Prepare a 1500 word report
• 1.1 Choose any one of the case studies and analyse the difficulties in defining behavioral abnormalities outlined in the chosen case study scenario for your report
• 2.1 After your choice of case study write a report evaluating three different psychological perspectives and how they may be used to explain the disorder
• 3.1 Then explain how each perspective would treat the disorder you have identified in the case study.
You must include the following sections in the report
• Introduction
• Identify and explain your research methods
• Difficulties with diagnosis, defining abnormalities and normalities
• Psychological explanations
• Psychological treatments
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
Case study 1
Fred, aged 45, is a locksmith. He has longstanding and persistent worries that he has not done his job properly and that someone might get burgled as a result. He worries he might have given customers the wrong change whenever they have paid him in cash.
Fred informs you that he worries about many things in his life, and his most common thought is ‘what if’? He often imagines the worst happening and states that when he worries, he often feels sick, has headaches, feels butterflies in his stomach and is aware of his heart pounding.
Fred often gets hot and sweaty and says his anxiety makes it difficult to concentrate and do his job or play with his children.
He is very distressed by his constant worrying and feelings of anxiety, and regards it as a sign of weakness. At the beginning of the consultation with his GP, Fred states he is attending because of problems with sleeping.
But after questioning about how things have been for him recently, Fred discloses to his GP that he is feeling under considerable stress. Fred has been diagnosed with Anxiety
