Discussion board #2 should help you to better understand just how complex personality disorders are and the impact they have on your clients and their family and friends. Review the scenario below and, using your guidelines found in the syllabus, respond appropriately. Discussion questions can be found at the bottom of the scenario. <\/p>\n
Thank You!<\/p>\n
Ms. Campbell<\/p>\n
Katrina A, 33, has been admitted to the inpatient unit after a suspected suicide attempt. She is crying uncontrollably.<\/p>\n
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Katrina’s husband, Phil, has brought her to the hospital, and when it is clear that she is out of physical danger, she is moved to the psychiatric unit for evaluation. Her husband attends intake to the unit but does not stay long. Phil seems only disgusted by Katrina’s situation.<\/p>\n
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\u201cStop crying,\u201d he tells her. He looks at Maya, the nurse conducting the intake interview. \u201cDon\u2019t be impressed by her tears. It\u2019s nothing new. Believe me. She cries all the time. She wears me out.\u201d<\/p>\n
He watches her a moment as she continues to cry and then reluctantly puts an arm around her shoulder. \u201cHey. I love you. But you wear me out. Stop the damn crying, would you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Katrina is unwilling to speak at the moment, so Maya asks Phil if he thinks Katrina has been depressed, and if so for how long.<\/p>\n
Phil shakes his head. \u201cWho knows? She\u2019s always been a big crier. When we were dating, I just thought she was, you know, young and overly sentimental. You know, like girls are. We met on the base. Her dad was a lieutenant colonel in charge of the unit I was in. I thought the way she doted on her dad was kind of sweet\u2014especially since, in my opinion, he\u2019s a bully\u2014a cold, controlling butthead. I can say that now. I\u2019m out of the service, out from under his big thumb.<\/p>\n
\u201cI sort of felt like I was rescuing her\u2014but I loved her too. I loved her. I thought that, once away from her old man, she\u2019d be happy, and then she\u2019d stop being so clingy, once she was free and with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am happy,\u201d Katrina says. \u201cI love you! I need you! Don\u2019t leave me! I\u2019ll die!\u201d<\/p>\n
Phil doesn\u2019t respond to her. He puts his hands over his face.<\/p>\n
Maya tries to keep Katrina talking and tries to direct Katrina’s attention to Maya, but Katrina just looks up at Phil. Her face is a mess, and she bends at the waist and cries, \u201cDon\u2019t leave me! I\u2019ll do anything!\u201d<\/p>\n
Maya waits.<\/p>\n
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Phil goes on, watching Katrina, who\u2019s bent double now, crying so hard that she says, \u201cI\u2019m going to be sick!\u201d<\/p>\n
Phil nods, almost pats Katrina’s back, but then leans away from her, tentatively draping his arm across the back of her chair. \u201cBut it didn\u2019t change, did it,\u201d he says. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t her old man. It was just her. We\u2019ve been married eleven years now, and she still cries more than anyone I know. Maybe she\u2019s depressed. I don\u2019t know. But if she is, she\u2019s always been.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you think you need, Katrina?\u201d Maya asks.<\/p>\n
Finally Katrina calms down enough to speak.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you need me to do, Phil?\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Phil rubs his face vigorously, clearly frustrated.<\/p>\n
\u201cKatrina,\u201d Maya says. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about you first. What would you like help with? What do you need?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI just need for Phil to not leave me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that why you tried to hurt yourself? Because you\u2019re afraid he\u2019s going to leave you?\u201d<\/p>\n
She nods and starts to cry again.<\/p>\n
\u201cStop it!\u201d Phil says and removes his arm from her chair. \u201cYou\u2019re too needy! I can\u2019t keep living like this!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPhil,\u201d Maya says, \u201cWhat about you? What do you think you and Katrina need?\u201d<\/p>\n
He glares at Maya. \u201cI don\u2019t need anything. Or, okay, what do I need? What I need is for Katrina to stop being such a\u2014child. She wants me to tell her what to do constantly\u2014what she should wear, what she should say in every encounter she anticipates. She won\u2019t make a single decision on her own. I\u2019m suffocating!\u201d<\/p>\n
Phil leans forward across the desk. \u201cLook, she\u2019s right to be scared I\u2019m going to leave her. Tonight I told her I can\u2019t take all her helplessness any longer. Look at her. She\u2019s intelligent\u2014you\u2019re intelligent, Katrina\u2014yet you act like you can\u2019t do a single thing, not one single thing, without me. It\u2019s no wonder I go off and get high with my friends sometimes. Or that, sure, okay, I do look at other women\u2014\u201c<\/p>\n
Katrina cries louder.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2014but I didn\u2019t marry you to be your damned babysitter! Grow up, will you!\u201d<\/p>\n
Phil stands to leave and Katrina cries out and grabs his arms. He stands there, looking miserable, as she hangs from him.<\/p>\n
He looks at Maya.<\/p>\n
\u201cSee this? I can\u2019t take it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Katrina most likely has a Dependent Personality disorder and maybe other mental health issues. <\/p>\n
What causes could be responsible for Katrina’s suspected personality disorder? Keep in mind, there are many suspected causes.
\nWhat information would you most like to provide Phil and Katrina? Explain why you feel this way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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