Assignment: Patient Assessment Using
Beck’s Depression Scale
Assignment: Patient Assessment Using Beck’s Depression Scale
Beck’s Depression Scale: Angela is a 54-year-old married woman
with three adult children. She has been the office manager of a
small law firm for 20 years and has enjoyed her work until this past
year. She has rheumatoid arthritis with minimal impairment that
has been managed well with NSAIOs. She has been taking
conjugated estrogen for 8 years and decided to stop taking them
because of her concern of their risks without sufficient medical
benefit. She has tolerated the discontinuation without difficulty.
Assessment: Beck’s Depression Scale
At her annual medical checkup appointment, she told her primary
care provider that she seemed to be tired all the time,and she was
gaining weight because she had no interest in her usual exercise
activities and had been overeating, not from appetite but out of
boredom. She denied that she and her husband have had marital
difficulties beyond the ordinary and she was pleased with the
achievements of her children.
She noticed that she has difficulty falling asleep at night and
awakens around 4 a.m. most mornings without her alarm and
cannot go back to sleep even though she still feels tired. She finds
little joy in her life but cannot pinpoint any particular concern.
Assignment: Patient Assessment Using Beck’s Depression Scale

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