Prompt: Pick a movie and complete an assessment (like the Department of Mental Health full assessment) on the client while watching the movie or shortly after. Use the assessment to create your paper:
Bio psychosocial spiritual Assessment: fully describe the “client”, and demonstrate that you are able to fully conceptualize the character in a bio psychosocial spiritual context. (roughly 2-3 pages)
-Identifying data (privilege and oppressed identities): name, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and relationship status
-Presenting problem (using an intersectional lens): both the client’s description and your impression.
-Client’s appearance and basics from mental status (with an intersectionality lens).
-History of the problem (honoring the client’s voice and lived experience with special consideration of systems of oppression, not limited to historical trauma, involvement with public child welfare, incarceration, healthcare, education: age of onset, course, precipitating events, medical or organic factors, prior treatment, family history of disorder, drug/alcohol use, sexual abuse, medications etc…
Diagnostic impression utilizing a trauma informed lens: explaining the rationale for your diagnosis. How does the client meet diagnostic criteria for this diagnosis? Including any differential diagnostic considerations that are appropriate for your case. (roughly 1-2 pages)
-Provisional diagnostic impression using DSM-5 classifications and codes
Treatment Plan: Provide a thoroughly researched, comprehensive client-centered and equity minded, trauma- informed treatment plan utilizing the latest empirical evidence of effective interventions. Discuss how you will collaborate with the client to develop this treatment plan. (1-2 pages).
Discussion of positionally of client and professional: Address the following: (roughly 1-2 pages)
-Does this case history give a full picture of your “client”? (Is there more you need to know?)
-What does your diagnosis reveal and what does it conceal about your client’s reality, identities?
-How is your diagnosis helpful and/or harmful in the context of the client’s positionally?
-How does your diagnosis impact the dignity of the client? (please justify).
-Does it offer enough information to begin providing anti-oppressive and anti-racist treatment? Please explain why or why not?
-Is there a bias inherent in any part of your diagnosis or treatment based on who you are and your experience, perceptions, beliefs about mental health: cultural, racial, gender, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, level of education, etc.?
-Based on your intersectional identities, would you feel comfortable receiving this approach for yourself or a family member if you/they experienced a similar mental health challenge/impact on daily functioning?
Films that are suitable for the assignments:
127 Hours
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Beautiful Mind
American Beauty
American Psycho
American Splendor
American Sniper
Angels in America Annie Hall Antwone Fisher
As Good As It Gets
Benny & Joon
Boys Don’t Cry
Boyz N da Hood
Born On the 4th of July
Black Swan
Blow Blue Sky
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Brokeback Mountain
Citizen Kane
Cold Souls
Color Purple
Crooklyn
Clean, Shaven
Crash
Donnie Darko
Equus
Fatal Attraction
Fences
Fight Club
Fifty Shades of Grey Francis
Franky and Alice
Girl Interrupted
The Godfather (I or II)
Goodwill Hunting
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
In Country
Inside Out
Into the Wild Joker
Juice
KPAX
King of California
Kramer vs. Kramer
Lady Sings the Blues
Lars and the Real Girl
Leaving Las Vegas
Little Miss Sunshine
Lord of the Flies
Mad Love
Ma Vie En Rose
Midnight Cowboy
Margot At the Wedding
Menace to Society
Memento
Moonlight
Mr. Jones
My Own Private Idaho
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Ordinary People
Poetic Justice
Precious
Proof Psycho
Rachel Getting Married
Raging Bull
Reign Over Me
Requiem for a Dream
Revolutionary Road
Running With Scissors
Silver Linings Playbook
Silence of the Lambs
Sophie’s Choice
Straight Outta Compton
Stepmom
Sunset Boulevard
Taxi Driver
Temple Grandin
The Assassination of Jesse James
The Aviator
The Bad Seed
The Best Little Girl In the World
The Danish Girl
The Fisher King
The Hours
The Ice Storm
The Madness of King George
The Soloist
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The War of The Roses
There Will Be Blood
To Kill a Mockingbird
Trainspotting
TransAmerica
Thirteen Trevor
Vicky Christina Barcelona
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
What About Bob
White Oleander
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
– The DSM-5TR must be used to determine the diagnosis, I will attach the PDF of the book.
