¶ … Stress Case Study
I told the mother that it was no problem whatsoever, and that I was only too happy to meet her that Tuesday morning on such short notice. In truth I had been trying to contact her for the past couple of weeks, and was relieved that she was finally willing to talk about some of the issues she had been going through. Still, the look of worry on her face did not help to ease the sense of instinctive foreboding I got at her sudden call last night. She explained that she had received my previous voice messages, but had just been too busy looking after her daughter and trying to make a home with her new husband.
I asked her how the childcare issues had been going and expressed my surprise that her new husband seemed to be living with her now. Significantly, she chose to address the latter before the former and stated that her husband had been doing the majority of the babysitting. However, instead of seeming relieved about the fact, her brow was wrinkled with care as she denoted this fact. To her credit, she was quick to play up the positives of the situation and mentioned that she had gotten work with one of the local elementary schools as a secretary. She said that for a long time she was convinced that the new working arrangement (her husband working nights, and her working during the day) would finally give her the opportunity to get the sort of financial resources that were so vital to her existence. Instead, she was surprised to say that the situation had brought on issues that she wished they had not.
She mentioned that she was starting to get a little concerned with all of the time her new husband spends with her daughter. The fact that she blames herself for marrying so quickly after her divorce seemed to truly add to the stress that she feels related to her daughter's impending molestation case. Still, she said that she had noticed a change in her daughter's behavior,...
Stress Environment has to be 'wiped out' (Net-Working Survival Guide), if not than employee has to be trained to handle stressful situations. But expecting a lot out of employee's limited resources and restrictions is unfair. Deterministic view has to be adopted while improving the organizational structure such that the level of stress is significantly reduced. Organizational structures can be improved by adopting following strategies, Realistic Approach: Realistic Approach is required not just
Care Plan The client is at risk of heart failure and aside from his physical health issues he carries a great deal of external burdens that contribute to his overall mental and emotional stress. He needs to find some activity that can relieve him of these pressures and volunteering at a local religious organization or charity may provide an outlet as well as a suitable means of making some connection to
client is a 28-year-old, recently divorced single mother with a six-year-old daughter. She is the primary caregiver, as the father lives out of state and visits every 6-8 weeks. The father pays no child support. The divorce was due to drug abuse and infidelity on the father's part. The client is limited in social support resources; her parents are restricted from babysitting the child because of a child molestation
, 2010). This point is also made by Yehuda, Flory, Pratchett, Buxbaum, Ising and Holsboer (2010), who report that early life stress can also increase the risk of developing PTSD and there may even be a genetic component involved that predisposes some people to developing PTSD. Studies of Vietnam combat veterans have shown that the type of exposure variables that were encountered (i.e., severe personal injury, perceived life threat, longer duration,
Ethics, Social Justice & Advocacy Dimensions Cultural diversity case study: Biko Biko has overcome tremendous obstacles to attain his current level of educational and social achievement. However, this inevitably has caused him a great deal of personal stress. He is currently feeling socially marginalized in a largely all-white environment even though he is academically competent. His feelings of guilt regarding his parents' desire for him to attend a historically black college
Critical Thinking Case Study Faith Community Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital and has a mission statement which is interpreted by everyone the way the want to interpret it. Their mission statement compels them to provide health care services and work towards better health and well-being of the people who belong to the communities that Faith Community Hospital serves. It further includes that they are to provide these services in collaboration with
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