Question

Read the case and answer the following questions for each 1. What are ALL the symptoms the individuals are which show some level of mental distress and/or impaired functioning 2. What biological, social issues, and/or environmental issues have profound effects on the individual? Mention all of them 3. What kind of mental condition would you diagnose for this individual? Case Study 1: Tom taught his son to drive safely; and although he was himself a very good driver, Tom felt most secure when his son was behind the wheel. For that reason, the accident that took his son's life and nearly killed Tom seemed especially unfair. The driver at fault was speeding the wrong way down the highway in an attempt to elude police. In the split second before the accident Tom saw the collision developing, it seemed to him that the other driver had hit them intentionally. The impact was so violent that twisted metal nearly decapitated his son; and Tom was left gasping for breath and unable to move, crushed between debris and seeing only his dead family member beside him for nearly an hour before he could be extricated from the wreck. Although his physical injuries were healing, Tom could not escape the searing memories of the moment the look of surprise on the dead son's face, the smells and sounds of the highway emergency. He often awakens in panic from the nightmare about the moments before the accident and the near suffocation that followed. For the past 3 months, Tom has been unable to ride in a car without feelings of terror, and he has been reluctant to leave home where he spends much of his time trying not to think about that fateful day. He no longer makes any plans for the future. Friends who stop to see him think he is detached from them, and he seems little comforted by their company