Internalizing Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder on Adolescents

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1 Describe a clinical situation in detail. (Who was it, when did it happen, what happened, what caused it to happen, where did it happen, how did it happen). Do not become over extensive in this part.
This was a case of C.V., a 15-year-old female patient who suffers from a generalized anxiety disorder. Together with her guardian, this patient went to the psychiatric department for consultation one month ago due to worsening patient symptoms. The guardian was left alone outside the office to allow the patient to explain all of her emotions without interruption. The patient was initially calm during the interview and looked around the office. However, the patient was provoked by the question, "what happened" and cried all over, stating that she could not take the anxiety anymore. The patient added that the anxiety is usually enhanced by the presence of her mother, who wanted her to achieve all her ambitions without fail.
2 What feelings, prejudices, and biases did you experience during the interview? 
The interview with the adolescent resulted in mixed feelings and prejudices. The primary emotion felt was empathy with the patient's situation as almost all humans experience the same pressures from other people, whether they are family or not. The feeling of anguish was also felt as the patient began crying because this act shows the difficulty of the patient's situation.
The prejudices and biases were on both sides. On the patient's side, the interviewer empathized that being the subject of ridicule when one does not achieve success in a specific period was disappointing for oneself. Despite the disappointment, persecuting oneself was also unnecessary. Conversely, it can only be understood that the mother wants the best for her child on the mother's side.
3 How did you manage these anxieties, feelings, prejudices, and biases? 
During a psychiatric interview, the interviewer is prone to implicit bias, which encompasses implicit prejudices and stereotypes. This will result in a biased opinion, behavior, and judgment of the patient's condition. According to a study, some of the most effective management to reduce such biases are identifying the self with the outgroup and intentional strategies to overcome biases. The former allows the interviewer to reduce bias by diminishing the interviewer's and the outgroup's barrier. Conversely, the latter pertains to the active employment of strategies to overcome biases (FitzGerald et al., 2019).
In this case, the interviewer utilized both strategies. Expressly, the interviewer openly accepted the patient's perspectives and did not try to question the patient's insights at the moment to ensure that prejudices would not affect the way the patient delivered her situation. Next, the interviewer also focused on the facts that are directive of the symptoms.
4 What assumptions did you make about children or families with mental illness? 
Family members who have been diagnosed, undiagnosed, or underdiagnosed with mental illnesses affect other family members, challenging the mental fortitude of all the family members. A study revealed that parents with mental illnesses had an impaired capacity to proper...