Walden SOCW6090 2021 December Complete Course Latest (Full)

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SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 1 Discussion

Introduction Video Post by Day 3:

For this graded Discussion, record a 3- to 5-minute video in which you share your background and your progress in social work training. Also relate your professional or personal experience with DSM-5 diagnosis. In your video, include responses to the following:

•             Introduce yourself and say where you live.

•             Describe your progress in your social work training.

•             Describe what exposure you have had to the DSM-5 or to mental health diagnosis.

•             Explain the advantages of receiving an accurate diagnosis.

•             Describe the problems that arise when individuals casually self-diagnose or diagnose those around them.

Include a transcript and/or edit closed captioning on your video to ensure your presentation is accessible to colleagues of differing abilities.

•             Compare your response with your colleague’s. Identify any commonalities or differences or any insights you gained from your peer’s response.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 2 Discussion

Diagnostic Labels as Powerful Communications

Post by Day 3 a 300- to 500-word response in which you discuss how a social worker should approach the diagnosis. In your analysis, consider the following questions:

•             Identify the symptoms or “red flags” in the case study that may be evaluated for a possible mental health disorder.

•             Should the social worker have shared this suspected

diagnosis based on the limited assessment with Ms. Evans at this time?

•             Explain the potential impact of this diagnosis immediately and over time if the “tentative” diagnosis is a misdiagnosis.

•             When may it be appropriate to use a provisional diagnosis?

•             When would you diagnosis as other specified and unspecified disorders?

•             Explain why you agree or disagree with whether the client meets diagnostic criteria and should be told about a tentative diagnosis, approach to diagnosis, or impact of diagnosis.

 

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 3 Discussion

Assessing Suicide Risk

Post by Day 3 a response in which you address the following:

•             Identify and discuss elements of Dr. Sommers-Flanagan’s suicide risk assessment.

•             Describe the elements of safety planning that you would put in place as Tommi’s social worker in the first week and in the first months.

•             Identify a suicide risk assessment tool you would use at future sessions to identify changes in her risk level. Explain why you would use this tool.

•             Explain any adjustments or enhancements that might be helpful given Tommi’s cultural background. Support your ideas with scholarly resources.

•             Provide suggestions to manage the emotional responses your colleague identified.

•             Explain why consideration of culture is important when working with diverse clients.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 4 Discussion

Applying Differential Diagnosis

Post by Day 3 a 300- to 500-word response in which you address the following:

•             Provide a 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.

•             Explain the diagnosis by matching the symptoms identified in the case to the specific criteria for the diagnosis.

•             Identify which four diagnoses you initially considered in the case, using the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria to explain why you selected these four items. In one or two sentences each, explain why three of these diagnoses were excluded.

•             Explain any obvious eliminations that could be made from within the neurodevelopmental spectrum.

•             Describe in detail how the client’s symptoms match up with the specific diagnostic criteria for the primary disorder that you finally selected for them. Note two other relevant DSM-5 criteria for that illness from the sections on “diagnostic features” and “development and course” that fit their case.

•             Compare the diagnosis you provided and the process in which you reached the diagnosis with those of your colleague.

•             Explain how the Z codes (other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention) that your colleague identified may influence the client’s upcoming treatment.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 5 Discussion

Diagnosis of Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders

Post by Day 3 a 300- to 500-word response in which you address the following:

•             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.

•             Explain the diagnosis by matching the symptoms identified in the case to the specific criteria for the diagnosis.

•             Discuss other disorders you considered for this diagnosis and eliminated (the differential diagnoses).

•             Describe an evidence-based assessment scale that would assist in ongoing validation of your diagnosis.

•             Recommend a specific intervention and explain why this intervention may be effective in treating the client. Support your recommendation with scholarly references and resources.

By Day 6, respond to two colleagues who identified a different diagnosis or intervention in the following ways:

•             Explain whether you agree with your colleague’s identified diagnosis and recommended treatment and why.

•             Explain any additional factors that your colleague should take into consideration for treatment planning.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 6 Discussion

Applying Differential Diagnosis to Depressive and Bipolar Disorders

Post by Day 3 a 300- to 500-word response in which you address the following:

•             Provide the full DSM-5 diagnosis for the client. For any diagnosis that you choose, be sure to concisely explain how the client fits that diagnostic criteria. Remember, a full

diagnosis should include the name of the disorder, ICD-10-CM code, specifiers, severity, medical needs, 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.

•             Explain the diagnosis by matching the symptoms identified in the case to the specific criteria for the diagnosis.

•             Recommend a specific evidence-based measurement instrument to validate the diagnosis and assess outcomes of treatment.

•             Describe your treatment recommendations, including the type of treatment modality and whether or not you would refer the client to a medical provider for psychotropic medications.

 

Respond by Day 6 to at least two colleagues who presented a different diagnosis in the following ways:

•             Explain the differences and similarities in your choice of criteria used to determine diagnosis, including Z codes (other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention).

•             Explain whether or not you agree with your colleague’s treatment recommendations.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 7 Discussion

Video Report of Your Case Consultation: Presenting and Validating Diagnosis

Post by Day 2 the following two pieces:

•             Use the Kaltura Media uploader to upload a 3- to 5-minute video in which you:

o             Briefly summarize your case, highlighting the diagnostic symptoms seen in the case.

o             Describe your decision-making process for identifying the key problems in the case and the differential eliminations for your case.

o             Identify the diagnosis of the client in the case. Explain the diagnosis by providing the supporting DSM-5 criteria with specific examples of how your client met those criteria.

Include a transcript and/or edit closed captioning on your video to ensure your presentation is accessible to colleagues of differing abilities.

•             Post a fully coded DSM-5 diagnosis. 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).

Watch your peers’ videos and respond to at least two colleagues who had a different case in the following ways:

•             Provide an informal observation designed to improve, clarify, or question an aspect of the presentation.

•             Explain a measurement instrument that would be useful in tracking ongoing progress for your colleague’s case, clarifying or uncovering further associated symptoms or validating the diagnosis.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 8 Discussion

The Complexity of Eating Disorder Recovery in the Digital Age

Post by Day 3 a 300- to 500-word response in which you address the following:

•             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).

•             Explain why it is important to use an interprofessional approach in treatment. Identity specific professionals you would recommend for the team, and describe how you might best utilize or focus their services.

•             Explain how you would use the client’s family to support recovery. Include specific behavioral examples.

•             Select and explain an evidence-based, focused treatment approach that you might use in your part of the overall treatment plan.

•             Explain how culture and diversity influence these disorders. Consider how gender, age, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and/or ethnicity/race affect the experience of living with an eating disorder.

•             Explain whether you agree or disagree with your colleague’s treatment strategy.

•             Explain additional cultural influences that your colleague should consider when addressing the specific eating disorder they identified.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 9 Discussion

DQ1 Evidence-Based Interventions Used in Trauma

Post by Day 3 a response in which you address the following:

•             Post the APA references for the two studies you located.

•             Provide a brief description of the traumatic events, including a summary of how they affected the individuals involved.

•             Describe the interventions discussed in the articles and explain how they addressed the psychosocial issues and needs of the individuals affected by the trauma.

•             Explain the effectiveness of the interventions, as stated in the articles.

•             Analyze and discuss the similarities and differences in the individuals’ needs depending on whether the issues occurred due to a national traumatic event or an interpersonal trauma.

Support your post with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

Respond by Day 6 to at least two colleagues in the following ways:

•             Based on the needs your colleague identified, explain some of the factors the mental health community could address in both types of traumatic events.

•             Explain skills your colleague could develop to address the traumas described in their articles

DQ2 Trauma and Comorbidity

Post by Day 5 a 3- to 5-minute recorded video response in which you address the following:

•             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.

•             Explain the diagnosis by matching the symptoms identified in the case to the specific criteria for the diagnosis.

•             Identify the first area of focus you would address as client’s social worker, and explain your specific treatment recommendations. Support your recommendations with research.

•             Explain how you would manage client’s diverse needs, including his co-occurring disorders.

•             Describe a treatment plan for client, including how you would evaluation his treatment.

Support your post with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

Include a transcript and/or edit closed captioning on your video to ensure your presentation is accessible to colleagues of differing abilities. See the document: How to Upload a Video and a Transcript (PDF) in the Week 1 Resources

Respond by Day 7 to two colleagues who chose a different area of focus in beginning treatment in the following ways:

•             Explain how the DSM-5 Z codes (other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention) identified in each post influenced your and your colleague’s decisions.

•             Share any insights you gained from watching your colleague’s video.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 10 Discussion

Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

Post by Day 3 a 300- to 500-word response in which you address the following:

•             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 need clinical attention). Keep in mind a diagnosis covers the most recent 12 months.

•             Explain the diagnosis by matching the symptoms identified in the case to the specific criteria for the diagnosis.

•             Describe the assessment(s) you would use to validate the client’s diagnosis, clarify missing information, or track her progress.

•             Summarize how you would explain the diagnosis to the client.

•             Explain how you would engage the client in treatment, identifying potential cultural considerations related to substance use.

•             Describe your initial recommendations for the client’s treatment and explain why you would recommend MAT or ABT.

•             Identify specific resources to which you would refer the client. Explain why you would recommend these resources based on the client’s diagnosis and other identity characteristics (e.g., age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, class, ethnicity, religion, etc.).

Respond by Day 6 to at least two colleagues who selected a different diagnosis or treatment intervention for the client in the following ways:

•             Explain why you agree or disagree with your colleague’s diagnosis and treatment approach.

•             Identify potential barriers your colleague may experience when providing their explanation of the diagnosis to the client

•             Describe a strategy your colleague could use to engage the client in treatment.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 11 Discussion

Personality Disorders

Post by Day 4 a 300- to 500-word response in which you address the following:

•             Provide the full DSM-5 diagnosis. 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 need clinical attention).

•             Support your decision by identifying the symptoms which meet specific criteria for each diagnosis.

•             Identify any close differentials and why they were eliminated. Concisely support your decisions with the case materials and readings.

•             Explain how diagnosing a client with a personality disorder may affect their treatment.

•             Analyze how power and privilege may influence who is labeled with a personality disorder and which types of personality disorders.

•             Identify how trauma affects the case, either precipitating the diagnosis and/or resulting from related symptoms or treatment of diagnosis.

Respond by Day 6 to at least two colleagues in the following ways:

•             Explain whether you agree with your colleague about the potential effects of labeling an individual with a personality disorder.

•             Explain how to engage in trauma-informed treatment with this client given the effects of trauma identified by your colleague

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 1 Assignment  

Diagnosis: The Burden of Stigma in Help Seeking By Day 7

Submit a 3-page paper that addresses the following:

•             Briefly explain Corrigan’s model of the stages of stigma and his recommendations and hierarchy about recovery.

•             Explain whether Delle’s experience follows that model. Use specific examples to argue your perspective. If you agree, identify which stage of recovery Delle is in.

•             Analyze Delle’s reports about his own experiences with both types of stigma. Provide specific examples, and in your analysis consider the following questions:

o             Does one type of stigma predominate in his talk?

 

o             Which of Delle’s personal values or beliefs were challenged by his internalizations about his own illness and help-seeking?

o             What strengths does he exhibit?

o             What was the primary benefit of his diagnosis?

o             Do you think that his experience would be different if his culture was different? Explain why or why not.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 2 Assignment  

Video Role-Play: Strengths and Weaknesses of the DSM-5

Submit a 3- to 5-minute video, considering the parents as your audience, in which you do the following:

•             Briefly describe what the DSM-5 is and how it is organized. In your description, define the concepts of spectrum and dimensionality as explained by Paris and in the DSM-5 introduction.

•             Explain why social workers and mental health professionals use diagnoses and what receiving a diagnosis means (and does not mean).

•             Explain general concerns about the risks of overdiagnosis and misdiagnosis versus not diagnosing. Also explain how diagnosis is connected to services.

•             Explain other details that might help your audience understand the strengths and weaknesses of the diagnostic system.

•             Provide a response to the following parental questions:

o My teenager’s best friend died by suicide this year. It’s been months, and she doesn’t seem over it. Her teachers tell me she should get help for depression, but I think it’s just grief. She talks about her friend all the time and gets very upset. I am worried about her. Is it normal for her to still be feeling this way? I don’t want to put her on medication for normal feelings. What is the difference between grief and depression?

Include a transcript and/or edit closed captioning on your video to ensure your presentation is accessible to viewers of differing abilities.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 3 Assignment  

Conducting a Diagnostic Interview With a Mental Status Exam By Day 7

Submit a 2- to 3-page case presentation paper in which you complete both parts outlined below:

Part I: Diagnostic Summary and MSE

Provide a diagnostic summary of the client, Carl. Within this summary include:

•             Identifying Data/Client demographics

•             Chief complaint/Presenting Problem

•             Present illness

•             Past psychiatric illness

•             Substance use history

•             Past medical history

•             Family history

•             Mental Status Exam (Be professional and concise for all nine areas)

o             Appearance

o             Behavior or psychomotor activity

o             Attitudes toward the interviewer or examiner

o             Affect and mood

o             Speech and thought

o             Perceptual disturbances

o             Orientation and consciousness

o             Memory and intelligence

o             Reliability, judgment, and insight Part II: Analysis of MSE

After completing Part I of the Assignment, provide an analysis and demonstrate critical thought (supported by references) in your response to the following:

•             Identify any areas in your MSE that require follow-up data collection.

•             Explain how using the cross-cutting measure would add to the information gathered.

•             Do Carl’s answers add to your ability to diagnose him in any specific way? Why or why not?

•             Would you discuss a possible diagnosis with Carl at this point in time? Why?

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 4 Assignment  

Case Collaboration Meeting By Day 7

Submit a 1- to 2-page paper in which you describe your team meeting. In your write-up, make sure to address the following:

•             Describe the quality of your working relationship with your colleague.

o Critically reflect on strengths of collaborative relationship and areas for improvement.

•             Describe your case in 100–150 words.

•             Identify the red flags in your case study to be further evaluated.

•             Outline your and your partner’s plan for further research and consultation, identifying specific tasks that you are each doing in this regard.

o Identify days/times you have agreed to meet together, including the date planned to complete the CFI interview required for the Week 5 Assignment.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 5 Assignment  

Role-Playing Practice: Using the CFI to Individualize Anxiety Care

Submit a 4-page paper in which you do the following:

•             Describe the skills or techniques you used to engage your partner during the CFI.

•             Identify a 3-5 minute segment in your recorded role-play that best demonstrates your ability to apply culturally sensitive assessment skills.

•             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.

•             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.

•             Identify which relevant subsections of the CFI you used. Explain why you did (or did not) use a subsection as part of your assessment.

•             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.

•             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.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 7 Assignment  

Schizophrenia Over Time: Experiences Living With the Illness

Submit a 3- to 4-page paper, supported by at least 4 scholarly resources (not including DSM-5), in which you address the following:

•             Describe Saks’s or McGough’s experiences with schizophrenia. Identify onset, associated features (specifically referencing the positive and negative symptoms), development, and course.

•             Explain how you would use the Clinician Rated Dimensions of Psychosis Symptom Severity measure and the WHODAS to help confirm your diagnosis.

•             Explain how you would plan treatment and individualize it for Saks or McGough. Support your response with references to scholarly resources. In your explanation, consider the following questions:

o             What are the long-term challenges for someone living with the illness?

o             What social, family, vocational, and medical supports are needed for long-term stabilization?

•             Briefly explain how race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, or other identity characteristics may influence an individual’s experience with schizophrenia

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 8 Assignment  

Somatic Symptom Disorders

Submit a 5-minute recorded PowerPoint (5–7 slides) in which you address the following:

•             Explain in a concise professional manner how you would conduct your first meeting with Jennifer. Identify specific steps you would take to understand her circumstance and needs.

•             Explain how you would proceed with her medical team in terms of advocacy for her as a client believed to have this condition.

•             Explain why you would need to take a biopsychosocial approach to her ongoing care.

•             Explain what social, family, vocational, Internet, and medical supports you would explore to help with her longer-term stabilization.

•             Analyze the controversy in diagnosing a mental disorder based on unexplained physical symptoms. Within your analysis, consider how power and privilege influence who provides the diagnoses and which groups are more likely to be diagnosed with certain disorders. Explain your thoughts on this debate.

Support your presentation with research and references to scholarly literature.

Include a transcript and/or edit closed captioning in your presentation to ensure your presentation is accessible to colleagues of differing abilities.

 

SOCW6090 Psychopathology and Diagnosis for Social Work Practice

Week 10 Assignment  

Final Project By Day 7

Submit 4- to 5-page paper in which you:

•             Provide the full DSM-5 diagnosis. 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 need clinical attention).

•             Explain the full diagnosis, matching the symptoms of the case to the criteria for any diagnoses used.

•             Identify 2–3 of the close differentials that you considered for the case and have ruled out. Concisely explain why these conditions were considered but eliminated.

•             Identify the assessments you recommend to validate treatment. Explain the rationale behind choosing the assessment instruments to support, clarify, or track treatment progress for the diagnosis.

•             Explain your recommendations for initial resources and treatment. Use scholarly resources to support your evidence- based treatment recommendations.

•             Explain how you took cultural factors and diversity into account when making the assessment and recommending interventions.

•             Identify client strengths, and explain how you would utilize strengths throughout treatment

•             Identify specific knowledge or skills you would need to obtain to effectively treat this client, and provide a plan on how you will do so

 

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