CASE STUDY / PATIENT HISTORY:

ASSIGNMENT:
Using the information from the case study below, design a Stress Management Implementation Plan for this patient. Draw on the information you learned in this class to help you complete the plan.
Format your plan using the template provided in a separate file. The Template is already in APA format.

(The template is uploaded it has questions on it that correlate with the case study please answer the questions and format everything in APA style).

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CASE STUDY / PATIENT HISTORY:
A young woman sought psychological services after her cardiologist referred her for stress management and treatment of \\\”heart attack\\\” symptoms. This 36-year-old woman had the world by the tail. Marketing director for a local high-tech firm, she was in line for promotion to vice president. She drove a new sports car, traveled extensively, and was socially active.
Although on the surface everything seemed fine, she felt that, \\\”the wheels on my tricycle are about to fall off. I\\\’m a mess.\\\” Over the past several months she had attacks of shortness of breath, heart palpitations, chest pains, dizziness, and tingling sensations in her fingers and toes. Filled with a sense of impending doom, she would become anxious to the point of panic. Every day she awoke with a dreaded feeling that an attack might strike without reason or warning.
On two occasions, she rushed to a nearby hospital emergency room fearing she was having a heart attack. The first episode followed an argument with her boyfriend about the future of their relationship. After studying her electrocardiogram, the emergency room doctor told her she was \\\”just hyperventilating\\\” and showed her how to breathe into a paper bag to handle the situation in the future. She felt foolish and went home embarrassed, angry and confused. She remained convinced that she had almost had a heart attack.
Her next severe attack occurred after a fight at work with her boss over a new marketing campaign. This time she insisted that she be hospitalized overnight for extensive diagnostic tests and that her internist be consulted. The results were the same–no heart attack. Her internist prescribed a tranquilizer to calm her down.
Convinced now that her own doctor was wrong, she sought the advice of a cardiologist, who conducted another battery of tests, again with no physical findings. The doctor concluded that stress was the primary cause of the panic attacks and \\\”heart attack\\\” symptoms.

APA Reference

Stress: A case study. (2007, February 18). HealthyPlace.
https://www.healthyplace.com/anxiety-panic/articles/stress-a-case-study

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Stress Management
A 36-year old woman is suffering from psychological problems. She has recently been experiencing shortness of breath, heart palpations, chest pains, dizziness, and tingling sensations in her fingers and toes. The patient gets anxious to the point of having panic attacks. After an argument with her boyfriend, she experiences two panic attacks and she is rushed to the emergency room for fear of a heart attack. Electrocardiogram shows that she was just hyperventilating. She also suffers a severe attack after a fight with her boss and the diagnosis still does not show signs of a heart attack. A cardiologist concludes that she is suffering from stress, causing panic attacks and heart attack symptoms.
Plan
Causes of Stress (Module 1)
The most likely causes of stress for the patient include her personal life issues, her love life, and her work. She had a bitter exchange with her boyfriend and fought at work with her boss. Her mind is so pre-occupied with many issues around her personal,…