Case Study of Allison

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CASE STUDY OF ALLISON
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Introduction:
This assignment would mainly present a reflection based on the case study analysis of a
30 year old lady called Allison. In this assignment, clinical reasoning cycle would be applied to
analyze the healthcare conditions and needs of the patient and accordingly interventions would
be provided to help her get over the symptoms of mental health disorder of depression.
Considering the situation:
Allison is a 38 year old woman who the mother of two children with one is being 9 and
the other being 11. She had been divorced about four years ago and works in a local supermarket
to meet the ends. She had been suffering due to a number of life stressors like reduction in the
wages after the supermarket was taken over by a new employer. She is also feeling low because
of her weight gain issues. She is failing is coping with present situations and cannot even manage
to have quality time with the children although she feels that the children should be cared for in a
better way which she is failing. However, certain protective factors had been noted from the
video analysis is that she is supported by her family members, friends, sister and to some extent
by Dave who is her boyfriend.
Collecting cues and information:
The healthcare professional attending a patient should be undertaking bio-psycho-social
approach for analyzing her healthcare needs and accordingly should try to develop an in-depth
idea about the social, biological and psychological factors contributing to the present mental
health condition of the patient (Whooley, 2016)). The professional should focus more on
developing knowledge about the etiology of the mental health condition of the client so that they
can plan the interventions for the patient after identifying the healthcare priorities that need to be

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attend to. In order to do so, the healthcare professional in this step can undertake the mental
status examination called MSE so as to develop an understanding about the present mental health
condition of the patient and also the different causes that are affecting the mental stability and
emotions of the patient and also get an idea about her coping abilities in the situations (Otte et
al., 2016). I viewed the video in details and realized the efficiency with which the professional
had undertaken the assessment procedures and derived great deal of information from the client
that helped her to reach a conclusion (Ratanasiripong et al., 2015). MSE indeed helped the
person in collecting a large amount if information about the present state of mind of Allison and
helped the professional in developing a preliminary idea about the disorder that she is suffering
from. She was clean in her appearance with properly combed air and clean clothing. She was
completely without makeup and nothing much unusual was observed from her appearance
analysis. She was stuttering in her speech and was found to be quite slow with minimum amount
of pauses. Her volume was low and her tone seemed teary with a monotone of sadness and grief.
Even her behaviors when studied properly showed that she was not having any eye contact with
the professional but showed good manners, was cooperative with her. She did not show any
restlessness and also exhibited no stereotypes as such (Thomas et al., 2015). Her thinking pattern
showed that she is out of the risk of harming herself or her children but she revealed that she had
suicidal tendencies when she had her divorce few years back. However, she was found to be
logical where she stated that she has to live for her children and ca never harms them. Her mood
revealed that she was upset and hopeless about her life and her mood was quite low and she felt
teary while interacting. No cognitive issues were found while interacting with her.