Holistic Patient Assessment

Running head: HOLISTIC PATIENT ASSESSMENT
Holistic Patient Assessment
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
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Introduction
Mr. George Harvard is a young man, who is currently busy in a corporate office and
has a family for whom he needs to earn his living. However, he has been suffering from an
abnormal mental problem of schizophrenia which has been affecting both himself and his
surroundings. The following report is conducted to have a holistic assessment of his health
and it deals with George’s health history, along with his psychological disorder and its effects
over his social, developmental, cultural as well has his spiritual self. The reasons of his
disease have also been dealt with, analysing the need to cope up with his mental problems.
Discussion
Part I:
 Health History: Mr. George Harvard had been suffering from minor health problems
since his childhood and he was very prone to immunity disorders and cough and cold.
His respiratory problems began increasing to a great extent because he was affected
with Asthma from a very early age. He has also been suffering from diabetes and he is
not doing good in terms of his physical or mental health. Recently he has also been
receiving treatments of schizophrenia.
 Physiological Assessment: Physiologically, Mr. George had been not doing well. He
has been suffering from a lifelong disease Diabetes since he was in his twelfth
standard. Also he has had a problem with his respiratory system and has breathing
troubles if he travels to higher altitudes. He is also suffering from the respiratory
problem of ‘Asthma’. This had been his problem since he was of a very small age.
And since then he has been dealing with these physiological problems.
 Psychological Assessment: Psychologically Mr. George Harvard was suffering from
abnormal disorders, out of which anxiety disorders and mood disorders are common.

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The prevalent problem that he is facing is that eh is suffering from schizophrenia. He
suffers from mental and emotional problems and they are recurrent, caused out of
some kind of panic attacks or traumatic accidents.
 Social Assessment: George was initially a socially active person when he was not
affected with the mental disorders. However, after he was diagnosed with
schizophrenic disorders, he became socially inactive. His social involvement got
affected to a large extent and he most of the time preferred to be alone in his home.
He became more self centred and hallucinations used to affect hi social life.
 Cultural Assessment: Schizophrenia being a disease that involves the human ability
to use their cultural beliefs and languages, affects the person’s cultural differences.
Mr. George Harvard was initially culturally and socially active it turned negative once
his mental and anxiety disorders began hovering him. He began to live in delusions of
different cultural ideologies giving way to his own cultural beliefs, without realising
them.
 Development Assessment: George’s mental health deteriorated and showed no signs
of development. He was not in a state to think rationally and his mental development
had been negative. He had anxiety attacks and used to forget things to a great extent.
 Spiritual Assessment: Not being a spiritual person, Mr. George has no spiritual
qualities in him.
Part 2:
 Schizophrenia and its reasons: According to Sekar et.al., (2016), schizophrenia is a
chronic mental disorder that affects the patient’s mental ability to think and
expressions of emotions as well as the way he perceives the reality. The disease
basically happens due to some kind f genetic mutation in the body which raise the
chances of the person to be mentally ill. These gene mutations in the body of the