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Week 9 Assignment: Diagnostic Impressions In this assignment, you will take the biopsychosocial assessment a step further by providing your diagnostic impressions for the case study you chose

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Week 9 Assignment: Diagnostic Impressions

In this assignment, you will take the biopsychosocial assessment a step further by providing your diagnostic impressions for the case study you chose. Key to successfully completing this assignment is the incorporation of your instructor's feedback on the Biopsychosocial Assessment; you may have to revise your work from Week 7 in order to arrive at an appropriate diagnostic impression.

Write a paper in which you complete the following:

•             Use the same case study you used in Week 7.

•             Provide a summary piece describing key takeaways from your assessment in Week 7 as well as other information that might be useful in developing a DSM-5-TR diagnostic impression.

•             Develop what, under current DSM-5-TR diagnostic standards, would go into determining a particular diagnostic impression.

•             Analyze current evidence-based treatment models for integrated approaches to addiction and mental health care for a culturally diverse client, such as the client you are treating.

•             Describe how you would go about applying key principles of integrated mental health and addictions treatment in the description and identification of any major psychological disorders your client may have.

•             Evaluate the limitations of using current diagnostic systems and assessment approaches in a multicultural society.

•             Identify strategies for diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of co-occurring mental health issues for diverse populations.

Refer to the rubric to ensure that you have met the grading criteria for this assignment.

Assignment Requirements

To successfully complete this assignment, you must meet the following requirements:

•             Written communication: Written communication is grammatically correct and free of errors that detract from the overall message. Writing should be consistent with graduate-level scholarship.

•             APA formatting: The title page, main body, and references should be formatted according to APA style and formatting per Evidence and APALinks to an external site..

•             Number of resources: A minimum of five scholarly resources.

•             Length of paper: 8–10 typed, double-spaced pages.

•             Font: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Submission Instructions

Attach and submit the following document for this assignment:

1.            Your final version of this paper: Your Name-Assignment Number-Assignment Title (example: Ima Learner-u09a1-Diagnostic Impressions).

 

 

Recommended Resources

You may find that referencing the "Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders" section of the DSM-5-TR is useful to your understanding of the Week 3 assignment and its requirements.

 

https://dsm-psychiatryonline-org.library.capella.edu/doi/full/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787.x16_Substance_Related_Disorders