Holden Caulfield Treatment Plan

Treatment Plan and Release Schedule:

Holden has PTSD, which requires a different type of treatment plan than some other illness. That will require a treatment plan over the course of 10 weeks. That 's been if his illness gets better by the time. The first step would be to create an evaluation of Holden’s PTSD level. To best recommend the appropriate treatments. As his main two problems are sleeping problems and his negativity. That will be the main focus. It will be recommended antidepressants, as most of the PTSD cases. That would be consumed in accordance with his PTSD level. That would be used to control his some parts of his negativity: anger, sadness, and worries. As his anger outburst with his roommate Ackley “All I did was sort …show more content…
I do that sometimes when I get very depressed”(110). The antidepressants would also control his worries. Showing at one point he gets worried about his hormones. When reading an article. “It was all about hormones. It described how you should look, your face and eyes and all, if your hormones were in good shape, and I didn 't look that way at all… So I started getting worried about my hormones”(215). It will recommended also “Prazosin” to help with Holden’s sleeping problems. Even though it 's not FDA approved, but it shows to help a lot with patients with PTSD. “I didn 't sleep too long, because I think it was only around ten o’clock when I woke up”(117). It is shown Holden has trouble sleeping since it’s not the first time he mentions it. He had mentioned it at the time he was at the hotel. “It was still pretty early. I 'm not sure what time it was,but it wasn 't too late. The one thing I hate to do is go to bed when I 'm not even tired”(74).Another important treatment would be Psychotherapy, that would help Holden. Also referred as “talk therapy”. It mostly lasts between 6 to 12 weeks. For Holden case it would be recommended for 10 weeks. But if Holden is still having …show more content…
An after care requirement that would help Holden rehabilitation would be support from his family. Especially from his parents as it seems Holden doesn 't have a great bond as he did with Allie. But seems to have a good relationship with his sister Phoebe than other family members that are still alive. By replying to Phoebe’s question of what he truly likes. “I like Allie… And I like doing what I’m doing right now. Sitting here with you, and talking, and thinking about stuff…”(189). Expressing his love for his deceased brother Allie and his young sister Phoebe. Not naming his other family members. This shows the lack of bonding with his family. Expressing he likes Allie better than the rest. “Just because somebody’s dead, you don 't just stop liking them… especially if they were about a thousand times nicer than the people you know that’re alive and all”(189). Another aftercare requirement would be for Holden to attend his therapy sessions to record his process. To help him in his rehabilitation, but this might take more than 10 weeks. The therapy sessions would help Holden express himself, and let out all his feeling to make him feel more comfortable. To also show he isn 't alone. Not as he felt in Pencey Prep. “Everybody was asleep or out or home for the weekend, and it was very, very quiet and depressing in the corridor… I’d get the hell out of Pencey right that same night and