SOCIAL WORK SOCW 6090 – PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND DAIGNOSIS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE Assignment: Role-Playing Practice: Using the CFI to Individualize Anxiety Care Social workers need to be able to identify cultural conceptions of illness and mental illness. Because studies show that anxiety and depression differ from culture to...
SOCIAL WORK SOCW 6090 – PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND DAIGNOSIS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE Discussion: Diagnosis of Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders Social workers take particular care when diagnosing anxiety due to its similarity to other conditions. In this Discussion, you carefully assess a client with anxiety disorder...
SOCIAL WORK SOCW 6205 – MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK II Discussion 2: Assessing and Intervening in Mental Illness to Control Physical Illness • The biopsychosocial model focuses on the interactions between the “bio,” “psycho,” and “social” aspects of an illness. To illustrate the relationship between the “bio” and “psycho,”...
SOCIAL WORK SOCW 6443 –Psychopharmacology and Bio-psychosocial Considerations for Social Workers • Discussion 2: Ethical Dilemas for Mental Health Professionals • Mental health professionals are charged with the task of assisting their clients’ efforts in obtaining the best care available to them. Often, this might mean making recommendations...
SOCIAL WORK SOCW 6205 – MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK II Discussion 2: Impact of Emotional and Psychological Factors on Illness Outcomes The experience of illness can reach beyond the patient and impact the family system considerably. Patients experience illness through the lenses of their personal emotions, past experiences, stage...
SOCIAL WORK SOCW 6205 – MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK II Discussion 1: Emotional and Psychological Impact of Illness on Patients and Families Illness can lead to emotional instability and permanent or temporary physical disability. Patients might also experience reduced levels of independence and/or modifications of their roles in family...
SOCIAL WORK SOCW 6443 –Psychopharmacology and Bio-psychosocial Considerations for Social Workers Discussion 1: Overview of Psycopharmacological Interventions How important is psychopharmacology in mental health services? How important is psychopharmacology to clients? When might there be a need for it? How do mental health professionals generally perceive the need...
SOCIAL WORK SOCW 6090 – PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND DAIGNOSIS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE Discussion: Personality Disorders Personality disorders can arise through trauma, and they often carry added stigma. In this Discussion, you analyze a case study focused on a personality disorder while also reflecting on how power, privilege, and...
SOCIAL WORK SOCW 6090 – PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND DAIGNOSIS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE Assignment: Final Project The sign of an effective clinician is the ability to identify the criteria that distinguish the diagnosis from any other possibility (otherwise known as a differential diagnosis). An ambiguous clinical diagnosis can lead...
SOCIAL WORK SOCW 6090 – PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND DAIGNOSIS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE Discussion: Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Of the substance disorders, alcohol-related disorders are the most prevalent even though only a small percentage of individuals actually receive help. Recidivism in the substance treatment world is also very...