Assignment 4: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs
Assignment Instructions:
• I need 16 small individual psychotherapy clinical notes (one paragraph), each note should include: CC, small mental status, and progress achieved during the visit. I need help writing my essay – research paper review the below example, doesn’t have to exactly as the example but close enough.
• Student Notes- Students must include a brief summary/synopsis of the patient visit—this does not need to be a SOAP note; however, the note needs to be sufficient to remember your patient encounter
• Can be adult male or female age between 18 to 65, with any (1 or more) of the following diagnosis, please use ONLY the diagnosis listed below.
Example:
(Fem, -49 Mood Disorder, Anxiety Disorder)
49-year-old patient with depressive disorder associated to monetary problems due to the loss of one of her jobs, patient has only a part time position. Patient is here today for a follow-up consultation. The patient said, “I’m feeling better, I’m not so concerned about my late payments, since I start the financial help”. In today’s consultation session, the patient appears awake, alert, and oriented x 4. Dressed well with good hygiene and good eye contact. She presents with spontaneous speech normal rate and volume, relevant, coherent. Mood is a little anxious. Affect is mood congruent. Thought process is concrete. Thought content is linear and coherent. Patient reported that she had been performing all the activities to further decrease depression. Patient showed improvements in mood, which was the main objective to achieve this week. The patient’s mood has continually improved for the past three weeks. The symptoms of depression have decreased, as per patient’s reports crying less, and improving her sleep time. The patient was encouraged to continue with follow-up psychotherapy. Individual psychotherapy and follow up scheduled next week to continue improving the patient’s condition.
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(Male, 28, Generalized Anxiety Disorder)
The patient is a 28-year-old male who presented with chief complaints of excessive worry, trouble sleeping, and irritability. In today’s consultation session, the patient appears alert and oriented to person, place, time, and situation. He was cooperative and engaged throughout the session, with relevant and coherent speech. The patient reports experiencing persistent anxiety symptoms despite his medication and regular psychotherapy. His mood is anxious, and his affect is congruent with his mood. Thought processes are normal, and the thought content is within normal limits. The patient has shown some improvement in sleep and decreased irritability with medication and psychotherapy but still reports significant worries that interfere with daily functioning. The patient was encouraged to continue with regular follow-up appointments and to practice relaxation techniques between sessions to help manage anxiety symptoms.
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Instructions for Assignment 4: Clinical Hours and Patient Logs:
• I need 16 one-paragraph individual psychotherapy clinical notes, with each entry containing the following information: CC, small mental status, and progress made during the visit. I need help writing my essay – research paper check the sample below; it does not have to be exact, but it should be near enough.
• Student Notes- Students must include a brief summary/synopsis of the patient visit—this does not need to be a SOAP note; however, the note needs to be sufficient to remember your patient encounter
• Can be adult male or female age between 18 to 65, with any (1 or more) of the following diagnosis, please use ONLY the diagnosis listed below.
Example:
(Fem, -49 Mood Disorder, Anxiety Disorder)
49-year-old patient with depressive disorder associated to monetary problems due to
