Clinical Case Conference: A Woman with Alcohol Use Disorder and PTSD Case Report

Abstract

Ms. M is a 59-year-old woman who previously worked as a licensed mental health clinician but was unable to work at the time of our initial appointment due to the severity of her depressed mood and daily alcohol use. She was referred to me by a colleague who works on a local inpatient psychiatric unit and was concerned about her following a series of inpatient admissions for suicidality. I discussed the purpose of this case writeup with Ms. M and obtained written informed consent to use her history and treatment details for this publication. To protect her confidentiality, I have altered specific details about her history that could make her identity known.