect her level of concentration in class and the ability to do assignments. According to the information obtained from this anxiety history, Jane was diagnosed with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder. PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING The reports regarding psychological functioning of Jane was derived from the psychiatric evaluation and bio/social/psychological interviews. Jane was late to the interview and she seemed extremely exhausted. She de