Assignment 5.1: Case Study:
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Review the case study and then answer the questions that follow.
Case Study
Today you are meeting with Miriam Rosen, a 16-year-old girl, and her parents, Joel and Sarah. Miriam is 5’
6” and 97 pounds. She is well-dressed and well-groomed, but her hair is thinning; she is skinny (somewhat
gaunt); and she has poor dentation. Meet Miriam and her parents (5:39 minutes)
(https://lmscontent.embanet.com/MVU/NURS661/media/NURS661_w05m01/MVU_NURS661_w05m01.html)
(Miriam transcript
(https://lmscontent.embanet.com/MVU/NURS661/transcripts/MVU_NURS661_Miriam.html) ).
Questions
From your perspective as Miriam’s psychiatric nurse practitioner, answer the following questions in a twoto three-page double-spaced paper (not including the reference page) in APA format. Include at least two
peer-reviewed, evidence-based references (not including your textbooks).
1. Identify what interview questions you would have used to determine the underlying eating disorder, selfmutilation, and rape.
2. Using the model, identify three specific goals for Miriam’s treatment, and in which
phase each goal should be accomplished.
3. Sarah, Miriam’s mother, asks why you are choosing interpersonal therapy and how it will be beneficial
for Miriam. How do you respond? Compare and contrast it with humanistic-existential or solutionfocused psychotherapy.
4. What are the legal and ethical implications for you relative to a patient reporting a sexual assault? What
is the best way for you to proceed? Reference your state of practice’s laws.
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