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29 year
old with
societal
withdrawal
and
severe
depression
since
childhood.
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She still lives in
an upstairs
apartment with her
professional working
parents. Beginning
in the spring of
2001, a computerized
cognitive therapy
program was started,
at first in an
office setting and
later moved to her
home.
Subject was very
reclusive, wouldn’t
answer the
telephone,
frequently exploded
with emotion
whenever questioned,
refused to do any
household chores,
would “hole-up” in
her room day and
weeks without
communicating with
anyone, including
her parents, talking
in a high pitched
squeaky voice.
Today after 8 months
subject is:
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Attending a voc
rehab program at a
Tech Center,
preparing to be an
administrative
assistant,
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Making A’s and B’s
in all her subject
areas,
· Attending class 5
days a week for 6
hours a day,
· Regularly
communicates with
her parents and
others, often
initiating the
conversation and
making
telephones calls
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Appears cheerful,
handling stress
without apparent
difficulty,
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Now achieving high
executive level
decision-making and
problem-solving
skills,
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Eating out with the
family and enjoying
it,
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Establishing a
social life outside
the family setting.
She is continuing
her cognitive
therapy at the
higher levels of
executive skills of
problem solving and
decision-making.
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