Demonstrate character, leadership, and scholarship in becoming a
world changer through application to personal life and professional
social work practice.
Demonstrate professional demeanor in written, oral, and electronic
communication skills. (PO 1; ILO 4)
Critique research findings related to mental health treatment across
the lifespan. (PO 4)
Build the importance of diversity and difference in the engagement,
assessment, and diagnosis process. (PO 2, 6, 7, 8; ILO 8)
Resources
Textbook: Mental Health in Social Work
Textbook: DSM-5
Website: Theories Used in Social Work Practice and Practice Models
Listen
9/24/2020 5.3 Assignment: Biopsychosocial Spiritual Assessment of a Family – 3FA2020 Mental Hlth/Psychopathology (SWK-650-01DE)
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Article: Bio-psycho-social-spiritual Assessment? Teaching the Skill of
Spiritual Assessment
Image: Decision Tree of Evaluation and Intervention
Video: Can: Mental Illness and Recovery in the Asian-American
Community
Background Information
In this assignment, you will use a case study (a documentary about a
Vietnamese family) to complete a biopsychosocial spiritual assessment
(BPSS), along with one additional assessment tool. Using the readings and
other resources, formulate a diagnosis for two people in the case study.
Move on to critique the strengths and weaknesses of each assessment tool,
identify the social work theories applied to the case, and report any
remaining questions after completing the entire assignment.
Instructions
- Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning
your grade. - In Mental Health in Social Work, read Chapter 8: Anxiety, ObsessiveCompulsive, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders.
- Consult the following chapters from the DSM-5 for reference:
a. “Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders”
b. “Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders” - Review the article “Theories Used in Social Work Practice and Practice
Models”. - Read the article “Bio-psycho-social-spiritual Assessment? Teaching the
Skill of Spiritual Assessment” - Review the image Decision Tree of Evaluation and Intervention.
- Watch the video “Can: Mental Illness and Recovery in the AsianAmerican Community”
- Conduct a biopsychosocial spiritual assessment of two family members
in the documentary “Can: Mental Illness and Recovery in the AsianAmerican Community.” One should be on the son, and the other on
one of the parents. - Formulate a risk and protective factors assessment.
a. Be sure to include a DSM-5 diagnosis, which you will determine
after completing the assessments, using the DSM-5 and other
scholarly sources to explain how you arrived at your diagnosis.
Use the “Decision Tree of Evaluation and Intervention” chart to
help you sort through the data collected from the BPSS and
identify the symptom-specific information that will help with a
ruling in and ruling out diagnoses, a differential diagnosis. - In a separate reflection document, please respond to the following
prompts or questions:
a. Do all of the family members in the documentary have a DSM5 diagnosis? Why or why not?
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b. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each assessment
type that you used?
c. Which social work theories did you apply to the assessments?
Why?
d. What questions do you have about doing assessments after
having completed them, particularly about ethnicity/diversity,
lower SES, and social justice? - Remember to include a reference page and use citations in APA
format. - Review your work, compare it to the rubric in the Assessment Criteria,
and revise as appropriate. - Saving copies of your work, submit both completed assessments and
your reflection paper by the last day of the workshop.
Sample Solution
