Case Study 2 

The Depressed Teen  

 
Name: 
 
 
Question 1 
Instructions: Fill in the patient’s profile below based on the information from Case Study 2.  
 
 
PATIENT’S PROFILE 
 
No.  Category  Information 
1.  Name   Jean Dunn
2.  Age   16 years
3.  The cause/incident  Jean had been very close to her younger brother and
that lead to change of appeared to have been the most affected by and least
behavior  accepting of his death.
 
4.  Symptoms (Changes)   Alcohol-abuse
 Withdrawn herself from family and friends
 Agitation
 Became less interest in her appearance
 Stopped participating in youth group
 Her grade dropped at school
 Became pessimistic in her outlook towards life

5.  Diagnosis   Recurrent alcohol use results in a failure to fulfil major

obligations at home or work (such as repeated neglect
of school responsibilities)
 Repeated use of alcohol in situations in which
such use is known to be physically hazardous.
 Recurrent alcohol-related legal problems.
 Continued use despite having persistent or recurrent
social or interpersonal problems resulting from the
effects of the alcohol (such as arguments with friends
or family members about the consequences of using
the substance).
6.  Treatments   Church programs that focus on strengthening the
family can be a preventive strategy.
 A strong youth program that promotes good
communication and social skills is a valuable preventive
measure.
 Religion can protect children and their parents
against depression.
Question 2 
Reflective Journal 
Instructions: Answer the question below. Please provide your personal thoughts in answering
the question.  
 
Have you ever felt that nobody understood you? Or have you ever felt that nobody appreciated
you? At least in one point of a person’s life, he or she must have experienced this situation.
Explain your own experience in terms of what you have gone through and how you dealt with
it. 

Based on my own experience, I have undergone depression in several situations . Back

when I was in standard six , I used be an introvert . I had a small circle of friend with really few
of them. When I was with them and spending most of the time with them in primary school I
really used to be a talkative person among them. Usually, we as kids we would like to make fun
of our friends and I find its common . One day, I met one of my friend’s mother at temple. She
was having a conversation with my mother about something that I cannot recall back now. I was
standing beside my mother and my friend was talking to me. I don’t know what we had talk,
suddenly I challenged my friend that I would I would complain about her to her mother for fun. I
supposed it to be fun for all. I did complain about her to her mother but things were not as I
thought . Her mother stared at me and said “it’s none of your business” , in a very rude way.
Everyone’s head turned to me. A few of the them were my schoolmates. That moment ,I don’t
even know what feeling I had . My energy level became low and I was about to cry, so I decided
to went back to car. The next morning , somehow the news spread among my classmates and
some of them laughed at me. For at least one week I have undergone this. Maybe it was my
mistake though. So apologized to her and her mother to end this right there. The situation was
back to normal then.

After this incident, I was very careful about what am talking and with whom I’m talking.
My life went with the flow and it was smooth like I had stress but no depression. It was good
until my met this one girl and thought she would be mine forever. So I done with my SPM with
good grades. I met this girl on Instagram but I knew her already . I have seen her at camp and
that’s how I know her. We followed each other on Instagram. We started to text each other more
often and when days passed we fell in love . That was the most happiest moment in my life until
now. Maybe something better can happen in future. Our relationship was good and we both had a
good time together. We were together for almost 2 years. As we all know, shit happens
sometime. We both had some misunderstandings and she wanted to break up with me. I tried so
hard to make her to stay. I even met her mother and told her everything that what actually and
tried to sort it out. I hoped that she would stay but things didn’t happen as I thought. Rather than
sort it out , I made it even more worse. Then I had no choice and I said yes to break up. Its been
one year . I became so depressed and started to skip the classes, sleeping during class , pull
myself out from my family and friends , didn’t take care of health and my appearance. That’s
when I hate my life so much. My first semester didn’t go well because of that and got a very bad
grade. I realized that I shouldn’t be like this at least for my parents. I slowly tried to get rid of all
those things and started spending time with my friends and family and I did everything that I can
do to resolve this. Started to workout, reading books, writing poems , make more friends
,become socially active and I managed to overcome that. I think I overcame.