Patient Analysis for Pauli, Rebekah

Name:  Pauli, Rebekah Rose
Age:  15 Years
Occupation: High School Sophomore

This child seems to be in a state of inevitable depression.  She talks about how no one understands what she is going through.  All the friends she seemed to have just up and left because they wanted to do things their way and didn't care about leaving her in the dust.  She explains that it happened in the middle of the first semester.  She really isn't sure how all of it happened, but it all hit her at once, and nothing seemed to make it better.  The only person she feels like she can turn to is thousands of miles away, and most of the time that isn't enough.  She goes home and cries over anything and everything that is on her mind.  Even the things that are supposed to be fun for children her age seem like a daunting mountain that she can't climb over.  She says that she goes home on Friday and Saturday nights and sits by herself and reads a book or watches TV.  This does not seem like typical behavior for her.  She seems to be outgoing and would rather hang out with her friends on the weekends than anything, but she said she "obviously doesn't have any".  No one ever asks if she is doing okay, but if anyone ever did ask, she would say everything was "fine".  She says she knows she puts on a mask so that no one knows how much she really hurts on the inside.  From all the information gathered, this child is in a clinical depression, it is not as severe as some, but she needs to be pulled right out of this. The best thing for this patient would be someone who cares and will be there for her when she needs someone to talk to.  She also needs a vacation somewhere she can get away from all of the problems that seem to keep coming back in her life.  On this trip, she will also need to do some serious retail therapy.  Her vacationing destination should be somewhere warm with a beach so she can soak up some rays and enjoy the people who treasure her presence.  This trip should last about 6 days so she has a sufficient amount of time to recover from the months of turmoil she has been enduring. 

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