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  • Essay / Amelie Smith: Anxiety assessment: psychological assessment

    Psychological assessment report (confidential information) Name: Amelie Smith Reference: Date of birth: 03/14/1994 Age: 20 and 1 month Sex: female Origin Ethnicity: Caucasian Test Administrator: Kari L. MillerDates/Tests Administered:04/04/2014 Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II)04/04/2014 Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A)ReferenceAmélie Smith is a white, married woman , 20 years old, who was referred by her. gynecologist during her 2-week postpartum exam. Ms. Smith admitted that she felt depressed, not herself, and that she worried excessively about things as trivial as grocery shopping. Ms. Smith told her doctor that she had experienced what she thought was an anxiety attack. General Information Education: Amélie Smith successfully completed high school in 2012. She received average grades throughout her high school and earned a cumulative GPA of 2.9. Amélie took general classes and never needed to take special education classes. Social/emotional: Amélie admitted to having few friends. She said she felt too anxious about making new friends and didn't think people would like her. She said she refused to go to stores alone. Family history: Amélie was born in rural Pennsylvania. She has a brother and parents who have been married for 22 years with whom she has lived since birth. Amélie is 3 years older than her brother and said everyone gets along well in the house. Amélie became pregnant at the age of 16 by the man who is now her husband. He joined the United States Marine Corps and she stayed in Pennsylvania with his family while he was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, so she could finish high school. They married in 2012 and in 2013 Amélie, her husband, and their daughter received...... middle of paper...... therapy immediately at a rate of one session per week. The therapist should focus on teaching Amélie how to manage stress as well as breathing techniques to reduce anxiety. Amélie must be informed to take her medications and never stop prescribed medications without her doctor's permission. DiagnosisAxis I: 296.89 Bipolar II, Current episode: Major depressive episode, severe with postpartum onset.300.02 Generalized anxiety disorderAxis II: No diagnosisAxis III: None reportedAxis IV: Moving away from family, spouse in active service in the army (often gone), 2 weeks after childbirth. Axis V: GAF at discharge = 45 Reference American Psychiatric Association. (2002). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., rev. text). Washington, DC: Author.