Biopsychosocial and Treatment Plan: Schizophrenia and Dissociative Disorders

For this assignment you will complete a biopsychosocial and treatment plan for a person presenting on the schizophrenic spectrum. Treating schizophrenia is different from some of the less serious mental illnesses because there is a multimodal component to treatment. Counselors must focus on whole-person stability, maintenance of functionality, and having a sense of productivity and sociability.

Choose a case from Ch. 3 of Clinical Assessment Workbook: Balancing Strengths and Differential Diagnosis.

Read the case and conduct a biopsychosocial assessment of the client described. If there is no Mini-Mental Status Exam completed, indicate that in the cognitive section of the Mental Status part of the assessment.

Although the case study may not provide in-depth information for all sections of the biopsychosocial assessment, please use the information as provided, and note if there is no information given for a specific area.

Complete the following using full sentences and appropriate grammar:

Biopsychosocial Assessment form
Your case conceptualization

Diagnose the individual within the case study based on the symptoms and the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. Support your diagnosis in the summary section of the Biopsychosocial Assessment form. Your assessment should be a minimum of 500 words.

Complete the following:

Treatment Plan form for this client based on best practice or evidence-based therapy
Justify your treatment plan with peer-reviewed research. Your treatment plan should be a minimum of 200 word