Biopsychosocial Spiritual Assessment Case Study

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Assessment Tool The assessment tool that I plan to use in this intervention is the biopsychosocial spiritual assessment tool. This assessment tool will give me a good impression of what Marcel is dealing with. This assessment tool will give me information such as some of Marcel’s background information, such as age, mender, and ethnicity. This assessment tool will also give me some insight on Marcel’s childhood. Some of the things he may have experienced in that time in his life that has caused a negative effect on his life and if some of those experiences are connected to the problem that he is having. This assessment tool will also address some of Marcel’s family background. This information is important because it may show some of the …show more content…

The goals and objectives that we plan to set will be measurable and obtainable. I would like for the goals and objectives to be measurable so in the evaluation phase I can evaluate Marcels progress and to see if the goals that we have set are being reached. A biopsychosocial spiritual assessment is a commonly used assessment tool used to discover underlying problems or issues that an individual may have. This assessment tool can be used in many different areas of practice. They can also be used on individuals who have mental illnesses as well. The biopsychosocial spiritual assessment works well with individuals who have anxiety and depression. In the case of Marcel, the client I am working with. He has stated that he has some issues with depression and this may be factor that is causing him to drink and to use illicit drugs in the manner that he uses them. The article “Perceptions of Biopsychosocial Services Needs among Older Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Met and Unmet Needs” has some information …show more content…

As a social worker, I can see that Marcel may be using drugs and alcohol to cover up some of the emotions that he has, and I believe that he is hiding some depression issues with abusing alcohol and drugs. I would like to use cognitive behavioral therapy in our intervention as well to address some of the underlying issues that Marcel has with depression. CBT works well with individuals who have some type of mental issue. In Marcels case, he happens to have some depression issues, so I believe that CBT will work well to solve some of those issues or to see where these issues are coming from. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a therapy that can be used to achieve a short-term or a long-term goal. It is a problem-solving therapy that focuses on how to solve the current problem that the client may have. It doesn’t put much emphasis on the past and past situations, it focuses more on the here and not. According to the article “Staff Expectations and Views of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities” has some information that state the same thing. “There is an assumption in CBT that an individual will develop new understanding regarding their cognitive processes and acquire cognitive and behavioral skills during the therapy session which they can then apply independently and successfully in their ‘real world’. This allows the newly

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