Case Study: White Australian Male
Purpos
e:
Analyze and apply critical thinking skills in the psychopathology of mental
health patients and provide treatment and health promotion while applying
evidence-based research.
Submission Instructions:
• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA
style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8
points.
• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/
correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth
2 points (1 point per response.)
• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
Scenari
o:
A 44-year-old white Australian man who was not religious was referred to
outpatient psychiatric treatment. He had been playing with an Ouija board for
two months when he started to believe that a spirit had entered his body
through his rectum and was controlling him. He thought the spirit made him
move and speak in a certain way.
He sought help from a local church, where he was told it was a psychiatric
problem and that he was not really possessed. Two exorcisms at a local
church failed to achieve any improvement.
Questio
ns:
Remember to answer these questions from your textbooks and NP
guidelines. At all times, explain your answers.
1. Discuss the relationship between mental illness and religion.
2. Is this classified as psychopathology? Support your response using
DSM5 criteria.
Case Study: White Australian Male
Purpos
e:
Analyze and apply critical thinking skills in the psychopathology of mental
health patients and provide treatment and health promotion while applying
evidence-based research.
Submission Instructions:
• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA
style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8
points.
• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/
correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth
2 points (1 point per response.)
• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
Scenari
o:
A 44-year-old white Australian man who was not religious was referred to
outpatient psychiatric treatment. He had been playing with an Ouija board for
two months when he started to believe that a spirit had entered his body
through his rectum and was controlling him. He thought the spirit made him
move and speak in a certain way.
He sought help from a local church, where he was told it was a psychiatric
problem and that he was not really possessed. Two exorcisms at a local
church failed to achieve any improvement.
Questio
ns:
Remember to answer these questions from your textbooks and NP
guidelines. At all times, explain your answers.
1. Discuss the relationship between mental illness and religion.
2. Is this classified as psychopathology? Support your response using
DSM5 criteria.
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