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Mr House Case Study

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Mr. House is a 55 year old white male. He has never been married, and has no children. Mr. House was in a relationship, but his girlfriend recently broke it off but he began to take pills again. In his professional life he is a board certified diagnostician specializing in infectious disease and nephrology.

Mr. House talks openly about his childhood. He is the only child of John and Blythe House. John is a retired marine, and Blythe is a stay at home mom. When Mr. House was 12 years old he discovered that John was not his biological father. He never found out who his real father was. Mr. House said he often rebelled against his father, and as a result his father would ‘discipline’ him by making him take ice baths and sleeping outside. He said his father was both physically abusive and emotionally distant. He also described his dad as both harsh and demanding. Mr. House believes his dad’s abuse may have been his way of expressing his frustration over his wife’s infidelity. Mr. House describes his mother very differently, describing her as both loving and enabling.

Throughout his adolescent years Mr. House described himself as a loner. He said his …show more content…

House was also diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Individuals with this disorder have a pattern of unpredictable interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity that begins by early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts. Individuals must possess five of the criteria. Mr. House displays the following; a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between idealization and devaluation, impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging, recurrent self-mutilating behavior, chronic feelings of emptiness, and inappropriate intense anger (APA, 2013). Histrionic personality disorder can also be characterized by rapidly shifting emotions, but does it does not have self-destructiveness, and angry

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