Antwone Fisher Case Study

Introduction
The purpose of this assignment was to give students the opportunity to practice conducting a biopsychosocial assessment on a fictional client. Students were instructed to watch one of the following movies: Good Will Hunting or Antwone Fisher. From there on, students were asked to conduct a full biopsychosocial assessment on their choosing of one of the fictional clients. For this assignment, I chose the client Antwone Fisher from the movie Antwone Fisher. From my clinical observations and notes, this is how my assessment turned out.
Identifying Information
This story takes place between a man named Antwone Fisher and a Psychiatrist/friend named Jerome Davenport boarded along the US Navy ship. Movie viewers become aware of client’s

When asked about his parents, he discloses that he never had parents. Dr. Davenport thinks client is being sarcastic and when asked again where is he from, client replies, “from under a rock.” Dr. Davenport ends the session and reminds client of next appointment which is the following week. Next week during session, Dr. Davenport asks client about a statement he made last week about “being from under a rock.” Client discusses that he has a hard time recalling the meaning behind this saying and the client asks Dr. Davenport to tell him what that meant. Dr. Davenport discusses that he thinks it could mean that the client feels alone and refers back to client stating that he never had parents. Client replies, “I had parents.” Client discloses his father’s name is Edward although he never knew him or knew of his last name. Dr. Davenport asks where he is and client discloses the story of his father being murdered by his ex-girlfriend. Dr. Davenport asks about where his mother was at the time. Client replied that his mother was incarcerated. Dr. Davenport asked why she was confined and client did not know. Dr. Davenport later finds out that his mother was supposed to go and take back client from orphanage but his mother never came back for him. Dr. Davenport ends the session with client by asking him one last question if he ever has tried to find his mother and client replied he