You are in your first year as a Psychologist and you must report to the head Psy

You are in your first year as a Psychologist and you must report to the head Psychologist at the end of each week. This week you have seen three new patients; Morris, Jack, and Tom. Read each case study below and write an essay to your supervisor describing your diagnosis and treatment plan for each patient.
For EACH patient, you must include…
What is your diagnosis? Describe this diagnosis, according to the text. Why did you choose this diagnosis? (Make sure to reference the textbook). *See Chapter 15
What is your treatment plan? Describe this treatment(s), according to the text. Why did you choose this treatment plan? (Make sure to reference the textbook). *See Chapter 16
Please write your essay as if you are writing to your supervisor and explaining the diagnosis and treatment plan of each of these patients. For each choice you have made, you must defend yourself by referencing the case and the text. Your essay should include…
Paragraph 1: Introduction (Briefly introduce the three cases (mention the patients by name) and what you plan to discuss).
Paragraph 2: Diagnosis and Treatment Plan for Case 1 (Cite your text)
Paragraph 3: Diagnosis and Treatment Plan for Case 2 (Cite your text)
Paragraph 4: Diagnosis and Treatment Plan for Case 3 (Cite your text)
Paragraph 5: Conclusion (Wrap up essay by re-stating, in different words, what you have discussed. Mention your patients again).
I expect details and examples from the cases and the text. Please elaborate and show me that you understand your patient, the diagnosis, and the treatment well.
Case 1 – Morris
Morris has been referred to you for psychotherapy following a suicide attempt. When you interview him he is very teary. He speaks slowly and looks down at the ground as he speaks. He reports difficulty in falling asleep and staying asleep for the past month. Morris states that he hasn’t had much of an appetite and has lost 15 pounds. He reports that things he used to like just don’t seem enjoyable anymore, and he thinks that life is not worth living. Morris doesn’t expect things to improve in the future, which is why he tried to kill himself.
Case 2 – Jack
Jack graduated from high school and got a job working in a video store. After working for about 6 months Jack began to hear voices that told him he was no good. He also began to believe that his boss was planting small video cameras in the returned tapes to catch him making mistakes. Jack became increasingly agitated at work, particularly during busy times, and began “talking strangely” to customers. For example, one customer asked for a tape to be reserved and Jack indicated that that tape may not be available because it had “surveillance photos of him that were being reviewed by the CIA”. After about a year Jack quit his job one night, yelling at his boss that he couldn’t take the constant abuse of being watched by all the TV screens in the store and even in his own home.
Case 3 – Tom
Tom, an 11-year old boy institutes the following ceremonial before going to bed. He did not sleep until he had told his mother every last detail of the events that occurred that day; there must be no scraps of paper or other rubbish on the carpet of the bedroom; the bed must be pushed right to the wall; three chairs must stand by it and the pillows must lie in a particular way. In order to get to sleep, he must first kick out a certain number of times with both legs and then lie on his side.
Reminders…
This is a writing emphasis course which means you are required to successfully write essays throughout the course. As you should have noticed on the syllabus, these writing assignments make up a large percentage of your final grade in this course and it is important to put forth your best effort.
*You are expected to cite all sources you use in these essays and to use APA format. See “APA Guidelines” and “APA Tip Sheet” to understand how to properly cite sources in APA format. You can also use the APA template. These documents are also located in the course files, as well as a sample APA essay.
*Please see the rubric below and make sure you understand PSC’s general writing requirements for writing emphasis courses. Ask me if you have any questions.
I will mark down for formatting, spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. so please pay attention to these aspects of your writing. I highly suggest using the PSC Writing Center for help if you struggled on the first three essays.
The APA citation for your textbook is below.
Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020). Psychology (2nd ed.). Rice University: OpenStax.
For in-text citations:
Paraphrase: (Spielman et al., 2020).
Direct Quotation: (Spielman et al., 2020, p. 440).
Post your paper as an attachment.
Please reach out to me if you have any questions about this assignment or need any help at all.