Johnson Group topic: Coping With High-Risk Situations ***** Last Group ***** In today’s session, group members were to identify and discuss their personal relapse risk factors and emotional responses to such situations. Group members then were presented with steps/strategies to cope identified high-risk situations. PO attended group on time, clean and sober, and had a moderate level of participation, as evidenced by sharing personal HRS openly, and demonstrating the ability on how to cope with HRS in group. PO also shared with peers about her recovery experience and ways to cope with temptation as today was her last group treatment.…
Clinical social workers conduct psychosocial assessments to better understand the complex lives of clients. It is a guiding tool that aid social workers in obtaining relevant information such as demographics, identifying the problems and concerns, past and present experiences in order to give meaning to the client’s life. While this process is relevant to social workers, one can encounter challenging or difficult clients who will test the expertise of a social worker. This paper will discuss such client who was court ordered to complete parenting classes, individual therapy, random drug screening and has been non-compliant with treatment. Background Information: Salina is a 39-year-old Guyanese American female.…
The client presents with symptoms and behaviors that are consistent with a DSM-5 diagnosis of Adjustment Disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. Based on the information provided, this client met the criteria for A, B1 and B2, C, D and E. Hank, a 33-year-old male, scheduled a counseling appointment after his wife informed him she is divorcing him after 8 years of marriage. He states that he had no idea that she was that unhappy. He was devastated when she told him she wanted a divorce. After his wife told him her decision to leave him 3 weeks ago, he stated that he has never felt this bad in his life (Criterion A).…
General Information The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) was developed by Leslie C. Morey Ph.D. in 1991 and revised in 2007. It is published through Psychological Assessment Resource and is a multidimensional objective inventory designed to measure psychopathology and treatment planning for various psychopathological conditions. The current PAI form is not a revision of normative data, test form, or interpretative guidelines from the original 1991 edition. The current version reflects the revision and publication of a second edition of the PAI professional manual to describe research related to the instrument since the original publication of the manual in 1991.…
The provided instrument to collect the data is a questionnaire, 5-point Likert scale. These instruments will show the change in consideration that involves “Eagle Memorial Nursing Center” (EMNC) in how they can return to well-functioning nursing facilities and decreased its number of lawsuits Appendix A 5-point Likert scale For each statement, please select the number that mostly applies to you. (4= Strongly Agree, 3= Agree, 2=disagree, 1 = strongly disagree). 1. I am familiar with “Eagle Memorial Nursing Center” cuts with its nursing and support staff by half in the last three years.…
As social psychological theories are meant to explain phenomenon, it is relatively easy to identify these theories and concepts in daily life. Events in the news are also subject to social psychological analysis. In the CNN article “Could Grisly Murder of College Student Have Been Stopped?” by Scott Glover, Glover details the events surrounding the murder of a University of California, Los Angeles student. Sarah Muhr, a student at UCLA, called the police after she heard screams coming from somewhere in her apartment building. The police showed up, and after spending less than ten minutes looking around, left due to a lack of evidence of a crime.…
On one side, The Social Readjustment Rating Scale SRRS), is a psychometric tool/ questionnaire developed by Holmes and Rahe in 1967 and revisited in 1997. It was initially used for well-established adults. The purpose of the scale is to detect the major stressful events, which can cause stress and its allies (depression, anxiety, and desperation) in your life. They also wanted to know its correlation with illness. This questionnaire evaluates the influence of internal or external stressors that influenced your life for the past 12 months.…
A school counselor is essential to the wellbeing of students. Counselors, enable students to realize their potential. Whether, if students struggle, they are supported and encouraged to succeed. School counselors are responsible for intervening when students stumble. Counselors, with the collaboration of teachers and faculty, recognize and support students who need extra support.…
M2: I will be talking about two major hypotheses of maturing or ageing (disengagement and activity hypothesis) and discuss and soon thereafter my two individuals (Connie and Cyril) may withdraw or stay effectively included with social activities as they get to be more older. Considering the part of continuity for Connie and Cyril. Disengagement theory (Connie): this hypothesis is said that more elderly individuals will withdraw from society since they might have restricted open doors on account of physical well-being and loss of social association. Therefore, looking at Connie, social disengagement theory is relates to her physical development because at the moment she is physically ill due to her falling in the shower and at the same time…
1. Post-traumatic growth refers to the study of how people often change in positive ways in their struggles with hardship (Baillie, S. E., Sellwood, W., & Wisely, J. A. 2014). Post-traumatic growth happens when positive changes take place after experiencing adversity (Rendon, J. 2015). These changes can be related to physical, emotional and mental health. Post-traumatic growth demonstrates that trauma does not need to be entirely destructive in a person’s life but that it can actually help a person grow in different ways (Rendon, J. 2015).…
In many ways, resilience is contextual and is best understood as multidimensional ,multifaceted and variable across circumstances and time, especially in the today's turbulent working world. The mental health and personal wellbeing are enhanced by the individual resilience that incorporate a wide range of thoughts, behaviours or actions, which function interdependently, actually co-existing and building together an unique coping mechanism for each person. Resilience can be impaired by a disaster, due to traumatic exposure, high stress levels or disrupted social networks. traumatic events can generate sadness , feelings of grief or other emotions that can impact on the individual mental health and personal wellbeing.…
The self-assessment also showed that I am on the in-group side. I agree with my results because I also tend to be close with my managers. Typically I attempt to form a trusting relationship with management the moment I start the job because I see this to be the most important factor in being on the in-group side. After the trusting relationship is formed, other factors of being on the in-group side begin to take place such as having the manager recognize my potential and listening carefully to what I have to say.…
A mental status examination is a structured assessment of a patient’s behavioral and cognitive functions to determine if any problems are progressing or dissipating. There are many different things you can assess in a mental status examination. Some I feel may be more important than others would include: orientation, attention span, memory, appearance and judgement. I would assess my patient’s orientation by asking them simple questions like “what is your full name?” , “what is the date and time?”…
When I stopped smoking, my voice changed….so drastically, I couldn’t believe it myself”, Bob Dylan. “Smoking Kills, If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life”, Brook Shields. These are just a few quotes from famous people in regards to smoking, very powerful words from those who found benefit once they were able to quite. II. Are you aware that approximately 440,000…
Additionally, I do become a better version of myself and it is not one of those things that that we strive for but never achieve. I am confident that I am a better version of myself everyday, I am wiser in today than I was yesterday…