NR 546 Week 3 Case Study

  



Subjective
Objective


 

Patient’s Chief Complaints:

“ I am hearing voices ”

History of Present Illness

MM states she believes her boyfriend is cheating on her, which her boyfriend denies. She states she can hear two women talking about her boyfriend and her, how they have sex with her boyfriend and how KB isn’t good enough for him. This has been occurring for a few weeks now and the voices mock her daily. Her boyfriend has been caught cheating in the past and she is now wondering if the women she hears talking about her boyfriend are real or not. She has not asked anyone else if they can hear the women talking because what they have to say is so negative. She hears these women talking mostly at home with her boyfriend, especially at night,  but sometimes she hears them when she is out too, especially when she is out in public with her boyfriend.

Past psychiatric history: None

Past Medical History: Occasional headaches, treated with OTC pain relievers.

Family History

·        Father is alive, has hypertension.

·        Mother is alive, has history of depression

·        One brother, healthy

·        one son age 4, alive and well

Social History

·       Lives with fiancé and their 4-year-old son

·       does not have any friends

·       unemployed since her son was born

·        High school graduate

·       Nonsmoker

·        Drinks socially, 1-2 times a week

·        Several gasses of coke or sweet tea during the day

·        vapes CBD occasionally, 1-2 times a week.

·        no formal exercise

·        no hobbies

 

Review of Systems

·        occasional headache, relieved with acetaminophen

·        appetite poor, weight stable

·        sleeps 4-5 hours at night

Allergies:  NKDA
Physical Examination: General

Alert, appropriately dressed Caucasian female in no apparent distress. She appears older than her stated age.

Vital Signs: BP-120/80, T-98.6F, P-88, RR-20, SpO2: 98%

Wt 110 lbs,  Ht 5’6”


Mental status exam:

•Cranial nerves II-VIII intact

•Gait steady

•Denies headache and dizziness

Appearance: appropriate dress for age and situation, well nourished, eye contact poor, No apparent distress

Alertness and Orientation: fully oriented to person‚ place‚ time‚ and situation, Alert

Behavior: cooperative

Speech: soft, flat

Mood: euthymic

Affect: constricted, congruent

Thought Process: logical‚ linear

Thought content: No thoughts of suicide‚ self-harm‚ or passive death wish

Perceptions: No evidence of psychosis, no response to internal stimuli noted during interview, reports auditory hallucinations.

Memory: Recent and remote WNL

Judgement/Insight: Insight is fair, Judgement is poor

Attention and observed intellectual functioning:  Attention intact for purpose of assessment.

Fund of knowledge: Good general fund of knowledge and vocabulary

Musculoskeletal: normal gait and station



Mental status exam:

•Cranial nerves II-VIII intact

•Gait steady

•Denies headache and dizziness

Appearance: appropriate dress for age and situation, well nourished, eye contact poor, No apparent distress

Alertness and Orientation: fully oriented to person‚ place‚ time‚ and situation, Alert

Behavior: cooperative Speech: soft, flat Mood: euthymic

Affect: constricted, congruent Thought Process: logical‚ linear

Thought content: No thoughts of suicide‚ self-harm‚ or passive death wish

Perceptions: No evidence of psychosis, not responding to internal stimuli, reports auditory hallucinations.

Memory: Recent and remote WNL Judgement/Insight: Insight is fair, Judgement is fair

Attention and observed intellectual functioning: Attention intact for purpose of assessment.

Fund of knowledge: Good general fund of knowledge and vocabulary

Musculoskeletal: normal gait and station