Tag: Biopsychosocial

Explain the psychological, situational/social, and biological factors that you believe led to the offender’s criminality.

Comprehensive Case Study-Ted Bundy

Evaluate the biopsychosocial factors that led the client to commit his or her crimes.

Explain the psychological, situational/social, and biological factors that you believe led to the offender’s criminality.

Evaluate how these factors may have contributed to committing violent crimes.

Identify whether your client suffered from a mental illness.

Identify the diagnosis and how the diagnostic criteria was met.

Evaluate the ACEs score you calculated for your client in the Week 3 Adverse Childhood Experiences discussion, to the extent that you were able to answer the questions based on what you could out about your client’s history.

Explain the impact of childhood trauma, abuse, and neglect may have on criminal behavior.

Examine whether your client had any events in life that could be considered traumatic such that this could have influenced the criminal behavior.

Explain what the scientific research says about the impact of trauma on criminal/violent behavior.

Analyze any other mitigating factors that may provide a credible argument against a death sentence for your client.
(That is, was your client gainfully employed? Did your client lack a significant criminal history prior to the most recent offenses? Mitigating factors can be anything that humanizes your client and thus makes him/her seem like a candidate for a lesser sentence than death).

Evaluate the mitigating circumstances found in this report.

Identify a patient’s need (health problem) and assess it holistically from the biological, psychological and social aspects (this relates back to the model).

Critical Essay on a case study

Briefly explain the Engel (1977) Biopsychosocial Model which you will use for your assessment. Remember that the basic premise is that to understand a person’s medical condition, it is not simply the biological factors to consider, but also psychological and social factors. In other words, we are treating the whole person, not just the medical symptoms. You need to put this in your own words, also thinking about why it is important to treat the whole person and whether or not this is still a valid model to use.

Identify a patient’s need (health problem) and assess it holistically from the biological, psychological and social aspects (this relates back to the model).

For example, if your case is a patient with exacerbation of COPD. You identify dyspnoea (biological) associated with anxiety (Psycho) and lack of self-care (social needs), as these issues are based on the biopsychosocial model. You need to focus on critiquing one aspect of care dyspnoea. Critique its management (pharmacological and non-pharmacological). How biopsychosocial factors are linked with the exacerbation? And any suggestions? You only need to focus on patients with one aspect of care.

 Describe the major developmental changes that occur during infancy, early and middle childhood.Would you agree with this statement in whole or even in part? Consider why or why not?

Bio-psycho-social assessment

Describe a systems perspective and its relevance to developing knowledge of human behavior in the social environment.

Describe and apply the biopsychosocial approach to assessment.

Describe the major developmental changes that occur during infancy, early and middle childhood.

Explain and apply Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development, particularly those pertaining to infants and children.

Explain and apply attachment and psychoanalytic theories and ego psychology.

Describe community risk factors and protective factors that may affect child and youth development and well-being.

Identify ways in which agencies may increase likelihood of engaging children and families with complex social and emotional needs.

psychodynamic theories.• Would you agree with this statement in whole or even in part? Consider why or why not?

Think about your own family’s belief systems, communication patterns and organizational patterns. How might they have shaped your approach to dealing with adversity?

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.

Somatic Symptom Disorders

Resource:

TED Conferences, LLC (Producer). (2016). What happens when you have a disease doctors can’t diagnose [Video file]. Retrieved from

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.