PSY 650 week 2 DQ (7).docx
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I choose to diagnose case number 2. Charles is a 33 year old African man who came to me because he is experiencing suicidal thoughts. Charles is in the middle of a divorce and says he's feeling agitated, angry, sad, and stressed most days. I have 48 hours to diagnose this client and we will be limited with treatment because he is out-of-network. Based of of the presented symptoms and the criteria for Major Depressive Disorder outlined in the DSM 5. The diagnostic assessment I will be using is the MMPI-RF-2. This is a psychological tool with clinical scales to identify depression and suicidal ideation. This is one of the most reliable methods to identify depression and a host of other disorders. From a psychoanalysis orientation I would have to believe that there are repressed thoughts...