Case Study Analysis

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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
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Q1. Here in the case study one, Lucinda is the 22-year-old mother with one eight months old
child, Emily. She is again pregnant and terrified as her experience of the pregnancy, and the
labour was not good. On this context and the history of the patient, it can be seen that the mental
aspects affecting her mental health are dependent on the history of Lucinda's pregnancy
experience. On the other hand, she is also feeling guilty as she has not been able to provide the
motherly support to her first child. Also, she could not be able to give proper time to her
education. Hence, she is feeling guilty and also anxious when she memories the experience of
the pregnancy. She thinks that her family is better only with her child and her partner; she is a
burden to her family. On this context, it can be seen that she is anxious and depressed. Her
present mental condition can be the cause of her guilt and social isolation, along with the feeling
of not satisfying her goal and role in the family as well. It can be seen that the Mental Status
Exam (MSE) score was 12 in which she answered question 10 of self-harming tendency with a
"no". However, the status of her thought process is progressing that way only (Malhi et al.,
2015). Thus it can be stated that the assessment with the qualitative questionnaire can be most
effective for the subjective knowledge about the patient's present thought process. It can also be
stated that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) measurement
system highlights that she has several issues with her mental condition. The "five axes"
measurement of the DSM system showed that she has anxiety attacks several times by axis I.
According to axis II, she has self-identity issue and also issues with motivation towards life as
well. According to the axis III, she also has some physical issues regarding her psychological
issues, anxiety and the issue was trouble in breathing. Axis IV, on the other hand, relates to her
social condition highlighting her socially isolation. It can be seen that she is anxious and
depressed. Her present mental condition can be cause of her guilt and social isolation, along with

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the feeling of not satisfying her goal and role in the family as well. Also, her feelings of
worthlessness as she could not be able to support her family and also could not be able to get in
touch with her mother affect her mental health. Based on these conditions, the numerical value
can be given to Lucinda, which is the axis V (Bovin et al., 2016). Hence, it can be stated that the
condition of social isolation, anxiety, fear, self-identity lose, negative thought process. Also, the
feelings of her as a burden to the family affected her mental health. She also thinks she could not
give time to education and could not support her family economically. These are the factors that
are affecting her mental health. According to (Malhi et al., 2015), this condition is referring not
to be able to provide support to anyone is affecting her mental and physical condition. It is also
stressing her medical condition. She is anxious about the pregnancy and also not finding any
kind of motivation towards life anymore. This condition should also be assessed with the
objective observation and further subjective assessment of the mental condition. Hence, it can be
referred that the mental stress by all the above mentioned ill situations would be the process of
mental disorder development, especially depression and anxiety.
Q2. According to the Stress-Vulnerability Model of Co-Occurring Disorders (SVMCD), it can be
seen that stress, lack of social support and coping up skills of Lucinda impacted on her mental
health (Lee, Oswald& Wand, 2018). Also, the lack of involvement in meaningful activities
affected the condition. SVMCD has identified social isolation and losing self-identity are the
primary causes of mental distress. Trauma of childbirth incident and lacking self-motivation
respectively are causes of earlier mentioned issues (Eick et al., 2018). On this context, it can be
stated that the clinician should focus on the causes of mental distress along with finding out the
interests of the patient that can enlighten mental condition of her. Here, Lucinda is vulnerable to
social isolation as she does not have any cultural or emotional support. She is far away from her