Topic: Essay on Comprehensive Client Assessment of the Hernandez Family
Instruction:
Please use scholarly and evidence-based practice literature only. I can’t have a page full of references. Use references that are within the last 5 years only. Use current APA guidelines. Must use DSM-V, if using DSM for a reference.
Assignment 1: Hernandez Family Assessment
Note: Assessment is as essential to family therapy as it is to individual therapy. Although families often present with one person identified as the “problem,” the assessment process will help you better understand family roles and determine whether the identified problem client is in fact the root of the family’s issues. As you examine the Hernandez Family: Sessions 1-6 videos in this week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat the client family.
***Will upload videos***
Learning Objectives
Students will:
1) Assess client families presenting for psychotherapy
2) View the Hernandez Family: Sessions 1-6 videos, and consider how you might assess the family in the case study.
The Assignment:
3) Address in a comprehensive client assessment of the Hernandez family the following:
Demographic information
Presenting problem
History or present illness
Past psychiatric history
Medical history
Substance use history
Developmental history
Family psychiatric history
Psychosocial history
History of abuse and/or trauma
Review of systems
Physical assessment
Mental status exam
Differential diagnosis
Case formulation
Treatment plan
No. of Pages: 2
