The client is Joelle for the case study.
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT
Introduction
For this assignment, you will select a client from the Client Assessment and Treatment Plan and complete all components of the Biopsychosocial Assessment form for your client. When details from the case are vague or missing, you are encouraged to elaborate and add to the case to create a richer client picture.
This assignment is intended to mimic the initial report that you would write for a new client. It culminates with a treatment plan for your selected client in Week 9. A biopsychosocial assessment is completed during and after the first session with a client. It is a report that offers a comprehensive overview of the client. If you have never written or seen a biopsychosocial report, please research examples online. The report used at a particular organization or by a particular counselor may be different, but all reports have domains (health history, education, legal history, and drug/alcohol history) in common.
This assignment is not a traditional paper like you have written in other courses. A few things to note:
While you would not be citing professional literature throughout a typical biopsychosocial assessment, for this assignment (and all others in this course), you should support your statements with frequent references to peer-reviewed journal articles from the past 5 years.
Provide APA formatted in-text citations and list all references used in the Reference field of the form.
Remember that your work for this assignment should be written primarily in your own words. Avoid cutting and pasting information from the case into your report; it is better to find a way to summarize this information in your own words.
Instructions
To complete the assignment, fill out all fields of the Biopsychosocial Assessment form in the Client Assessment and Treatment Plan. Incorporate a comprehensive discussion of the following areas:
Describe the client’s demographic information and current symptoms listed as DSM-5 Sexual Dysfunctions symptoms.
Describe the client’s behavior, including any developmental crises, disability, psychopathology, and situational and environmental factors that affect both normal and abnormal sexual behavior.
Describe the client’s demographic information including age, gender, and race.
Describe the client’s cultural background, including ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation.
Detail the cultural norms specific to the client’s identified populations.
Identify ethical and cultural considerations relevant to the client’s identified sexual issues.
Cite relevant ACA ethical codes specific to the client’s circumstances.
Describe the client’s family, social, and community backgrounds.
Describe the role of family systems in the treatment of mental and emotional disorders related to issues of human sexuality.
Describe the role of social networks and community systems in the treatment of mental and emotional disorders related to issues of human sexuality.
Describe the client’s personal background. This includes:
Developmental history.
Disability status.
Educational history.
Military service.
History of trauma.
Employment status.
Legal status.
Financial status.
Other circumstances such as transportation, housing, et cetera.
Medical background.
Substance use background.
Mental health background.
The possible impact of events in the client’s history on current symptoms.
Identify other professionals that you anticipate will be involved in the care for this client as the treatment continues.
Explain how you will arrange for communication with them and what you are likely to communicate to each of them.
Describe specific strategies for working with the client to address their identified issues.
Support your discussion and ideas with relevant human sexuality research findings the support the identified strategies.
Your resulting written report should be concise, balanced, and logically organized, and conform to APA format for references and in-text citations.
Incorporate references as appropriate into fields of the form via in-text citations.
List all references used in the References field.
Submitting Your Assignment
To complete this assignment:
Fill in all the boxes on the Biopsychosocial Assessment form.
Download your report as an .RTF file.
This is a generic word processing file that you can open in Word and revise, if needed.
After opening the file in Word, you may save it with a .doc or .docx extension.
Once the assignment is finalized and all edits have been made, submit the final version to your instructor for grading using the following file naming format: Your_Name_WeekNumber_Assignment_Title (for example: Ima_Learner_week7_Biopsychosocial_Assessment).
You are required to submit a draft of your assignment to SafeAssign prior to submitting it for grading. Submit your work as a draft, and use the report generated by SafeAssign to check for any necessary edits.
Visit SafeAssign on Campus to see more information and instructions for using SafeAssign.
Submit your Biopsychosocial Assessment to the Week 7 assignment area.
Verify you have reviewed your SafeAssign draft report by providing the following comment in the assignment area: “I verify that I have reviewed the SafeAssign draft report for this assignment and this work meets academic honesty expectations.”
SCORING GUIDE
Your work will be evaluated using this criteria.
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Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 2: Evaluate individual, couples, family, group, and community strategies for working with and advocating for diverse populations in order to address issues of human sexuality.
Describe the client’s demographic information and current symptoms listed as DSM-5 symptoms.
Describe the client’s family, social, and community backgrounds and the role of these systems as sources of support for the client.
Describe the client’s personal background, including the possible impact of events in the client’s history on current symptoms.
Competency 4: Apply ethical and legal considerations in issues of sexuality specifically related to the practice of counseling.
Describe the client’s cultural background, including ethical and cultural considerations relevant to the client’s identified sexual issues.
Competency 5: Apply treatment, referral, and prevention strategies to human sexuality disorders.
Identify other professionals that you anticipate will be involved in the care for this client as the treatment continues and your plan for communicating with them.
Describe specific strategies for working with the client to address their identified issues.
Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the counseling profession.
Apply APA style and formatting to citations and references.
Craft a written report that is concise, balanced, and logically organized, and that conforms to APA format and standards.
