Case Study 5: A 28-year-old woman is a rising junior executive in her investment company. Her increasing duties require her to make periodic formal presentations to the senior management of the company. However, she becomes intensely anxious at the thought of speaking in public. When she is forced to give a presentation she begins to feel anxious days in advance of the talk and the anxiety increases as the time for the talk approaches. She is concerned that her anxiety will become noticeable during the talk or that she will do something to embarrass herself.
The 28 year old women has Social Phobia
Treatment include drugs such as Benzodiazepine tranquilizers, Monoamine oxidase inhibitors, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, Beta blockers.
The 28 year old woman has social phobia because of her fear of speaking in public. This fear may be normal in everyone. However the women gets anxious and stressed which is a symtom of Social Phobia. Also when the woman talks she is afraid of others judging her another symtom of Social Phobia. These symtoms cause me to diagnose the woman with Social Phobia which is easily treatable with medicine.
http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/social-phobia/5
10 comments:
Heyy I have the same one was you :) I think that the woman should NOT use drugs; it's better if she goes to a therapy because what happens if she overuses the drugs and something bad happens?
wow there's sure a lot of treatments she can take just for being nervous and anxious.ummm.. I think for her kind of situation, a psychotherapist would do the work. no need for drugs. oh btw you spell "mormal" wrong :]
I didn't know there was a scientific diagnosis for being scared of speaking in public. I just thought it was typical for everyone to get nervous before a speech. Drugs can wear off! try psychological treatment instead =)
Great job. You could have had more information on treatments. Instead of just medication, you might have had more info on therapy.
Why drugs? I think taking drugs make people feel more nervous and just complicates things. Therapy is what I would recomend.
You have a good description of the disorder, plus you listed a lot of treatments for her.
Like everyone already said, I don't think drugs is the answer. I think psychological treatments would be more effective.
Great job on the article though! :)
I had this one too and I would probably go with psychotherapy for her because it seems to be more effective and a more hands-on treatment. Your blog was good but there could have been a little more detail about the different medicines and treatments.
Although therapy is probably best for this symptom, sometimes adding medication to the treatment is beneficial. However, in this case, I would probably avoid it as there is nothing saying it is currently effecting her work performance.
No drugs allowed! Sounds like needs therapy right away! Liked the post!
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