Case study topic:(Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders)
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Advanced generalist social workers understand that assessment is an ongoing component of social work practice’s dynamic and interactive process. Advanced social workers incorporate and apply their understanding of theories and interprofessional conceptual frameworks. They critically evaluate and apply this knowledge in culturally responsive assessment with clients and constituencies, including individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Assessment involves a collaborative process of defining presenting challenges and identifying strengths with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to develop a culturally responsive, mutually agreed-upon plan. Advanced generalist social workers utilize inter-professional collaboration, as necessary, to enhance and inform the assessment process. Advanced generalist social workers are self-reflective and continuously self-monitor to understand and minimize how bias, power, privilege, and personal values and experiences may affect their assessment and decision making. Advanced generalist social workers:
use a variety of culturally responsive theoretical frameworks and evidence-based approaches to collect, organize, and interpret information from clients, collateral contacts, and constituencies;
apply theoretically sound and evidence-based approaches in the analysis of assessment data from clients, collateral contacts, and constituencies;
demonstrate respect for self-determination while developing mutually agreed-on, realistic, and measurable intervention goals and objectives based on information obtained through assessment; and
select appropriate, theoretically sound, evidence-based, culturally appropriate intervention strategies based on the assessment, research knowledge, and values and preferences of clients and constituencies.
Students will use scholarly materials (DSM5 TR, texts, and journal articles) to identify appropriate assessment methods. Students will use these assessment methods to collect client data from their chosen case study. Students will apply culturally responsive theoretical frameworks by identifying culturally affirming practices, acknowledging clients’ intersectional identities and evidence-based approaches to analyze the assessment data. Students will develop mutually agreed upon, measurable intervention goals and objectives and identify culturally appropriate intervention strategies based on their analysis of the assessment data.
Students will locate a case study from either Chapter 9 (Dissociated Disorders), Chapter 10 (Somatic Symptom Related Disorders), Chapter 13 ( Sexual Dysfunctions), Chapter 14 (Gender Dysphoria), or Chapter 16 (Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders) in The Clinical Assessment Workbook [*hint: none of the cases have a diagnosis that starts with “Other Specified…” or “Unspecified…”] and address all of the content areas below using the bold words as first level headings.
Submission requires a scholarly level of writing that includes cited research to back up assertions, especially with regard to potential treatment modalities. Submissions should be at least (and not exceed) 8-10 pages not including title and resource pages. Scholarly writing in the School of Social Work requires the accurate use of APA 7th Edition style. *An abstract is not required for this assignment.
Required Headings:
Case History and Synopsis
Strengths and Supports
Medical Issues
Environmental and Cultural Factors
Target for Intervention
Mode of Intervention
Treatment Goals
Treatment Objectives
Required Activities
Timeline and Follow Up
Self-Reflection/Conclusion
Preparation and Professional Writing (40 Points)
This 8 to 10-page paper requires a minimum of 8 scholarly published sources that address the social work profession that must be used to support the evidence of the interventions, and assertions in paper. Scholarly, professional writing in the School of Social Work requires the accurate use of APA 7th Edition.
Students must use Times New Roman 12-point font.This assignment is to be written in the professional style, using third person and be absent of spelling and grammatical errors.
Knowledge Dimension (60 Points total)
Case History and Synopsis K (15 points)
Provide an overview of your client and their identifying information.
Describe the client’s notable symptoms. When did they begin? What is the frequency and severity of the symptoms?
Strengths and Supports K (15 points)
What resiliency and supportive factors does the client identify? What resiliency and supportive factors do you, as the social worker, identify?
Who provides the client formal support? Who provides the client information support?
Medical Issues K (15 points)
Describe your client’s general medical conditions.
Does the client use/abuse substances and/or medications?
Describe the client’s physical health risks (including any deficiencies in ADLS (activities of daily living skills).
Environmental and Cultural Factors K (15 points)
Describe environmental factors (systems perspective) using a culturally responsive framework that includes a discussion of the concept of intersectionality, including systems of inequality based on your client’s gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, social class and other forms discrimination and the ways intersectionality and these systems of inequality impact the client’s identity.
Skills Dimension (100 points total)
Target for Intervention S (20 points)
Describe symptoms client is experiencing that meet criteria for the diagnosis.
Discuss at least one other differential diagnosis and the reasons it was not chosen as the appropriate diagnosis at this time.
Identify the complete diagnosis (use appropriate diagnosis code).
Mode of Intervention S (20 points)
Provide the evidence-based approach that is used to treat the DSM disorder you have identify, including why it was selected for this client.
Describe the ways in which this approach is culturally appropriate for this client
Treatment Goals S (10 points)
Identify at least one general mutually agreed upon, culturally appropriate goal(s) and how they will be measured.
Describe why these goals are appropriate for the diagnosis and intervention.
Treatment Objectives S (10 points)
Identify at least two objectives related to the mutually agreed upon goal
Describe how the objectives will be measured.
Required Activities S (15 points)
Provide a description of the activities/responsibilities of client to meet identified objectives
Provide a description of the activities/responsibilities of social worker to help client meet identified objectives. Include interprofessional collaboration that the social worker will initiate that will improve client outcomes.
Timeline and Follow up S (10 points)
Identify a realistic estimate of how long treatment will last (evidence based).
What is the timeline for completion of each objective?
Describe the plan for follow-up that includes information on how the intervention will be monitored and evaluated for success or change.
Self-reflection/Conclusion S (15 points)
Provide a discussion of the process of how you would collaboratively develop goals and objectives with the client in the case study you selected. Briefly discuss the communication skills that would be used by the social worker to engage the client in the collaborative process. Discuss this impact and influence of the collaborative process in generating outcomes for clients.
Provide a self-reflection focusing on your understanding of how bias, power, privilege, and personal values and experiences may affect assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning and your decision making. Conclude with any insights gained in the process and how these insights will assist future career.
