C/PS/25. Psychological Analysis Ï Case Scenario

This case study is on an 18 year old boy Iain who seemed to have been suffering from emotional detachment, post traumatic stress and severe depressive and social reclusiveness since the loss of an attachment figure, his father. Iain has always been a quiet man although he was quite social which changed drastically after the death of his father. The trauma of losing a role model left him depressed and isolated and his work suffered to the extent that he started begging. There were pressures of actually taking up his father's role and the depression and expectations led him to leave the house and stop all contacts with family. In this analysis we use the three theories of attachment, stress and role model to understand the psychological mechanisms of Iain's mental condition.