Create-A-Patient Research Presentation

Create a patient between the ages of 12 and 70 years of age with that disorder.

Include all pertinent information of the patient including all demographics and family history, educational, legal (if applicable), and environmental factors.

Find empirical* article(s) that describe your disorder. They must be current and include the new DSM-5 criteria. Specify the disorder and fully describe the criteria (including specifiers if necessary) and how your patient is afflicted by this disorder. Be realistic, yet creative. Remember, mental illness strikes people differently, often runs in families, and is complex and may overlap with other disorders. If you want full credit take this into consideration when you design your patient.

You may use your textbook as a guide for how to describe a patient/client (but do not directly copy the vignettes/case studies, as this would be plagiarism).

Describe your patient profile with regard to typical age of onset (compare this to your patient’s age of onset), gender distribution, genetic heritability, and co-morbidities. Include all relevant information.

Discuss biological, psychological, and environmental risk factors and contributors to your patient’s illness. What you need to craft is a biopsychosocial profile of your patient.