[ANSWER] CRIT3000 Skills Assessment Report: Cecilia Case Study

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[Cecilia Case Study]: From her speech, Cecilia has a normal thought process. She has an organised thought process as evident in her logically linked sentences, grammatically sensible words, and ability to stay on topic (she does not introduce irrelevant or unrelated thoughts). There is no evidence of thought blocking or circumstantial thoughts. Throughout the interview, she does not take long to verbalise her thoughts and does not lose train of her thoughts.  

2.6 Content of Thought

Cecilia is paranoid and delusional. She is strongly convinced that the people she owes money for her drugs are out to harm her. She believes that those people have been coming to her house. Her delusions have even compelled her to move from where she was living. Cecilia also believes that her friends at her place of work are jealous of her (1:56).

Since she recently got promoted to a more senior position, she is persuaded that her co-workers are not happy about it and that is why they brought her there. Though Cecilia says she has no intention to harm herself or other people, she admits that she will have to defend herself if the people she believes are out to get her eventually attack her (2:58).   

2.7 Perception

Cecilia is experiencing visual hallucinations. She narrates that she sees the people she is indebted to knocking on her door (1:20). Even after changing her place of stay, she says she still sees them (1:33). She also believes that the nurse is one of the people she has been seeing (1:38).

2.8 Cognition Cecilia’s consciousness, attention, orientation, memory, and language functions are normal. She remains alert and attentive throughout the interview. Her attentional control is indicative of normal executive function. She is also orientated to time and place. When asked whether she knows why she is there that day, she is able to explain why (0:16), an indication that she is aware of time and where she is. In terms of memory, both her short- and long-term memories are optimal. Her ability to recollect past events easily attests to the normality of her long-term memory. She does not repeat something she…[Buy Full Answer for Just USD 9: 3539 WORDS]    

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