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CASE HISTORY

Areeba Babar
Identifying Data:

Date:

Name:

Age:

Marital Status: (Married/Unmarried)

Gender: (Male/Female) Education:

Occupation:

No of Siblings:

Birth Order:

Informant (client/guardian):

Presenting Complaints (verbatim):

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History of present illness:

When did this problem happen the first time? (Masla pehli dafa kb hua?)
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Cause or predisposing factor behind the problem? (Waja kya bani?)

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Symptoms and duration of symptoms (Alaamatain)
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What did you started to think about yourself? (Apne bare mai kya sochna shuru kr
dya?)

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How did this entire thing happen? (Kis trhan shuru hua?)

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How did you manage this? (Kya krte thy jab aise khyaal atay thy?)
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How did your parents respond to you? (Ghar walon ka kya rad e amal tha?)
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When things become problematic? (Kb cheezon ne tang krna shuru kiya?)
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When and why symptoms appeared again? Did any stressful event happen? How
did you respond towards your symptoms? (Alaamaton k zeer e asar kese behave
krte thy?) ONLY IF RELAPSE!
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Did you take any medicines? (taken/left) (Dr k kehne pr li thin ya chori thin?)
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How well are you sleeping?

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How well are you eating?

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Do you have any digestive issues? (How much water have you been drinking)

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Do you have any respiratory issues?

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Have you been facing hallucinations? (kab se khyalaat aa rhy hain?) Did you share
them with anyone? (kisi ko btaya hai kbhi?)

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You can share with me/Such things are normal in any kind of illness (Bemari ki
surat mai aise khyalaat aa skte hain)

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FAMILY BACKGROUND HISTORY:

FATHER’S Name:

Age:

Education:

Occupation:

Temperament

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Any forensic history (kia apkai abu ka kabhi koi kanoni masla howa hai?)

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Relation with client


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Psychological illness: Reported/Not reported

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MOTHER’s Name:

Age:

Education:

Occupation:

Temperament:
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Any forensic history ( kia apki ami ka kabhi koi kanoni masla howa hai?)
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Relation with client

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RELATION OF PARENTS with each other:

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Psychological illness: Reported/Not reported

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RELATIONSHIP WITH SIBLINGS:

Age:

Education:

Occupation:

Temperament:
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Any forensic history


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Relation with client:


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RELATION OF PARENTS with said sibling:

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Age:

Education:

Occupation:

Temperament:
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Any forensic history


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Relation with client:


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RELATION OF PARENTS with said sibling:

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Age:

Education:

Occupation:
Temperament:
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Any forensic history


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Relation with client:


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RELATION OF PARENTS with said sibling:

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ENVIRONMENT AT HOME:

Family system: Joint family/Nuclear family Socioeconomic

status:

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What do you think was your home environment like?

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What type of conversations happened at home mostly?


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Who makes the primary decisions at home?

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Does the decision maker take your opinion in consideration?

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What role do you think you played in the family?

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HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS IN THE EXTENDED FAMILY:

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PERSONAL HISTORY:

How old were your parents when they had you?

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Delivery: Normal/C-Section

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Developmental Milestones ( kia apnai time pai chalna aur bolna shuru kar dia tha)
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Any trait presentsince childhood: (kia apki koi esi adat hai jo bachpan sai ab tak ho)
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Any head injury?

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Trauma history? (abuse/ death/ bad experience)

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Social nature: Social/Not social-

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EDUCATIONAL HISTORY:

Age of school going and client’s reaction to it?

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School: Government/Private

School changed: Yes/No (If yes: how many classes in previous school?)
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Did you like going to this school?

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Do you have any achievements from school days?

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Did you take part in any extracurricular activities?

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Type of student: (Average, Above Average, Below Average)

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Did you make any friends at school and what was your relationship with them like?
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Did you like your teachers?

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Which College/University did you attend?

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OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY:

What was your first job?


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Did you like it?

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How was your relationship with colleagues?

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What was your role in the company?

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Did you like your boss?

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Were you satisfied with your job?

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Any other jobs?

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Why did you take it?

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SEXUAL HISTORY:

Age of maturation:
What was your reaction to pubertal changes?

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Adjustment issue during pubertal changes and who helped you with it (Balugat ki
tabdeeliyon k dauran koi msla hua?)

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Do you have an interest in the opposite gender? (Mukhalif jins ki taraf ruhjaan hua
kbhi?)

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Any type of homosexual interest? (Hm jinsi taluqaat kbhi qaem rkhe hain?)

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Who do you identify as?

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Pornography (Fahash films dekhi hain?)

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Do you masturbate or did you? How often? How long? How do you feel about it?
(Khud lazatti)

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Who told you about sex/ sexual practices? How long have you known it for?

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How many romantic/sexual partners have you had? How long were you with them?
How did you feel about them?

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Can you tell me about your sexual partners? Age/gender/traits

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PREMORBID PERSONALITY (prior to illness):

Were you social before your diagnosis?

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Did you trust your friends/family?

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Decision making power (was dependent on others or was headstrong in making


decision)

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What was your temperament before you were diagnosed?

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What was your view about your failures/successes?


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Did you take care of your health? Were you ever worried for your health?

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What were your thoughts about your future?

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What were your thoughts about death? Were you worried about dying?

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Were you mainly happy or sad?

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Did you experience mood swings? (Elevated mood to depressed mood)

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Were you optimistic or pessimistic?

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Were you able to express your mood?

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What was your reaction to stress?

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What were you religious?


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What was your attitude towards religious practices? (Excessive inclination towards
religious practices)

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What were your hobbies and how did you implement them in your life?

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Were you a daydreamer?

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Did you fantasize about things at night to avoid other thoughts/ fear?

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What was your reaction towards a stressor? (coping/ not coping)

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