Alleia Yzobelle M.
Ararao Abnormal Psychology
BS Psychology 3A February 27, 2024
PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORT
Patient Information:
Name: Cora
Age: 39 years old
Gender: Female
Reason for the psychological report:
Treatment Planning
Current symptoms and presenting concerns:
Cora experienced having simple phrases and mathematical equations that used to be
easy suddenly felt difficult to understand. She noticed as her well that her brain
deteriorated. On top of that, Cora has been sleeping less and talking more as if her
thoughts were all over the place. She also struggled with psychosis, mania, debilitating
paranoia and on some extent, sleeping and eating the whole day in her room,
withdrawn from others drowned by thoughts of feeling stuck.
Psychosocial History
Family History
Cora is the youngest of five children. As a child, she loved to play and dance ballet after
class. She was her father’s favorite, but her favorite isn’t her father. Her father was
sleepless, would jog in place, and highly elated to sing loudly. He was also violent,
paranoid, and insecure of other men. Cora used to hate her father for being sick and for
mistreating her mother. Cora was not close with either of her parents.
Educational History
Cora was an achiever and an avid student. She focused all her attention on her studies
when she was in college. Her hard work paid off and she graduated cum laude in
college. She even passed the National Medical Admission Test; unfortunately, she got
discouraged to pursue medicine after she was not accepted in the school where she
wanted to study.
Occupational History
Cora was a competitive woman who worked overtime and had not been sleeping
enough for days, as an editor of a magazine. She fueled her body with lots of caffeine.
Following her unusual behavior, she realized that holding on to jobs became untenable.
Although she tried blogging as a means to earn money and to find her voice again.
However, her condition made it difficult for her to maintain a stable job as she had seven
employers in the last twelve years.
Psychiatric or Psychological History
Her father was diagnosed with schizophrenia and later on diagnosed with bipolar
disorder. For nearly ten years, her father had been admitted to and discharged from
numerous mental health facilities.
Social History
During Cora’s trying times, she noticed that the people she wanted close with her pulled
away from her. One tie, she had feelings for a guy only to find out that a person from
their church advised the guy to stop communicating with her. This then made her feel
unattractive, undesired, and alone. She lost friends, friends that she had known for over
twelve years stopped communicating with her and this made her feel abandoned.
Psychological Intervention
Psychotherapy
A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy once a month session with Cora’s psychiatrist may help
Cora to stabilize her mood. She’d be able to identify her negative thought patterns as
well as her triggers. With the help of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, she may be able to
learn manage his emotions and behaviors.
Having an in-house therapist like a dog might also be helpful to Cora to make her feel
that she’s never alone. And that someone is willing to be with her.
Lifestyle Change
Cora had an unhealthy sleeping pattern. It might be helpful for her to have regular
sleep-wake patterns. Having enough sleep could help improve her physical, emotional,
and cognitive functioning.
Cora is a writer and a blogger, thus it might be helpful for her to write more, for her to
express her thoughts and balance her emotions out. She felt as if her brain deteriorated,
hence, writing and letting thoughts flow might be able to kickstart her feeling ofe being
stuck in life.
Likewise, maintaining a healthy diet is also recommended to help her body and mind to
get nourished.
Mindfulness-Based Interventions
Practicing mindfulness is helpful in managing emotional dysregulation, something that
Cora had been struggling form. With this, mindfulness-based interventions may be
beneficial to Cora and her emotional and psychological well-being.
Family-Focused Therapy
Cora’s family has been a great support system for Cora. Having people who makes her
feel like she’s not alone is important. Thus, educating Cora’s family might be able to
develop healthy communication patterns as well as on ways how to support one
another, most especially Cora.
Through collaborative efforts between Cora, her psychotherapist, her family, her dog,
she may be able to manage her bipolar disorder and strive toward achieving a fulfilling,
healthy, and a stable life.
