Diagnosis of Inferior Social Proclivity Disorder in Young Adult Patients: A Case Study
Rodgers N. Hart, F. Sinatra, and E. Fitzgerald , Lorenz Institute for the Advancement of Clinical Psychology Note: This paper has also been accepted for publication in the Annals of reformat_songs . Introduction Inferior social proclivity disorder, or “trampiness”, is commonly mistaken for adjustment disorder not otherwise specified. 1 However, this condition is surprisingly common in early post-adolescent patients, especially females. 2 We examine the diagnosis and treatment of one patient, who we shall refer to as Lady. Lady, when she began treatment, was a 24-year-old who referred herself to our private practice. She had become increasingly concerned over her difficulty in forming social relationships at her place of employment, a finishing school. Initial Work We spent several sessions simply becoming familiar with the patient 3 and allowing the therapeutic relationship to coalesce, and listening to the cognitive-behavioral paradigms 4 which the patient