Jacks Case study

Jack’s family started off well off with his mother staying at home raising the family. His idea was to carry out his family’s business therefore he had a positive perception of succeeding with the family’s business. This was a positive psychological idea; however, he may have felt under pressure.

Jacks father was an alcoholic who was violent towards his mother and kids. This started off when he was young, meaning there were issues in his early childhood.  This resulted in Jack coping by taking drugs and drinking as early as 15 as well as him failing his GCSE’s. Causing mental health problems with jack that were unnoticed until later after he had been kicked out and ended up sleeping rough for some months.

Jack was sexually abused at the age of 14 by a male, later with his parents divorcing and his father moving back to Italy. His sisters felt they were better off without him and the family ended up moving to Bristol where his mother had low income and got burgled more than once. His mental health deteriorated, having paranoia and delusions due to his past experiences. Jacks health improves when positivity is in his life, helping at a hospital and working with the homeless. However, his traumatised by his past and when something relates to his experiences it causes jack to go downhill. By acknowledging his situations and relationships with people, improvement can be made for the present and future rather then visualizing the past and letting it affect the his future.

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  1. Good start in highlighting Jack’s background information and the difficulties he has been facing. For the summative assignment have a close look at the marking criteria and look at the ‘case study guidance’ which is located under the assessment and grades tab on student central in the folder ‘case study assessment vital information’ – this will help you to structure the assignment and ensure all the right information is included.

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