6103 Week 6 - Assignment: Treatment Approach

Week 6: Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Treatment Approach

Tina is a sixteen-year-old female who has been showing signs of depression since she was fourteen. This past year, Tina has been using marijuana which has increased her weight. As a result of her troubles, Tina is also struggling with feelings of low self-worth.

Addiction not only impacts the mind and body; it also hinders one's emotional and spiritual health. Understanding the interactions between the physical, emotional, and spiritual factors, in the treatment approach to addiction is beneficial to treating anyone suffering from the disease of addiction.

This week, you consider the physical, emotional, and spiritual components of clients with problems with addiction. In addition, you explore the biopsychosocial-spiritual treatment approach and examine how differences in individuals influence treatment modalities.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

· Analyze the impact of addiction on the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of clients with problems with addiction

· Analyze the influence of gender on the experiences of physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being

· Analyze the influence of physical, emotional, and spiritual impacts of addiction on treatment approaches

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Capuzzi, D., & Stauffer, M. D. (2016). Foundations of addictions counseling (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Education, Inc.

· Chapter 2, "Substance Addictions" (pp. 18-47)

· Chapter 17, "Cross-Cultural Counseling: Engaging Ethnic Diversity" (pp. 383-405)

· Chapter 18, "Gender, Sex and Addictions" (pp. 406-425)

· Chapter 19, "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Affirmative Addictions Treatment" (pp. 428-446)

Blakey, J. M. (2016). The role of spirituality in helping African American women with histories of trauma and substance abuse heal and recover. Social Work and Christianity, 43(1), 40-59.

Horton, E. G., & Luna, N. (2016). Spirituality in the treatment of substance use disorders: Proposing the Three-legged Stool as a model for intervention. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 35(3), 179-199.

Document: Assignment Scenarios: Treatment Approach (PDF)

Note: You will use this document to complete this week's Assignment.

Assignment: Treatment Approach

Ideally, the multi-factor treatment approach will include a personalized treatment plan. As clients might have different needs, a personalized treatment plan is significant. For example, a client who has an addiction may require a different treatment plan then a client who needs to be hospitalized for physical complications due to their addiction.

While several components of the approach play an equally important part in the treatment plan, it is important that clients seeking sobriety and addiction treatment address their physical ailments before moving into the process of recovery where their emotional and spiritual struggles may be addressed effectively. Furthermore, a personal treatment plan should take into account the client's culture, age, gender, and access to resources. All of these elements influence the final treatment plan.

For this Assignment, review the week's resources. Then, review the scenarios provided in the "Assignment Scenarios: Treatment Approach" document, and select two scenarios as the focus of your Assignment. Explore the differences in the scenarios provided and consider how a biopsychosocial-spiritual treatment approach may be applied differently for each individual. Support your response with references to the resources and current literature.

Submit a 3-page paper that addresses the following Topics, Content, and Headings:

· Briefly describe the two individuals whom you selected from the scenarios.

· Explain how you would apply a biopsychosocial-spiritual treatment approach to each individual.

· Explain how addiction impacts the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well being of each individual differently.

· Explain how these differences might influence treatment approaches.

Must contain at least 4 references and citations from the learning resources detailed above.