Celebrity Evaluation

For this assignment, students are required to demonstrate their knowledge of DSM-5 criteria and their ability to collect, consolidate, and critically analyze information about a “celebrity patient” in order to formalize a report of the patient’s diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Students are to choose a person of distinguished status (e.g., a celebrity) whom they believe has/had one or more clinical disorder(s). It is recommended that you choose someone who may be personally intriguing to you in order to enhance your interest in this assignment. For ethical reasons, students may NOT choose themselves, a friend, family member, or anyone else that the student is personally familiar with or a member of the local community. Given that this is a learning exercise and diagnosing persons can be a most sensitive matter, and that information about “famous people” is accessible in the media, etc., students should limit their assessments to “celebrities” or like distinguished persons. Moreover, students are REQUIRED to list a disclaimer at the top of their report, for ethical reasons, indicating that “this report is fictional, that the evaluation conducted never actually occurred, and that you are not formally or professionally qualified to conduct such a psychological evaluation.”
After selecting a “celebrity,” students are required to research background information about that person (e.g., family, social history, occupational history, clinical/medical history, etc.) from as many resources (e.g., biographies, newspapers, popular magazines, websites, etc.) as possible in order to substantiate the diagnosis and treatment recommendations that you will make about the celebrity. Admittedly, students may need to supplement the information researched with their own speculations and commentary (i.e., your discussion of their presenting symptoms, reason for referral, and current behavioral observations will likely be information that you will make up BUT which should be congruent with your diagnosis) about the celebrity, however documented information should be the primary resource where possible (i.e., background information, etc.). Students are required to submit a “report” to the instructor as if the student is the clinician diagnosing the “celebrity.” The report should include the following information:
Reason for the referral (i.e., why are they coming to see you? What is the problem(s)? This can be made up but should be congruent with their diagnosis);
History of the presenting complaint (How long has the person had this problem(s); How is it currently affecting the patient’s life?);
Relevant family, social, and/or psychiatric history that has contributed to his/her condition (Only include history relevant to the person’s condition; autobiographical information that has no bearing on the person’s psychiatric history or current condition(s) should NOT be included);
Clinical impression and diagnosis according to the DSM-5 criteria; and
Treatment recommendations based on your diagnosis and the patient’s history. Specifically, you should comment (1) which professional(s) you would refer to for treatment (e.g., psychologist, psychiatrist, etc.), (2) describe (based on research evidence you will need to find/provide) how the professional(s) would proceed in order to build/enhance a therapeutic relationship with the client(s) and evidence for its importance, and (3) what specific therapy(s) the professional should apply to treat the person?
To assist and guide students with the organization and content of the report to be submitted, an example/template report students should adhere to in format and organization can be found below (note – this template does not include citations and references — which are expected/required in the assignment).
Students should write their report in the first-person (i.e., as if you are the clinician/diagnostician and actually conducted the evaluation), but they should (1) cite the resources they used in the text/body of your report (i.e., so the instructor knows where you obtained the information you used) and (2) list the reference for each citation on a “References” page attached to your report. Citations and references should conform to APA-style, 7th edition.

The Celebrity I would like to be used is Kanye West
One of the sources being used should be the DSM-5
I listed two pages because thats what most of the work should take up. That is not including the title page or the reference page. If you do need more pages or feel that you want to. Just let me know and I’ll make sure you are compinsated accordinly.

Thanks!

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