Answer to Question #188518 in Psychology for Maheen Tahir

Question

Joseph belongs to a middle class family. He have 4 siblings and parents in his family. He is working in a multinational company with a salary of 40K per month. He is living alone in a rented house near his office. He use to eat from hotels mostly, because he have a tough job schedule. he had an affair in past which ended a few months back. He is mentally disturbed because he was too much attached with the girl. After his breakup he started to smoke cigarettes. Now he is a chain smoker. He often skips his meal. He does not doing any exercise. he also spend some sleepless nights.  Due to his malpractices his health deteriorate a lot and he has diagnosed Hypertension at the age of 30. His doctor refer his case to you as you are a health psychologist. Now you have to modify Jospeh’s behavior that can improve his health as well as quality of life.

Answer 1

I would recommend positive reinforcement as it focuses on individual benefits. Joseph needs to understand that breaks-up often happen when it comes to finding true love. He needs to accept it and moves on thus reduce depression which led him to smoke. He will gradually stop smoking and start focusing on his diet and his physical fitness.