Case Study of a 29-Year-Old Patient with a Panic Disorder, Recurrent Depressive Disorder, Current Episode Moderate, IBS, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (ICD-10 F 41.0, F 33.1, F 45.32, F 43.1)

Abstract

This chapter discusses a case study of a 29-year-old patient with a panic disorder. The emergency doctor diagnosed very high blood pressure and gave him something to calm him down. Later, he had several examinations carried out by physicians. All the examinations came up with a diagnosis of nothing apart from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The patient reported that his father had died of 'a heroin overdose' when the patient was 2 years old. After the death of his mother, with whom he had lived, he had 'got stuck into university work'. The fact that the patient thinks he is going to die from the same disease as his mother makes it clear how close his relationship to his mother is; he has not managed to overcome the loss of his mother. The psychodynamic therapy consisted of 80 sessions split into weekly visits. During the first course of treatment and throughout large stretches of therapy, the patient starts describing his anxiety symptoms and thereby laying bare, albeit carefully, his hardship. The patient would like to suspend grief work concerning the death of his mother and focus on the problems between him and his girlfriend. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)