Please answer the 4 questions with at least 2 APA references. You can refer to the DSM-5 for criteria. This should be between 1-2 ages,, no more than 2. Initial post should include a minimum of 2 evidence based references (APA style)
1. Describe how the current setting in which the patient lives and the appointment setting impact your care or treatment plan?
2. Discuss the process of diagnostic differentiation (be specific about what your assessment would include about the possible diagnoses). What symptoms might overlap between the two diagnoses? What symptoms would help differentiate between the diagnoses?
3. What psychotherapeutic modality would you recommend for the patient, and what is the rationale? Include if you would recommend individual, group, family, couples therapy. Would you refer the patient for any specialized psychological testing?
4. Describe discharge criteria for the patient. What must the client successfully do, achieve, or complete for you to discharge the patient for your current patient load?
Case #1
Demographics: 21-year-old Dominican American man
Living Situation: Lives with parents, sister, two nieces, and uncle
Appointment Setting: Sex addiction clinic – Court Ordered
Chief Complaint: “I am only here because I have to be.”
Presentation: Brief eye contact. Minimal engagement in interview.
Summary:
Frotteuristic Disorder versus Exhibitionist Disorder
Recently arrested for exposing genitals to teenage girls at the local mall
Uses train to travel to work, even though it is within walkable distance, has urges to rub genitals against others on the train
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