Psychopathology: Advanced Clinical Assessment
CCMH/548: Psychopathology: Advanced Clinical Assessment
Wk 2 – Biopsychosocial and Treatment Plan: Schizophrenia and Dissociative Disorders [due Mon]
Wk 2 – Biopsychosocial and Treatment Plan: Schizophrenia and Dissociative Disorders [due Mon]
Assignment Content
For this assignment you will complete a biopsychosocial and treatment plan for a person presenting on the schizophrenic spectrum. Treating schizophrenia is different from some of the less serious mental illnesses because there is a multimodal component to treatment. Counselors must focus on whole-person stability, maintenance of functionality, and having a sense of productivity and sociability.
Choose a case from Ch. 3 of Clinical Assessment Workbook: Balancing Strengths and Differential Diagnosis.
Read the case and conduct a biopsychosocial assessment of the client described. If there is no Mini-Mental Status Exam completed, indicate that in the cognitive section of the Mental Status part of the assessment.
Although the case study may not provide in-depth information for all sections of the biopsychosocial assessment, please use the information as provided, and note if there is no information given for a specific area.
Complete the following using full sentences and appropriate grammar:
Biopsychosocial Assessment form
Your case conceptualization
Diagnose the individual within the case study based on the symptoms and the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. Support your diagnosis in the summary section of the Biopsychosocial Assessment form. Your assessment should be a minimum of 500 words.
Complete the following:
Treatment Plan form for this client based on best practice or evidence-based therapy
Justify your treatment plan with peer-reviewed research. Your treatment plan should be a minimum of 200 words.
Use the forms located on the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Resources site in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program tab.
Include a reference page that follows APA guidelines for the case study you selected and scholarly resources used in your treatment plan.
Submit both forms and the reference page for your assignment.
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