Psychiatric Diagnosis

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Initial Call Transcript

Patient: Hello? Am I speaking to doctor Mental?

Health Professional: Yes this is doctor Mental, whom am I speaking to and how can I be of assistance to you?

Patient: My name is Robert and I am calling regarding something strange I have experienced in the past one month. I think I have developed a sleeping disorder but I cannot tell how or when exactly it started.

Health Professional: Would you kindly describe a few situations that made you think you could be suffering from a sleeping disorder?

Patient: I cannot exactly remember everything but I remember that I was once eating and I suddenly found myself sleeping. At this particular moment I recall sleeping with a spoon in my mouth.

Health Professional: Would you mind to highlight another situation?

Patient: Yes. I also happen to remember that I have felt asleep while driving. One minute I am alert and the other I am sleeping. I feel as if I do not have control over my body alertness. Am I normal doctor?!

Health Professional: Do not worry Mr. Robert, you seem to be developing a sleep disorder but it is within a manageable level. If you do not mind, for how long have you noticed these episodes of uncontrolled sleepiness?

Patient: I think for a month now? Yes, I think it has roughly lasted for a month now.

Health Professional: Is there anything else you are feeling within your body that is not normal?

Patient: Not sure of whether this is a symptom or not but around the same time I sleep I start to feel weak. There was a time I almost fell down but I landed safely on the couch at home.

Health Professional: And at such moments do you feel weak around your neck?

Patient: Yes doctor! I had forgotten that! Could I be lacking certain nutrients whose deficiency could lead to such?

Health Professional: No Mr. Robert the symptoms you seem to exhibit are going in the direction of a sleep disorder.

Patient: So doctor, there is something as a sleep disorder?

Health Patient: Yes Mr. Robert, this is a condition that a number of people within this country suffer from but assume it until it gets worse.

Patient: So my call is on time? It is still rectifiable?

Health professional: Yes, your condition at this level is rectifiable and there is no cause for alarm. This however does not mean that you underestimate this condition and fail to seek further medical attention.

Patient: So what medications would you recommend to me?

Health Professional: You mean over-the-counter-medication?

Patient: Yes doctor if possible. I would like to get rid of this condition as early as now!

Health Professional: No Mr. Robert, despite minimal and low symptom frequency, it is important you visit a mental health professional near you for further diagnosis of your condition (Morrison, 317). It could be another condition hiding under the symptoms of another and it is therefore necessary that a health professional gets to establish what exactly it is.

Patient: Is that so doctor?

Health Professional: Yes Mr. Robert, you should visit a doctor near you. Still if you choose, my clinic is open on all weekdays from 8am to 5pm.

Patient: Alright doctor I will soon book an appointment at your clinic.

Health Professional: Do not make that soon too long.

Patient: Sure doctor. Thanks.

Health Professional: Thank you too for calling.

Work Cited

Morrison, James. DSM-5® Made Easy: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis. Guilford Publications, 2014.