The client has had a heart condition since childhood that can cause her to pass out if she becomes overly anxious or excited. In the past the heart condition did not cause her many problem, but since finding out her about her husband infidelity she feels that she has panic attacks easier and has to come herself down so she does not pass out. The client is currently on a prenatal vitamin in which she takes daily and has been on this vitamin for the last year because she was pregnant. The client recently acquired birth control after a session in which she decided that she did not want to get married to save her marriage. The client does not use alcohol, drugs, caffeine, or cigarettes, but admits to drinking large amounts of mountain dew. The
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Please provide a description of the mental health assessment measures (e.g., Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure, Beck Depression Inventory, SASSI, WHODAS) and other diagnostic assessments or past treatment history used to support your diagnosis. Describe your complete process for developing the differential/dimensional diagnoses.
During the initial session the client was given the Patient Health Questionnaire, Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, Quality of Life Scale (QOL) , Sleep Scale, Childhood Traumatic event Scale, Civilian PTSD Scale, Recent Traumatic Event Scale, Becks Anxiety Inventory, Becks Depression Inventory. On the PHQ-9 the client scored a fourteen and very difficult. On the (ASRS-v1.1) the client 's score was not consistent with adult ADHD. On the QOLS the client scored a seventy one displaying room for improvement. The sleep scale displayed that the client was only obtaining four hours of sleep a night in which she had to take naps during the day, had trouble falling asleep, feeling drowsy, and waking with a headache. In Becks Depression Inventory the client scored a mild mood
Please provide a description of the mental health assessment measures (e.g., Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure, Beck Depression Inventory, SASSI, WHODAS) and other diagnostic assessments or past treatment history used to support your diagnosis. Describe your complete process for developing the differential/dimensional diagnoses.
During the initial session the client was given the Patient Health Questionnaire, Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, Quality of Life Scale (QOL) , Sleep Scale, Childhood Traumatic event Scale, Civilian PTSD Scale, Recent Traumatic Event Scale, Becks Anxiety Inventory, Becks Depression Inventory. On the PHQ-9 the client scored a fourteen and very difficult. On the (ASRS-v1.1) the client 's score was not consistent with adult ADHD. On the QOLS the client scored a seventy one displaying room for improvement. The sleep scale displayed that the client was only obtaining four hours of sleep a night in which she had to take naps during the day, had trouble falling asleep, feeling drowsy, and waking with a headache. In Becks Depression Inventory the client scored a mild mood