Project

Darielle Brooks

Professor Clifford Marsh

Introduction to Mental Health

October 23, 2021

Hypothetical Case Scenario Outline

Character: Britney Spears

Introduction: Britney Spears has been battling a case with her father against conservatorship. Which means that she doesn’t have control over her finances and decisions that are needed to be made within her life. She was put under conservatorship because she suffered a mental breakdown within her divorce with her ex-husband, Kevin Federline and lost custody of her two children. Her father and Andrew Wallet were appointed to the co-conservators for Britney. Furthermore, Britney feels like her father is taking advantage of the conservatorship and wants to have all of ownership of her life back.

Discussion of the major issues of concern from the case:

a) Attacking paparazzi car with an umbrella

b) Shaving her head

c) Britney without panties

d) Losing custody of her kids

Discussion of symptoms as they relate to various psychological/psychiatric disorders:

· Depression

· Mood swings

· Feeling alone and alienated

· During the mental breakdown Britney would be diagnosed for being bipolar

Discussion of types of mental health treatments for her, based upon the symptoms ( and why):

· With Britney Spears having these several breakdowns she went was later sent to a psychiatric center to be evaluated. They later kept her a few months to work on her issues to help her get herself together.

Conclusion (Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of her current situation with what can happen after her treatment.

· The advantages of her current situation she was able to be released from the psychiatric center once she was in a good space of a great mindset for her life. She also was able to continue into her pop star life and be able to make money for herself to live right and provide for her children. The disadvantages of her situation would be being under her father control with making decisions based upon her own life and finances. Also not being in physical contact with her children or ex-husband and her father possibly taking some of her money with being the conservator of her finances.