Homework: Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Cultural Idioms of Illness
Anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) have a devastating impact on an individual's ability to live, work, and conduct relationships. These disorders are often harder to identify than other conditions. Difficulty in diagnosis is compounded by the fact that expressions of anxiety differ widely from culture to culture. Anxiety is often co-occurring with depression and with OCD, as well as with trauma disorders. The boundaries between these illnesses can be blurred.
Examine those boundaries by analyzing a case from the anxiety and OCD spectrums. You also consider cultural idioms and the cultural formulation interview (CFI) of the DSM-5. The CFI is designed to help a social worker adapt diagnosis and treatment both to cultural variations and to the individual experience of a person within that culture. Given that anxiety may manifest in diverse ways due to cultural influences, you practice using the CFI to guide treatment conceptualization for anxiety.
Learning Objectives
1. Analyze a case study focused on an anxiety disorder utilizing steps of differential diagnosis
2. Recommend an intervention for treating anxiety disorder
3. Role-play a client interaction to complete a Cultural Formulation Interview
4. Analyze cultural variables in mental health treatment planning
Discussion: Diagnosis of Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders
Social workers take particular care when diagnosing anxiety due to its similarity to other conditions. In this Discussion, you carefully assess a client with anxiety disorder using the steps of differential diagnosis. You also recommend an intervention for treating the disorder.
To prepare: Read the case provided by your instructor for this week's Discussion. Review the decision trees for anxiety and OCD in the Morrison (2014) text and the podcasts on anxiety. Then access the Walden Library and research interventions for anxiety.
Post a 300 to 500 words response in which you address the following:
1. Provide the full DSM-5 diagnosis for the client. Remember, a full diagnosis should include the name of the disorder, ICD-10-CM code, specifiers, severity, and the Z codes (other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention). Keep in mind a diagnosis covers the most recent 12 months.
2. Explain the diagnosis by matching the symptoms identified in the case to the specific criteria for the diagnosis.
3. Discuss other disorders you considered for this diagnosis and eliminated (the differential diagnoses).
4. Describe an evidence-based assessment scale that would assist in ongoing validation of your diagnosis.
5. Recommend a specific intervention and explain why this intervention may be effective in treating the client. Support your recommendation with scholarly references and resources.
Respond to at least two colleagues who identified a different diagnosis or intervention in the following ways:
1. Explain whether you agree with your colleague's identified diagnosis and recommended treatment and why.
2. Explain any additional factors that your colleague should take into consideration for treatment planning.
Homework: Role-Playing Practice: Using the CFI to Individualize Anxiety Care
Social workers need to be able to identify cultural conceptions of illness and mental illness. Because studies show that anxiety and depression differ from culture to culture and within cultures, it is important to build skill using the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) to elicit how an individual has actually incorporated their cultural beliefs. While the core interview is a set of 16 questions, more detailed versions expand on each area. In this Homework, you sensitively apply the CFI to your case collaboration partner as well as research how to address and individualize anxiety resources for your partner's culture and needs.
Submit a 4 pages paper, using the Diaz article as well as additional resources about culture, in which you do the following:
1. Describe the skills or techniques you used to engage your partner during the CFI.
2. Explain which aspects of the CFI were the most helpful in learning about your partner's personal view of the problem and situation from a cultural perspective.
3. Describe the cultural components (e.g., race/ethnicity, religion, geographic region, socio-economic status, etc.) that may influence your partner, and analyze how those cultural components influence their mental health experience.
4. Identify which relevant subsections of the CFI you used. Explain why you did (or did not) use a subsection as part of your assessment.
5. Analyze how you, as a social work treatment provider, might adjust interventions for the client (your partner), their individualized circumstances, and culture of origin. Be specific and demonstrate critical thought through application of concepts in resources.
6. Recommend a specific evidence-based measurement instrument to validate the diagnosis and assess outcomes of treatment. Explain any cultural considerations you made when determining an appropriate instrument, including whether or not the instrument was validated with diverse populations.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
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