Admission Details for Patient: C T (9572)
Gender: Female Age: 60
Marital Status: Married Religion: Calvinist Methodist
Occupation: Housewife
Address: Llanrwst, Carnarvonshire
Date of Admission: December 31, 1920
Date of Discharge: June 2, 1921
Discharge Category: Recovered
Disease: Melancholia
Supposed Cause: Loss of son in War/Loss of home in fire
Medical Certificate:
She is morose, stupid and will not speak. In my presence tried to break the window with her hands and again with a chair and was going to throw herself through the window.
W T, husband: Told him she has sinned so much that she is beyond redemption. Also that she had poisoned her daughter and refused food as it was poisoned.
Dr. Hugh Williams, Llanrwst, 30th Dec 1920.
Approximate duration of present attack: Several weeks
Number of Previous Attacks: 0
Number of Previous Admissions: 0
Number of Subsequent Admissions: 0
Total Number of Admissions: 1
Relatives affected: Father had fits of depression at times
Epileptic: No
Suicidal: Yes
Dangerous: Yes
Clean Habit:
Food Refusal:
Sleep Habit: Poor some months
Destructive Habit:
Disposition: Temperate and steady
Education:
Physical/Mental State at Examination: Very poor health and condition. Suggested cause for attack - loss of son in War and shock due to her house being burnt down - family barely escaped. A miserable and depressed woman who will not answer questions or speak. There is an old scar on the abdomen due to previous operation for gastric ulcer.
Current Diagnosis: Depressive episode (F32.3)
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