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¶ … responsible writing case studies psychological disorders (attachment choices). The case studies original work. In case studies incorporate DSM criteria diagnosis. Each case study 4-5 paragraphs length, typed, single spaced.
Abigail
Abigail is a seventeen-year-old college student. When Abigail went away to college, she returned home from Thanksgiving break notably thinner. Abigail has always been thin: she was a competitive runner in high school. In college, she spends every morning at the gym. She prefers not to eat in the cafeteria and buys her own food, usually diet yogurts, TV dinners, and fruit. She religiously tracks the calorie count of what she eats and won't eat any 'bad' foods.
Abigail is often tired and has trouble staying awake in class but she often feels too jittery and anxious to sleep at night. Her grades have been suffering, which is uncharacteristic of her, since she was a straight -- A student in high school. She has few friends because she avoids social occasions which might involve eating. Abigail wears baggy clothes around campus when she is not working out. She has fine, downy hair on her cheeks and arms and her hair is falling out. She still gets her period, but she has been on...
She has a problem with eating to excess after denying herself for so long and will then go several days to 'atone' for her binging, hardly eating anything at all. During Thanksgiving she enthusiastically engaged in the preparation of the family meal but only picked at her food. When prompted, Abigail insisted there was nothing wrong with her and she was just tired and stressed out about her classes.
What is Abigail's diagnosis?
Carol
Carol is a twenty-four-year-old, single, professional Caucasian woman. She has struggled with her weight most of her life. She is competent at work and regarded as successful, but she has a problem: she says she "can't keep food in the house." If there is ice cream, peanut butter, leftover pizza, or any other type of 'junk food' Carol will find herself binging on it until it is completely gone. Then, to compensate she will force herself to vomit. Carol has not told anyone about this, although her dentist has commented on the number of teeth problems she has had over the years.
Carol has engaged in self-induced vomiting since she was…
Reference
Eating disorder diagnosis from the DSM. Retrieved:
http://casat.unr.edu/docs/eatingdisorders_criteria.pdf
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