Co occurring- addictions- Case study/ Social work Major

Structure After reading the case ( attached)

• Structure your paper with these headings in bold. Make sure to cover the content under each bullet point. Presenting Problem and Background Information
  • The client’s identifying information
  • The current presenting problem as seen by the client
  • The current presenting problem as seen by others
  • The client’s presenting concerns
  • Previous medical history
  • Previous criminal history

  Diagnostic Rational

  • List the diagnostic criteria in DSM 5 formatting. Make sure you have a mental health and substance use diagnosis listed.
  • Clearly uses the DSM-5 criteria and discuss each and every criterion in the diagnosis to justify each diagnosis.
  • Make sure to provide a clear connection between the diagnosis offered and the symptoms and situation discussed.
  • Provides a strong and professional level rationale for your diagnostic impressions based on the signs and symptoms described in the case.

  Identification of Stages of Change

  • Provide details to the level of the client’s motivation for change. Discuss what evidence supports this.
  • How does the presenting problem contribute to where the client is on DiClemente’s Transtheoretical Model of Change?

  Identification of Stage IDDT – Here is a LINKActions (Links to an external site.)that will help you understand the correlation between the stages of change and IDDT. Start on pg. 28 (although the entire booklet is good. Keep in mind it was written in 2012 so it was written prior to the DSM 5).

• Provide details of where the client is at in their stage of treatment using IDDT and how this correlates with their stage of change. Discuss what evidence supports this.
• Discuss the client’s readiness to address their substance use and relationship with their clinician. Using evidence to support this.

Treatment Recommendations

• Recommend a minimum of two evidence-based peer-reviewed articles. Make sure to take into account where the client’s motivation and readiness for change is. Make sure to cite in APA version 7.

Overall paper:

• The paper adheres to the strength and inherent dignity of the individual
• The assessment of the client’s case consistently, clearly demonstrates that the client is viewed in a caring and respectful fashion
• The student demonstrates an ability to be mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity.
• There is a masterful demonstration of the connection between each of the content areas – the content flows from one area to another with transitions
• The student uses a scholarly tone
• The student fully represents the vocabulary of the field
• The student uses good language conventions and mechanics with no errors in spelling, grammar, sentence structure, and/or punctuation.

Grading

• You will offer a reflection of the process of this assignment, challenges and concerns (up to 1 page of double spaced text)
• Your writing should be in APA style and include a title page and references page/ Scolarly articles . Using first-person or “I” language is accepted for this assignment.

Answer  preview

Catherine is a Native American woman who lives in new rural Mexico. She is thirty-eight years old. She is suspected of suffering from mental health and substance use after stabbing her husband with a steak knife in a restaurant. Also, she claims to be engaged with spirits during the day while working and sometimes at night while asleep. She has been experiencing energy bursts at times, and she becomes overactive in her work when in such conditions. However, when she abstains from her drugs, she becomes shaky, disoriented, and physically abusive, which she uses methamphetamine to regulate her moods. Catherine has no history of mental health issues, and she is worried she is going for mental health and substance use treatment. She has no medical history, although she sees her physician time and again. However, her criminal record is clean apart from the one she stubbed her husband.

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