Select relevant information to create a holistic assessment of client systems
INSTRUCTIONS 5.3 Assignment: Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual (BPSS) Family Assessment in Mental Health
Getting Started
To develop skills in conducting thorough, complete, and useful family assessments, you need to practice using a variety of tools for completing assessments with individuals and families. Complete and thorough assessments lead to thorough data collection that will make a clinician more likely to arrive at a proper diagnosis. The diagnosis may still be a complex and challenging process because clients may exhibit a variety of symptoms that could fit in various diagnostic categories. Reviewing the assessment data and comparing symptoms and observations with the DSM criteria can lead to an accurate diagnosis and better goal setting and treatment planning.
A Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual (BPSS) family assessment has the following parts:
• Biological section – includes information about the client’s medical history (past and present, including medications), family history of medical illnesses, substance abuse history, developmental history, and physical functioning and abilities.
• Psychological section – includes information about any psychiatric symptoms or illnesses the client is currently experiencing or has experienced in the past, mental status, family history of mental illness, psychiatric medications or treatments (past and present), and psychosocial stressors or traumatic events.
• Sociocultural section – includes information on the client’s social functioning, living situation, personal and family relationships, sexuality, family background, history of abuse, educational background, legal history, employment history, potential risks, and strengths and resources available to support the client. Also includes information about the client’s cultural background, participation in cultural activities and traditions, cultural norms surrounding health, mental health, and social roles, worldview, and cultural practices and resources.
• Spiritual section – includes information on the client’s spiritual beliefs, participation in faith-based activities, connections to organized religion, and spiritual practices and resources
Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:
• Select relevant information to create a holistic assessment of client systems (PLO 7).
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Background Information
In this assignment, you will use a documentary about a Vietnamese family to complete a bio-psycho-social-spiritual (BPSS) family assessment. Using the readings and other resources you will formulate a diagnosis for Can. While interviewing a ‘live’ family would be optimal for this activity, a substitute—watching a documentary about a Vietnamese family—will provide the case study for this assignment. You will gain practice in completing the BPSS assessment which is becoming more common in social work practice, so it is a valuable skill to practice.
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Instructions
1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. In Mental Health in Social Work, read:
a. Chapter 8, “Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders”
b. Chapter 6, “Bipolar Disorder”
3. Consult the following chapters from the DSM-5 for reference:
a. “Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders”
b. “Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders”
c. “Bipolar and Related Disorders”
4. Read the article, Bio-psycho-social-spiritual Assessment? Teaching the Skill of Spiritual Assessment.
5. Review the image, Decision Tree of Evaluation, and Intervention.
6. Watch the documentary video Can: Mental Illness and Recovery in the Asian-American Community
7. Conduct a Bio-Psycho-Social Spiritual (BPSS) assessment of Can from the documentary using the following sections:
a. Biological History
b. Psychological History
c. Sociocultural History
d. Spiritual History
8. Select the DSM-5 diagnoses that fit can best and include these in the Psychological section of the paper. Make sure you cover differential and dual diagnoses.
VIDEO LINK
Can: Mental Illness and Recovery in the Asian-American Community
https://video-alexanderstreet-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/watch/can-mental-illness-and-recovery-in-the-asian-american-community
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