Part I: Case Analysis
Describing and Identifying the Client and Any Pertinent History or Medical Information Including Prescribed Medications
The client is an educated 54- year old male called Pt. Pt is suffering from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) (simply depression). The last session established that Pt difficulties dealing with his multiple physical examinations. He admitted to having attempted suicide and was diagnosed with MDD. Pt has not been able to work hence moving in with his mother. However, he complains of her controlling and protective nature. Pt has been on Effexor 15mg 2x/day at home. He admitted to reducing the drug dosage before he was admitted claiming that he was not having any depression symptoms. Pt was advised to take the full dosage and follow up with psychiatric services.
Explaining and Justifying the Diagnosis for the Client Using DSM-5
According to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for depression, for a patient to be referred as a depression patient, he or she must have at least five symptoms in a two weeks' time, and is either in depressed mood or experiences loss of interest or pleasure (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). As indicated in the patient description section, Ptâs case demonstrated a number of symptoms included in the DSM-5, including suicidal attitude and a detached feeling.
Benefits of Existential-Humanistic Therapy to the Client
Existential-humanistic therapy aims at helping the client to find a philosophical meaning of life while facing anxiety. The psychiatristâs response process to the client creates an environment of self-awareness to recovery from the time of clientâs initial call to the termination of care (Wheeler, 2014). According to Wheeler (2014), the basics of psychotherapy that determine the recovery process of a patient are the approaches by which a psychiatrist chooses to use, interpersonal relationship between the client and the therapist, the identification of cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Essentially, Pt requires existential therapy to be more self-aware, improve his interpersonal relationship and refocus his cognitive behavior to combat his suicidal thoughts.
The Expected Outcomes Based on this Therapeutic Approach