Assignment: Making a Differential Diagnosis
Create a differential diagnosis for the patient in case study. Be sure to follow the instructions in Chapter 1: Differential Diagnosis Step by Step when creating your differential diagnosis doc attached. Include the following:
o Recommend a diagnosis based on the patient's symptoms, presenting problems, and history.
o Assess the validity of your diagnosis using a sociocultural perspective.
o Compare at least one evidence-based and one non-evidence-based treatment option for the diagnosis. Research a minimum of two peer-reviewed sources to support your choices.
o Propose and provide an explanation for a minimum of two historical perspectives and two theoretical orientations that are inappropriate alternates for the conceptualizations in this case (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, humanistic, biological, sociocultural, evolutionary, psychoanalytic, integrative, etc.).
NOTE: Be clear that you are writing about theoretical orientations and using the theoretical orientations to explain the client's symptoms and presenting problems. Do not use the theoretical orientations to discuss any therapy or treatment approaches.
Your application of the theoretical orientations should answer the question: How did this client develop the symptoms and current presenting problems? For example, "Based on the cognitive perspective, how did this client develop the symptoms and current presenting problem?" "Based on the humanistic perspective, how did this client develop the symptoms and current presenting problem?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Attachment:- CASE-Posttraumatic-Stress-Disorder.rar