24 Mar Life Events Checklist for DSM-5. Rose is a 38-year-old married mother of three children (9, 7, and 2-years-old), and works full-t

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Trauma Case Study: Civilian Narrative

(Please note that while every question or statement may not be shown below or match word-for-word the way the assessments are worded, there is enough information below to make an informed decision using the assessment instruments. After carefully reviewing the assessments and narratives several times, if you do not see a particular criteria or statement answered by the narrative, you can safely assume that it is not part of the diagnostic picture for this client.)

Rose is a 38-year-old married mother of three children (9, 7, and 2-years-old), and works full-time as pharmaceutical representative to various doctors and medical practices in her region. She typically drives anywhere between 700 to 1000 miles per week in a company-provided car. She is in good health, likes to run on her days off, and generally enjoys working in her yard and garden.

She came to the office about 30 minutes early and did a Beck Depression Inventory-2 (total score = 33, severe depression), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (total score = 15, mild to moderate anxiety), as well as the usual required paperwork. Now she is in your office, sitting on the couch holding the small end pillow on her lap, and looking drawn, sad, and anxious. After doing a Mini-Mental Status Exam with her (total score = 28, normal cognitive functioning), you ask her what brought her here today?

She starts off with recounting how growing up her family moved around a lot due to her father being in the diplomatic core of the State Department. She has great memories of going to all kinds of different countries growing up, even though some of them were in places that are considered dangerous by most standards. For instance, once when she was around 10 years old and he was stationed in Turkey, a bomb destroyed a quiet street café a few doors down from their hotel where they were living at the time, and the family all were able to watch the carnage from their balcony. It was deemed a terrorist act, and she remembers the large number of dead bodies of adults and children laying in the street until the first responders came and started covering the dead while they were helping the injured. She remembers not being able to “take her eyes off the incredible amounts of blood everywhere, and she’ll have an occasional nightmare about the crying and screams of pain from that day.”

She also remembers being in Tokyo for a vacation when she was 12 when the city had a large, 7.1 earthquake as they were walking through the city. She recalls being dragged by her mom and dad to the middle of the street (as everyone else was doing) and crouching down low as windows shattered and parts of the masonry and some signs fell around them. But no one seemed to be physically injured that she could see, and although she was frightened that day, she also thought it was somewhat exciting. She does not recall any nightmares of that day, although sometimes when she hears or reads about an earthquake somewhere in the world, she will have a “flashback” to her experience.

Another event happened when she was around 15 years old when her father was stationed in Paris, France, during some of the demonstrations that took place over jobs and wages. She happened to be shopping with her mom and heard shouting and saw people running their way being “chased” by a cloud of smoke and police dressed in riot gear and carrying shields. She and her mom were able to get inside a small shop and watched with the other customers and shop owner as a large crown of people ran by, and few of them tripping and falling and being beat with truncheons by the police until they were either handcuffed and led away bleeding or managed to get up and run.

She remarks that she grew up and went to college and has “led a pretty boring life” (she says with a smile). She married her college sweetheart (he was finishing medical school at the time and just starting his residency) and she landed a job as a pharmacy technician in the local hospital. She discovered she had a “knack” for remembering all the different drugs and their interactions and side-effects so that often many of the medical staff would ask her opinion about different drugs and which may be better to use for patients to cause them the least amount of pain and discomfort. When she heard about the pharmacy representative job coming available, she applied and was hired largely based on the positive reviews the hospital doctors gave her. It also was a fairly large bump in pay, and she and her husband have lived a nice life in suburbia and enjoy spending time together as a family and taking care of all the “mom” things she says she loves doing.

Three weeks ago, she was driving home from a conference for her work when she “hit a slick spot on the highway” and “spun around and around like a top,” hitting several other cars until finally coming to a stop upside down in the drainage ditch beside the road. The top of the car was crushed against her neck and head, making it difficult to breathe, and she felt like she “was suffocating.” She said that feeling as if she couldn’t breathe “threw her into a panic attack” and “scared her more than anything that she has experienced in her life.” She said she thought she was “going to suffocate to death before help arrived” and just remembers seeing her “kids’ faces and how sad they were going to be without their mom.”

While it took rescue vehicles about 30 minutes to reach her and another 30 minutes to get her out of the vehicle safely (“they were worried that my neck or back was broken”), she said it “felt like a lifetime,” and that she “wasn’t going to make it.” Surprisingly, she only had bruises, and sprains in her neck and shoulders, but no broken bones. She was taken to the hospital and kept overnight for observation due to the way she landed on her head and neck, but was released to her husband the next day, with a follow-up appointment two days later with a neurological specialist. He thought it was amazing that she did not have major injuries, and all the tests he gave her came out negative. He sent her home with a prescription for pain killers and muscle relaxers and set another appointment for two weeks later. After the second appointment, again she passed with a “clean bill of health,” and the specialist recommended that she call him for an appointment if she had any problems appear.

She then begins to relate that about two weeks ago she started to have repeated dreams of the crash, especially “hanging upside down” that has bothered her quite a bit. That started causing her to get up at night (after the dream) several times per week because “who can sleep after a nightmare like that!” It has also started making her delay going to bed because she “never knows when the dream will happen.” This has caused her to “feel tired all the time now” and “only getting three or four hours of sleep.” And while the dreams are bad enough, she also started having daily memories or “flashbacks” of the accident that have caused considerable distress when she is at work, sometimes to the point of having to either go calm down in the bathroom, take a walk outside, or take a sick day to try and help her “get the thoughts and images of the crash” out of her mind. She says it has become too painful to think about, and if she does, she starts to feel panicky, so she just wants to avoid them at all costs. When family and friends ask how she is doing, she just wants to “switch the topic as fast as possible” so she doesn’t have to “relive it all over again.” She says that while she “does not want to commit suicide or anything like that,” she does have recurring thoughts of death and dying and how close it came to happening to her when she is sitting alone.

When she does relate aspects of the accident (while she is sitting there with you), she seems to be taking short, quick breaths and sweat is breaking out on her forehead. She says that even just talking about it here makes her feel as if she “can’t breathe,” that her “chest hurts,” and that she “feels like she wants to throw up.” She holds up her hands and says, “look how I’m shaking.” She says this only happens when she is thinking about the accident, and “not just out of the blue for no reason.” You ask how often this occurs and she responds, “only about three to five times a week; I’m getting better at not letting it ruin my day.”

When asked what other feelings she seems to be having, she says, “that’s just it! I’m not really feeling anything like I used to. We all used to be so close, but I just feel emotionally numb. I don’t even want to hug or play with my two-year-old.” She looks at you and says, “what kind of mother says things like that?” She continues: “I’ve always loved being the ‘mom in the stands’ to cheer my kids on as they play their sports, but now I just want to stay home and not be around anyone. Not only that, but I find myself being irritable and snapping or yelling at the kids for every little thing.” She turns and looks out the window and quietly adds: “we used to do so many things together, but now they don’t want to be around me that much . . ., and I just don’t want to be around them, either. We used to go hiking about every three weeks, but I just do not find that relaxing anymore, and would rather stay home.” She notes that this emotional distance has put a big strain on her marriage. Her husband “has been amazing through all of this, but now I can tell he is afraid it will never be over, and he feels helpless because there is nothing he can do.” She says she is “beginning to feel useless and guilty that she’s not being the wife and mother she should be.” She also adds that “I’ve lost 10 pounds over the last month because I just don’t feel like eating at all. My clothes do not fit very well anymore.”

When asked about how this is affecting her job, she remarks that “it is just about the same there, too.” Her coworkers are “really great,” but have been asking her why “she looks so sad and tearful lately?” On some days it “is not much of a problem,” but on others, “I can’t concentrate on what I need to work on for my clients, and my accounts are getting behind.” She says she feels like she “just doesn’t have the energy to do everything she needs to do.” When she is driving, she relates that she “is extremely focused for any bad spots in the road” or on other “cars getting too close to hers,” causing her to grip the steering wheel so tight her “hands hurt after about 30 minutes of driving.”

She did think it was interesting that she “has never been afraid of driving again, just having an accident.” She says she does get hesitant when she gets close to where the accident occurred and finds herself “slowing down as she sees the spot where she went off the road and vividly remembers going into the ditch.” She looks at you smiling and remarks, “you must think I’m really crazy, don’t you?” Then she looks at you more seriously and asks: “Am I going crazy? I must be crazy. I should be over this by now. I think I’m ruined forever, aren’t I?”

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Trauma Case Study: Civilian Template

For the Trauma Case Study: Civilian Assignment, using the “Trauma Case Study: Civilian Narrative,” you will give an overview of what you have determined via specific assessments of what is happening with this client. Note that each “bullet” below is required to be a minimum of one paragraph! In your write-up, you will need to provide (review the rubric for more detail):

· In the first paragraph, write a short synopsis of this client, expounding on their presenting problem, history, and what issues “jumped out” at you first.

· In the second section (refer to page 2 on how the paper is to be divided up), using the Life Events Checklist (LEC) for DSM-5 (Standard Version) found in the Trauma Case Study: Civilian Resources section. Read the instructions for use/scoring, then scroll to the bottom and download the LEC-5 (standard self-report) (PDF) and fill it out (just use “X’s” or checkmarks) based on the information you gleaned from the narrative. Then, you will write a good paragraph summarizing your scoring and interview answers. When you write this paragraph, use the client’s own answers to justify your scoring! You will scan or take a picture and include a copy of just the scored LEC Standard Self-report table ( page 3 only ) showing how/where you placed your “X’s” when you upload your paper (scroll down and read the note about “CamScanner”).

· The third section will be done using the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) found in the Trauma Case Study: Civilian Resources section. Read the instructions for use/scoring, then scroll to the bottom and download the PCL-5 (PDF), and circle the answers based on the information you collected from the narrative. Then, you will write a good paragraph summarizing your scoring, interview answers, and total score. When you write this paragraph, use the client’s own answers to justify your scoring! You will also scan or take a picture and include a copy of just the scored PCL-5 table ( page 3 only ) showing what you circled. Make sure to total up the items you circled and show the sum at the bottom of the page!

· Your fourth section will be done using the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) found in the Trauma Case Study: Civilian Resources section. Since the CAPS-5 is considered the “gold standard” for assessing clients with a possible PTSD diagnosis, download and print out and then fill it in (freehand) while reading over the client narrative. You will also scan or take a picture and include a copy of just the scored CAPS-5 Summary Table ( pages 19 & 20 only ) showing how you scored each item, total severity and symptoms, and your final conclusion on p. 20. You will then write a good paragraph summarizing your scoring, interview answers, and your totals for symptoms and severity. When writing this, use the client’s own answers to justify your scoring!

· From the data gathered in sections 2, 3, and 4, in Section 5 answer these questions using the DSM-5: what is the primary diagnosis (use the ICD-10 F-code number [without the parentheses], the name of the diagnosis, the severity, and any appropriate specifiers) for this client, putting your diagnosis in bold, and based on the criteria, show how you were able to come to that conclusion (include any information from the three assessments and client statements to support this diagnosis). Write a few sentences concerning any culture and/or gender-related diagnostic issues that may be present, as well as a few separate sentences regarding any potential suicide/self-harming risks for this particular diagnosis. Does the client have any possible secondary diagnoses (show the same way as the primary and in bold)? If so, which one(s), and what criteria do they meet? Are there any culture and/or gender-related diagnostic issues and suicide risks for this particular diagnosis?

· The final section is writing about recommendations and referrals as well as other resources you would want to put in place for this client (minimum of three, each separated as shown below. Provide your reasoning and cited resources for each one. Note that this section is NOT meant to be a complete treatment plan, but to assist the client towards getting into treatment!

To assist the professor in making sure that all sections/parts are submitted, divide your paper up as shown below using level 1 and level 2 headings (starting on p. 2 – no abstract is needed):

Title of Paper

Brief Summary

Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 Interpretation

(write several good paragraphs here summarizing your answer choices)

PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 Interpretation

(write several good paragraphs here summarizing your answer choices)

Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 Interpretation

(write a good section here summarizing your answer choices)

Primary and Secondary Diagnostic Impressions

Primary Diagnosis with Culture/Gender Issues, Suicidal Risks

Secondary Diagnosis with Culture/Gender Issues, Suicidal Risks (continue if you find more)

Recommendations

Recommendation 1

Recommendation 2

Recommendation 3

References

Note that your upload will consist of four documents: your paper (saved last name, first name, CaseStudyCivilian), a picture or PDF copy of p. 2 of the LEC-5, and a picture or PDF copy of p. 3 of the PCL-5, and a picture or PDF copy of pp. 19 & 20 of the CAPS-5.

Cam Scanner is an “app” that allows any picture you take of a document be "turned" into a PDF. You can find the link on the Trauma Case Study: Civilian Resources section. It is easy to do, and you can email the new PDF to yourself, and then upload into Blackboard.

To see a listing of all the assessments the Veterans Administration has for free download, please visit the Trauma Case Study: Civilian Resources section.

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Trauma Case Study: Civilian Grading Rubric

Criteria	Levels of Achievement
Content	Advanced	Proficient	Developing	Below Expectations	Not present
Introduction	5 points A quality synopsis of client is given. Presenting problem discussed. Client history summarized. Issues of concern highlighted.	4 points Good synopsis of client is given. Presenting problem discussed. Client history summarized. Issues of concern highlighted.	3 points An adequate synopsis of client is given. Presenting problem somewhat discussed. Client history not done. Issues of concern barely highlighted.	1 to 2 points An adequate synopsis of client is given. Presenting problem not discussed. Client history not done. Issues of concern not highlighted.	0 points Not Present
Life Events Checklist, PTSD Checklist, CA-PTSD Scale	46 to 50 points All components scored correctly based on the narrative. Excellent summary of assessments provided. Total scores shown where required. Copy of each assessment uploaded when required.	42 to 45 points All components scored correctly based on the narrative. Good summary of assessments provided. Total scores shown where required. Copy of each assessment uploaded when required.	38 to 41 points All components scored mostly correct based on the narrative. Adequate summary of assessments provided. Total scores shown where required. Most copies of assessments uploaded when required.	1 to 37 points Components not scored correctly based on the narrative. Adequate summary of assessments provided. Total scores not shown where required. Copies of assessments not uploaded when required.	0 points Not Present
Diagnostic Impressions	13 to 14 points Primary diagnosis, issues, risks shown. Secondary diagnosis, issues, risks shown.	11 to 12 points Primary diagnosis, issues, risks shown. Secondary diagnosis, issues, risks mostly shown.	9 to 10 points Primary diagnosis, issues, risks shown. Secondary diagnosis, issues, risks not shown.	1 to 8 points Incorrect primary diagnosis, issues, risks shown. Incorrect secondary diagnosis, issues, risks shown.	0 points Not Present
Recommendations	14 to 15 points Minimum of three recommendation shown, Competent reasons shown, Resources cited in current APA for each.	12 to 13 points Minimum of three recommendation shown, General reasons shown, Resources cited in current APA for each.	11 points Two recommendation shown, General reasons shown, Resources cited in current APA for most.	1 to 10 points One to two recommendation shown, General reasons barely or not shown, Resources cited in current APA for some or none.	0 points Not Present
Structure	Advanced	Proficient	Developing	Below Expectations	Not present
Organization	10 to 11 points All required elements are included and presented with strong headings and organizational clarity. There are clear transitions between paragraphs and sections. The treatment of the topic is logically oriented. The paper meets the page length requirement.	9 points All required elements are included and organized. There are transitions between paragraphs and sections. The treatment of the topic is logically oriented. The paper meets the page length requirement or comes very close.	8 points Most required elements are included and are mostly organized. Most paragraphs and sections have transitions. The logical treatment of the topic needs improvement. The paper may not meet the page length requirement.	1 to 7 points Few or no required elements are included. Few or no transitions exist between paragraphs and sections. There may not be a logical treatment of the topic. The paper does not meet the page length requirement.	0 points Not Present
Style	14 to 15 points The paper properly uses current APA style. Proper headings, in-text citations, and references are formatted correctly. The paper reflects a graduate level voice and vocabulary. There are very few spelling and grammar errors.	12 to 13 points The paper consistently uses current APA style with few or no exceptions. Proper headings, in-text citations, and references are formatted with few or no errors. The paper reflects a graduate level voice and vocabulary. There are few spelling and grammar errors.	11 points The paper inconsistently uses current APA style. Headings, in-text citations, and references are inconsistently formatted. The paper does not consistently reflect a graduate level voice and vocabulary. There are spelling and grammar errors.	1 to 10 points The paper erroneously uses or does not use current APA style. Headings, in-text citations, and references are erroneously formatted or not present. The paper does not reflect a graduate level voice and vocabulary. There are spelling and grammar errors.	0 points Not Present
Sources	10 points The Reference page meets or exceeds the required number of sources. All sources are referenced throughout the paper.	8 to 9 points The Reference page meets the required number of sources. Most sources are referenced throughout the paper.	7 points The Reference page does not meet the required number of sources. Not all sources are referenced throughout the paper.	1 to 6 points The Reference page is not present or contains few sources. Not enough sources are referenced throughout the paper, or none are referenced.	0 points Not Present

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Trauma Case Study: 1 – Civilian Assignment Instructions

Overview

The Trauma Case Study: Civilian Assignment is designed to help you make application of course content to a potential counseling situation, examining a civilian adult sufferer of trauma. For the civilian case study, see the Trauma Case Study: Civilian Narrative on the Trauma Case Study: Civilian Assignment page under Trauma Case Study: Civilian Resources.

Instructions

The general requirements for the paper are:

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