Written by Terry Bardagjy on June 18, 2020
A Short Historical Note About Clinical Psychology The first psychological clinic was established in 1896 by Lightner Witmer in Philadelphia. For the next 20 years, the number of practicing psychologists remained small, and service settings were highly varied–university lab/clinics, public clinics/hospitals, and a few in independent practice. The first major change in the magnitude, location, […]
Written by Terry Bardagjy on June 18, 2020
Clinical Vignettes Gail Hopkins, PsyD, a 39-year-old Black psychologist, wakes up feeling anxious and falls asleep feeling anxious about the COVID-19 pandemic. In between, she experiences diffuse background worry most of the day. As a member of the sandwich generation, Dr. Hopkins worries about both her two young children quarantined at home and her aging […]
Written by Terry Bardagjy on June 18, 2020
Clinical Vignette Franklin, a 60-year-old, married, father of three children, was admitted as a person under investigation (PUI) for likely COVID-19 infection. He has multiple co-morbidities including long-term tobacco use, congestive heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes. Upon admission, he was found to be declining rapidly with increased oxygen need and possible escalation […]
Written by Terry Bardagjy on June 16, 2020
Clinical Vignette Your patient, Sara, who you have been seeing in weekly therapy for a year, had a setback recently and was briefly hospitalized. She has now been released from the local psychiatric unit with a new medication plan. Her prescription for fluoxetine (Prozac; 60 mg/daily) was abruptly discontinued and replaced with a different antidepressant, […]
Written by Terry Bardagjy on June 16, 2020
Clinical Vignette Natalie is a 42-year-old woman experiencing panic attacks after an industrial accident in which she lost four fingers on one hand. While working on a hot plastic molding press, the machine malfunctioned—closing on her left hand and amputating her four fingers but sparing her thumb. She sustained both a crushing amputation and a […]