Section A: Patient description and crisis
GL is a 66-year-old single Caucasian female. She was admitted to the hospital due to an overdose. She is a medium build, wears eyeglasses, and is dressed neatly and appropriately for the weather. GL is a cooperative and a pleasant woman.
GL was raised in a small town south of the Buffalo area. Her father has an unspecified mental illness and her mother has bipolar, cerebrovascular accident and myocardial infarction. Her brother is an ethanol abuser. Her sister also had myocardial infarction. She didn’t get any support from her parents. GL was obliged to move to Massachusetts at age 16 to live with her older step-sister, and who would raised her. At that age, she tried to kill herself by mutilating …show more content…
She expresses the situation by saying, “I love my cats more than anything. I live for them.” When she lost her cats, she thought that she lost her life. She convinced herself that she can not live without them, so her reason for her crisis situation is unrealistic. GL didn’t have adequate support. She was neglected by her parents and other family members. Despite GL has a limited relationship with her nieces and her two old college friends, she used to ask for support from her boyfriend frequently. When she broke up with him, she became hopeless and felt alone she is alone. She gave all her time to her cats and thought that they were the only support for her. She spent eighteen months struggling to get them back. GL states that she isolates herself even from her friends and niece. She spent her time by painting and decorating her house. However, these coping mechanisms were not effective enough to alleviate the …show more content…
She does not have any relationships with any other person only her nieces and two former college friends. GL lives alone and isn’t involved in any social activities around her. As she told me, she doesn 't feel she belongs to her neighbors at all. GL had an intimate relationship with her boyfriend, and she thought that he is the most helpful person in her life. When she broke up with him, she felt hopeless and worthless. Moreover, GL’s distorted perception about the situation interferes with learning things easily and also affects her decision process. GL handles her problems by isolating herself, painting, decorating her room, and playing with her cats. These coping strategies overwhelm her and she is unable to cope with the
GL is a 66-year-old single Caucasian female. She was admitted to the hospital due to an overdose. She is a medium build, wears eyeglasses, and is dressed neatly and appropriately for the weather. GL is a cooperative and a pleasant woman.
GL was raised in a small town south of the Buffalo area. Her father has an unspecified mental illness and her mother has bipolar, cerebrovascular accident and myocardial infarction. Her brother is an ethanol abuser. Her sister also had myocardial infarction. She didn’t get any support from her parents. GL was obliged to move to Massachusetts at age 16 to live with her older step-sister, and who would raised her. At that age, she tried to kill herself by mutilating …show more content…
She expresses the situation by saying, “I love my cats more than anything. I live for them.” When she lost her cats, she thought that she lost her life. She convinced herself that she can not live without them, so her reason for her crisis situation is unrealistic. GL didn’t have adequate support. She was neglected by her parents and other family members. Despite GL has a limited relationship with her nieces and her two old college friends, she used to ask for support from her boyfriend frequently. When she broke up with him, she became hopeless and felt alone she is alone. She gave all her time to her cats and thought that they were the only support for her. She spent eighteen months struggling to get them back. GL states that she isolates herself even from her friends and niece. She spent her time by painting and decorating her house. However, these coping mechanisms were not effective enough to alleviate the …show more content…
She does not have any relationships with any other person only her nieces and two former college friends. GL lives alone and isn’t involved in any social activities around her. As she told me, she doesn 't feel she belongs to her neighbors at all. GL had an intimate relationship with her boyfriend, and she thought that he is the most helpful person in her life. When she broke up with him, she felt hopeless and worthless. Moreover, GL’s distorted perception about the situation interferes with learning things easily and also affects her decision process. GL handles her problems by isolating herself, painting, decorating her room, and playing with her cats. These coping strategies overwhelm her and she is unable to cope with the