Mark is a 24-year-old college student who avoids riding the…
Mark is a 24-year-old college student who avoids riding the campus elevator. At age ten, he was stuck in a stalled elevator for two hours. Since then, he experiences immediate, intense anxiety, heart palpitations, and dizziness when approaching elevators. Mark now walks up ten flights of stairs daily, frequently arrives exhausted to class, and declines invitations to upper-floor study groups to avoid his trigger.
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52-year-old divorced male executive presents with a new onset of depression, early-morning awakening, decreased energy, distractibility, anhedonia, poor appetite, and weight loss for the past 3 months. His symptoms began shortly after he suffered a myocardial infarction. Although he did not experience significant physical symptoms, he has felt less motivated and less fulfilled in his life and work, believing that he is now “vulnerable”. As a result, he does not push himself as he used to, and his work output is beginning to decline. He feels “empty” but denies suicidal ideation. What is the most appropriate diagnosis? Using the case conceptualization table, please input some items to consider when thinking about this case.
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80-year-old widowed woman without past psychiatric history is seen for a follow-up appointment after suffering from a left-sided cerebral vascular accident that has paralyzed her on the right side. Since her stroke, she complains of an absence of pleasure in anything that she formerly enjoyed. She describes frequent crying spells, sleeping more than usual, a decreased appetite with weight loss, and feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. She admits to passive thoughts of suicide without plan or intent. What is the most appropriate diagnosis Using the case conceptualization table, please input some items to consider when thinking about this case.
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