The goal of this paper is to apply the knowledge learned in class so far. Choose a mental disorder (classified in the DSM-5) or sub-clinical mental health concern; utilize a biopsychosocial model to analyze how a hypothetical incarcerated person with the disorder may be assessed and treated.
Choose a mental illness/disorder from the DSM-5 and describe the disorder’s diagnostic criteria
How long does the person exhibit symptoms to be diagnosed?
What is the diagnostic criteria? How many symptoms must be present to diagnose the person?
Which symptoms does your hypothetical person exhibit?
Assessments administered, and why
Which assessments for correctional counseling from the textbook might be administered?
Which assessments are used to identify the person’s mental illness/disorder?
Why are these assessments used?
Applicable evidence-based mental health treatments
How does a treatment become evidence-based?
What is the most effective evidence-based treatment for the chosen disorder?
How does that treatment work?
Social justice considerations
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