Stephany Garcia Case Study Psychology

Stephany Garcia is a 24-year-old bilingual Latin American female who was in a relatively normal psychological state until age 23 when she began to struggle with focus, concentration, impulsivity, and disorganization after getting accepted for her MBA in business for marketing and management in the music industry. Prior to this she did not have any other medical conditions. Stephany was a musician and musical composer prior to starting her MBA at UNLV. She has a partial scholarship and stated that she enjoyed learning and going to school. She also stated that she was able to only sleep about 3 hours a night and feeling fine to get her school work done and her musical compositions finished. Stephany reported feeling ideas rapidly moving through her brain often followed by the need to write all of these ideas down on paper. This writing consisted of her own creative ideas such as, musical compositions, business ideas, and ideas for new …show more content…
When reviewing her depressive symptoms she explained again that her symptoms would last for about 2 to 3 weeks at a time. She reports losing touch with all pleasurable things such as going to school, writing/composing music, and exercising. During this time she has little to no energy, focus, or concentration skills. She does not even want to leave her bed or do anything just sleep. Other times all I want to do is lay there watching tv and eat junk food. She stated, “I usually like to clean my apartment weekly, but in this mood my apartment becomes a big mess”. She also stated, “It feels miserable and it makes me feel worthless.” When asked about suicidal ideation client denied any plan or intent, but stated “Sometimes I think about what it would be like if I was gone.” When asked about substance abuse she stated that she does not drink alcohol or do any drugs, but has moments of pure euphoria, which she imagines would be like taking