Case Studies
In Case Studies, learners gain a holistic view of a patient's life through narrative footage and flashbacks. These immersive experiences layer flashback and reenactment scenes to enrich understanding of the patient’s condition and emotional state, thereby increasing engagement and promoting cognitive empathy.
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Maria was attacked at knife-point in her own home after being stalked by a man she met online. She was fortunate not to be seriously harmed physically, but the incident has left her scarred emotionally. -
When Marty went away to college, he found he was unable to deal with the distance between himself and his parents. He quickly dropped out and moved back home. Now he finds that he has tremendous anxiety and physical symptoms whenever he is forced to be away from them. -
Natalie is struck by how thin and beautiful the other girls at her college are. Now she?s doing everything she can to lose weight; starving herself, excessively exercising, using laxatives and diuretics, and avoiding situations and locations where she may be enticed to eat. Though she is quite thin, she sees herself as very fat. -
Neal has been developing an unhealthy obsession with germs and cleanliness since he was a young man. He fixates on everything he eats and the areas that he inhabits for so long that he doesn?t have much of a personality or life outside of his fight to limit his exposure. -
Nia was a confident, happy woman, but she had been struggling with occasional dramatic mood changes. During one of these mood fluctuations, she traveled cross-country and wound up in jail and later a hospital for her erratic and strange behavior. -
Patty was brought into the emergency room by paramedics after a neighbor found her unconscious in her car. The car had been left running while the garage door was closed, causing exhaust fumes to build up around Patty. She recently lost custody of her children and had some other setbacks in her life, but she still initially claims she wasn?t trying to commit suicide. She swears she was just listening to music and accidentally left the garage door closed. -
Paulina was living a normal, calm life until her desire to do anything disappeared and she soon began having delusional thoughts and hallucinations. Eventually, the symptoms went away, but now they come back every year. -
Phillip is struggling with some significant issues in his life; his wife has just been diagnosed with Huntington's Disease; his son is autistic and he's been feeling completely anxious and overwhelmed for more than 6 months. He feels like everything's falling apart and he's helpless to deal with it. -
Randall works incredibly hard in the gym and eats right, so he's in great shape. But he's essentially blind to his own accomplishments and is prepared to do anything possible to achieve what he has already achieved, even if it has potentially fatal consequences. -
Rhonda is lost without her husband Cliff. He always knows just what to do. Her world is too fragile without him at the center of it. She would never disagree with him so she lets him make all the decisions. She wouldn?t want to offend him or make him think she doesn?t appreciate everything he does. -
Rishi thought he was ready to take on the world when he moved and got his new job, but now he's having tremendous anxiety in work and social situations. He gets focused on everything that can go wrong until it actually does go wrong. -
Rosalyn was involved in a horrific traffic accident where she witnessed the gruesome death of the other driver. She is deeply shaken up: having nightmares, trouble concentrating at work, getting angry at her husband for no reason, and feeling a growing sense of dread. -
Sean has had trouble with his temper. He easily gets frustrated and is quick to get angry. He looks to escalate tensions and situations rather than find a peaceful solution, and he is often feeling slighted or victimized by others even if there is no evidence of the offense. -
Over the last 43 days, Sheryl has been hearing voices coming from her pipes. She's been confused, and not making a lot of sense when speaking to others. She shut herself away from her friends and family for a while and at some point, the symptoms simply disappeared. She worries it will happen again. -
Stephanie?s under enormous pressure with the impending death of her father which is causing her to feel as if she?s stepped outside herself. It?s like someone else is in charge of her body and her life and she's just a bystander in her own mind, unable to regain control. -
Sylvia is a somewhat high-strung young woman who is concerned with how people see her. She has an uncontrollable habit of pulling out her eyelashes and eyebrows and was recently laid off from a job, and she suspects her condition may have played a role in it.
