Integrated Body-Spirit Social Work Summary

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Reading Journal: Integrated Body-Mind-Spirit Social Work by Lee, Ng, Leung, and Chan express the importance of systemic assessments. In the text the authors focuses on the whole person during the assessment. For example, assessments cover areas explore strengths and potential contributions to the problem. This exploration can be empowering to the client and professional to become aware of possible solution to the problem and what is symptoms of the problem. According to the authors “A problem-based approach to social work assessment does have a number of advantages” (Lee, Ng, Leung, and Chan, 2009, p.51. A few that stood out to me were taking a detailed history of the presenting problem. Social works can gain a better understanding of the problem during this process and have an idea of a problem diagnosis. Further, agreeing on a treatment plan with the client to solve the problem. The development of the treatment plan is like finding the balance or yin and yang as the book mention as a theory to the assessments. …show more content…

Our assessments cover medical history to developing a plan for suicidal situations. The Chapter in the reading gained my interest when it mentioned that the assessment process as a continuous and ongoing process that can change over the course of treatment. Many of our clients have Personal care plans that are continuously changed especially with the new policies that require assessments to be completed with a potential diagnosis in the same day. I agree with the authors that exploring the different aspects of your clients life with how the connect to a problem will point you in the right direction to finding a possible solution. This chapter was a great read for how we as integrated behavioral health scholars can form collaborative relationship with primary care providers and additional services that may influence the

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