Discuss depressed tearful and psychomotor slowing


Homework I: APA format

This homework requires that you find 3 to 5 professional sources that address more common/less common treatment settings (ie: in patient etc.), and the contiuum of care for psychiatric/mental health disorders. Generally speaking, care ranges from the "least restrictive" to the "most restrictive." Report your findings in a 3 page, double spaced paper. Your paper should include very specific information you find about many related aspects of these topics, ie: the history of treatment/treatment settings, the cost, the duration of treatment and so on.

Homework II:

See attachment for case study Olivia Jacobs; at least 1 to 2 pages not including title and reference page; APA format; cite relevant sources
Case Study Format

You want your case to be well organized and well written to be sure that information you include is easily identified and followed by your reader. The following can be used as section headings to help you organize the paper:

A. Brief overview of relevant symptoms from case

1. Olivia Jacobs, 22 year old graduate student in architecture; psychiatric history began at age 15;

2. Suicidal thoughts of shooting self in the head

3. History of mood symptoms

4. Depressive symptoms returned

5. Regularly smoked weed and drunk alcohol but stopped when started graduate school

6. Ate 17 begin experiencing brief, intensive depressive episodes, marked by tearfulness, feelings of guilt, anhedonia, hopelessness, low energy, and poor concentration

7. Sleep more than 12 hours a day neglecting responsibilities at school or home

8. Depressive episodes shifted after a few weeks into periods of increased energy, pressured speech, and unusual creativity; stayed up most the night working on projects and building architectural models

9. Revved- up episodes lasted about 5 days and punctuated by feels that her friends had turned against her

10. Paranoia

11. Depressed, tearful, and psychomotor slowing

12. Struggled to get out bed

13. Reported hopelessness, poor concentration, and guilt about spending family money for school

14. Denial of recent drug and alcohol use

15. Feel empty

16. Occasional self harm by cutting her arms

17. Depersonalization and panic attacks

B. List Diagnosis 1: (ICD & DSM diagnoses)

1. Bipolar II disorder, current episode depressed

C. Diagnosis 1 Reasoning/Evidence

1. Thoughts of suicide and self harm-suicidal thoughts of shooting herself in the head and self harm herself by cutting her arms

2. Lack of focus- was unable to concentrate

3. Excessively energetic-when her depressive episodes shifted she would have increased energy, pressured speech, and unusual creativity. She stayed up all night working on projects.

4. Depressive episodes- were marked by her feeling tearfulness, feelings of guilt, anhedonia, hopelessness, low energy, and poor concentration. At times she was unable to get out the bed, unable to keep up with school and home responsibilities, and felt guilty about spending her family money for school.

5. Paranoia- she felt that her friends were turning against her.

Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:

1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

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