Psychosocial Assessment

Domestic violence is an epidemic and the number one health concern in our country. There are more abusers and their victims compared to past years. As a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship, domestic violence is used by one person to gain or maintain power and control over another one. It can be physical, sexual, emotional, and economic abuse and not look the same in every relationship because every relationship is different. This kind of abuse affects people of all ages and sexes, socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, education and employment levels. Abuse towards children and the elderly can be violent or aggressive behavior. Thus, there are many types of abuse that one can suffer; awareness of the signs of domestic violence is especially important before getting into any kind of intimate relationship.

There are various assessment tools obtainable for assessing the needs for patients or clients. The addiction professional uses assessment instruments as one component of the counseling/treatment process taking into account the client’s personal and cultural background. The assessment process promotes the well-being of individual clients or groups (NAADAC, 2015). This process helps determine how much and what kind of treatment your client needs. It is important to be aware of different types of assessments as well as being familiar with how they work in each situation. As we assess George we will use two different assessment tools to give as an example of how to assesss the needs of this client.

Recently, I completed a psychosocial assessment on a patient in the PHRM/ISS program. She was 21 years old, pregnant with her fifth child. When she initially walked in she seemed pleasant. Then, before we could get started she received a phone call. She politely asked could she step out and of course I said sure. Immediately, after she walked back in she seemed anxious and annoyed as evidence by her frowning and checking her phone every minute. Then, she would continue to say yes and not pay attention to the questions that I was asking. After a while, this began to bother me. This is because I would ask her a question and she would not answer or ask me to repeat myself. Then, she made a comment stating that “it does not matter and she was ready to go because she was upset.” At that moment, I knew that I needed to take an assertive stance.

Over the weekend I was working in Evolv on a client Biopsychosocial Assessment , and I accidentally used Biopsychosocial Assessment RTF. After realizing my error I corrected it and used the Biopsychosocial Assessment RTF V.2, however there are now two assessments in Evolv for the same client. Can you please assist me with deleting the incorrect assessment.

Domestic violence is a serious matter that needs to be dealt with immediately and if not, it can lead to much harm to the opposing partner and or their family’s life. This problem is affecting the lives of people in many ways because of this. When a person is abused, they lose their self-ego and dignity. It puts that person in fear of

As I arrive into the office the receptionist informs me that my new client has arrived. I greet him and ask him to follow me. In the office I introduce myself and ask him how he is doing today. He seems to have a positive outlook on things. I inform him that his visit today will take no more than an hour. First and foremost I have him read and sign off the consent form. Next I inform the client about privacy and confidentially. I also let him know it is okay to stop me and ask any questions. Lastly, although he has allowed his previous therapist to share his chart with me, I confirm with him once again if it is okay for me to take a look. The client agrees and I begin to conduct his assessment.

Clinical Assessment=According to our book, the term Clinical assessment generally refers to applying assessment procedures to (a) diagnose a mental disorder, (b) develop a plan of intervention, (c)monitor progress in counseling, and (d) evaluate counseling outcome. (Drummond, 2010). Clinical assessment has been the method used when diagnosing and planning treatment for a patient. The first step is evaluating the individual in order to obtain information and figure out what is wrong. Counselors, conduct this assessment to develop and adhere a plan of intervention, monitor clients progress, and ensue all information are interpreted and understood.

Family assessments can be complex and challenging because all families are found to be unique and so are the issues they encounter and the solutions they find (Holland, 2005). This essay will examine a case study that is mentioned within the appendix; and use theoretical models to formulate a bio-psychosocial assessment in the light of the family’s family life stage and provide a brief intervention. This essay will first state the presenting issues and then go onto formulating a bio psychosocial assessment and will draw learning from different theoretical frameworks such as the multidimensional approach; functional family therapy model, collaborative family work model, multigenerational family systems model to inform the assessment. Aspects of the theory and how they inform the assessment will be highlighted and risk and protective factors will be identified through the assessment. The essay will conclude with a brief intervention plan based on the assessment formulated and the theories used.

This is a developmental and biopsychosocial assessment of a three year old little girl. The assessment is gathering complete information from the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) during an interview with the child and parent present. The ASQ evaluates communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, and personal social development. The assessment includes development and clinical recommendations based upon outcome. The assessment identifies a strength and barrier in the child's life within the three dimensions and how this influences this writers development and clinical recommendations. This assessment discuss how the age of the child potentially influence the child's adaptation to any change or family transition and insight

Domestic violence effects every nationality from the poor to the young spreading through generations of every culture. Domestic abuse is a growing problem that affects millions of people in all types of relationships. The emotions that accompanies through domestic violence causes pain through physical assaults and long lasting psychological trauma. The long extensive abuse leads to death. There are several areas of domestic violence. In this comparison study I will identify and describe four major areas of domestic violence, which include physical abuse, mental/emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic homicide. In this study I will also identify how these areas of domestic violence affect the countries of The United States of America, Japan, Russia, Canada and Africa.

Domestic Violence: Victims Should Leave For many years, domestic violence has been a subject of many discussions, concerns and fears. As we all have probably heard or seen, most of the victims of domestic violence are women. It’s not unusual to question- Why don’t they just leave? Why silently endure the pains inflicted by the perpetrator when the door is open and there is so much help out there.

There were a variety of high and low level activities for the campers to engage in. Layla was fully functional and able to participate in all activities assigned. Her physical capabilities were within normal limits for her age group. Layla did injure her ankle at camp; however, she maintained full mobility, and it did not prevent her from future activities. Layla engaged in all exercises with the other campers and performed exceptionally.

Domestic violence involves the systematic use of force, threats and intimidation by one partner upon another in order for the dominating partner to have control over the victim. In general, women who are abused physically are often isolated. Their partners tend to control their lives to a great extent as well as verbally degrade them. Even though the Latina women are particularly vulnerable to domestic violence because of their culture, it does not mean that this situation does not exist in other societies. Domestic violence happens in all races, religions and social statuses. It could appear in any family and in order to prevent it, everyone in the society must have knowledge of the problem, and

In Mental Health practice, the assessment of a patient is a vital part of their treatment as it is required to be aware of their ailment before a treatment plan/course is made. Therefore, risk management is a practice that involves the assessment and engagement of an individual through standard assessment tools and approaches so as to devise a means to manage an individual’s risk behaviour(s). Assessment is essential when it comes to nursing practice, as it is a major key element of knowing what care is required as well as knowing if the right form of care is delivered successfully (Combst et al., 2013). The questions that usually come to mind will be how the assessment is carried out and how will the practitioners and clients react to the outcome of this assessment. The aim of this assignment is to critically analyse the assessment tools, models and approaches utilised in mental health practice. Furthermore, a consideration will be given to the limitations of the assessment practice such as the reliability of the assessment tools. To carry out this task, a fictitious individual will be used in this report. A number of possible ailment and presenting risk behaviours are listed then an eventual analytical procedure for the individual’s assessment will be explained.

Psychological tests and or psychological assessments are an important asset in the field of psychology. These tests are designed to measure people’s characteristics which pertain to behavior. There are a variety of different types of tests that can be used to assess different types of behaviors. According to the specific behavior or behaviors being assessed, tests are categorized into two types, ability tests and personality tests. Ability tests, which encompass achievement, aptitude, and intelligence testing are used to determine capacity or potential by measuring scores based on speed, accuracy, or both. On the other hand, personality tests, which include structured or projective are used to determine behavior traits, that may be overt