Clinical Reasoning Cycle for Depression: A Case Study of Allison

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Running Head: Integrating Practice
INTEGRATING PRACTICE

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Step 1: Learning the patient's present patient situation...................................................................2
Step 2: Collecting supporting pieces of evidence............................................................................2
The biopsychosocial approach to read her:..................................................................................2
Mental status examination:..........................................................................................................3
Step 3: Processing data....................................................................................................................3
Step 4: Recognizing problems.........................................................................................................3
Step 5: Planning objective...............................................................................................................4
Step 6: Implementation....................................................................................................................4
Step 7: Evaluation of results............................................................................................................4
Step 8: Reflection through encounter..............................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
Reference list...................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
Clinical reasoning cycle is a process undertaken by healthcare professionals to diagnose
the health condition of patients. This project is based on a lady, named Allison who is a 38yrs old
and single mother of two children. She is recently suffering from low feeling for no good reason
behind. She visits a clinic and there it is discovered that a few factors such as financial stress and
thoughts about an uncertain future are troubling her. She was examined with the help of clinical
reasoning cycle and was diagnosed with depressive disorder. The steps involved in the clinical
reasoning cycle are analyzing the present scenario, collecting evidence and clues, recognizing of
patient problem to implement intervention followed by outcome evaluation. This paper intends
to provide a reflection upon the case study of Allison.
Step 1: Learning the patient's present patient situation
Allison is a 38-year-old lady who raises her kids as a single mother. She stays with her
sister and works in a supermarket. She visits a psychiatric clinic with all her clinical symptoms
for depression, feeling demotivated and lack of energy every time. Her sister noticed her
condition and sends her to the clinic for consultation. The clinical counseling process discovers
that her wages are cut down at her workplace that is the big factor to trouble her since her kids
are too young and raising them in good upbringing will cost money.
Step 2: Collectingsupportingpieces of evidence
When Allison entered the chamber, I found her brooding over several thoughts. I started
with basic conversations to move onto the following process:
The biopsychosocial approach to read here:
Allison was bulky in appearance that never looked straight into my eyes while speaking.
She was very emotional and became tearful often. Moreover seeing her I predicted she was much