Educating in Medicine & Pharmacy

During the consultation, he would stand up and sit down several times whilst clutching his fists in anger. Most of the consultation he spoke calmly, clearly and had good eye contact when doesn’t talk about his work. Every now and then, his tone and volume would fluctuate. His thoughts were logical and made sense; however, he did repeat his idea of suing the firm he worked for a few times. John denies any suicidal feelings, but he did mention that he feels not worthwhile and felt isolated in the workplace as he had to leave his old workplace to a new one due to an accident. He feels that the accident at his previous workplace was entirely the officer in charge’s fault. 

John denies any hallucination or illusions. After a large number of uneventful details, he finally confesses that he has been a problematic employee and colleague. John feels hopeless as he feels that his superannuation will not be able to sustain himself and his wife when he retires. He speaks a lot about the failure of his retirement funds which has been making him feel ‘low’ for the past year. Whilst asking about his family relation, he mentions that he has not been the best farther and sometimes finds himself crying at the thought as he regrets some of his actions.