Question

how do you write a case formulation

Answer 1

Case formulation is a theoretical explanation and information about the patient's symptoms, disorders, and problems obtained after careful clinical assessment. It gives a collective understanding of the client's problems and helps in providing effective treatment

It is useful when the client requires a more flexible and individualized approach having different service providers for different disorders.

The case formulation should be clear and provide a coherent summary with an explanation about the client's problems and symptoms; it should have the following components commonly known as 5 ps. It should provide name, age, and history concerning disorder/s.

1. Presenting problems: It should mention various problems the client is going through related to various areas of life like social, occupations, interpersonal, academic, etc.

2. Predisposing factors: The factors that made the client vulnerable to the problem. It can be obtained by going through the client's life events and his/her reaction.

3. Precipitating factor: The Proximal factors that triggered those problems it can be internal or external factors.

4. Perpetuating factors: The factors or the mechanism that keeps the problems going.

5. Protective factors: The strength the client's shows, his/her ambitions. It does not provide only what went wrong with the client it shows what will be right for the client.