Clinical social workers conduct psychosocial assessments to better understand the complex lives of clients. It is a guiding tool that aid social workers in obtaining relevant information such as demographics, identifying the problems and concerns, past and present experiences in order to give meaning to the client’s life. While this process is relevant to social workers, one can encounter challenging or difficult clients who will test the expertise of a social worker. This paper will discuss such client who was court ordered to complete parenting classes, individual therapy, random drug screening and has been non-compliant with treatment. Background Information: Salina is a 39-year-old Guyanese American female.…
At the same time, by reading the information provided in this website I was able to get some positive ways to cope with my daily stress levels. In the future, I am planning to take some more personal tests, which this website offers, free of charge. It is never too late to learn more things about me. After answering the questions about my levels of stress in college, job, personal relationships, and issues that may be overwhelm me, the results came as 487, which means that I have a high risk of becoming ill in the near future. I am totally in agreement with this information, due to the fact that I am already suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes.…
Holmes and Rahe (1967) Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) recognise main events that are stressful in life. Rahe 1970 investigations on 2500 male American sailors drew the conclusion that life change correlates positively with illness scores such that life events increase people’s chance of stress-related health problems (McLeod, 2010). Daily hassles (frequent occurrences) like getting stuck in traffic can influence health behaviour. Kanner et al (1981) investigated daily hassle on major life events to find out which gives more stress.…
Life Change Scale After completing Life Change Index Scale (The Stress Test) I received my score added up to 506 points. I am not surprised that my score was high because I am the type of person that does not like change. Every time I perceive that there is going to be changes in my life my stress level becomes high.…
The COPE inventory allows an individual to understand how they cope through stress. There is no particular way to the score the COPE inventory, and no normative data or coping style for the individual taking the test. There is no wrong or rights answers, choose the best answer that you would do and not what someone else would do. Everyone deals with stress differently, but individuals find a way to cope with stress using different approaches. There are two types of coping, problem-focused coping, it is focus on problem solving or doing something to alter the source of the stress, and emotion-focused coping, where it is focus on decreasing the emotional distress this is associated with the situation (Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989).…
From the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), I got 123 points which means "You have only a low to moderate chance to becoming ill in the near future" as shown, because a relatively low amount of life change and a low susceptibility to stress-induced health breakdown. One's body might more health as the score gets lower. When someone doesn't have too much "stress", he has lower chance to get illness. "Health is affected when physiological reactions are sustained, as can happen in response to ongoing stress. " I believe that 123 is not a really high score in that test, because I enjoy what I'm doing, and I enjoy how I'm living.…
I have never put much thought into stress, but as time went on I realized how stress genuinely decide our future. There were various points I was interested in, but there are three main points I personally found intriguing: stress can sometimes be manipulated to a greater extent, the amount of stress varies depending on what rank you are associated with in a society, and also how stress can extensively affect a person’s health. Stress can sometimes be manipulated to a greater extent.…
My findings of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale are very scary. My score was 1159, and according to that, I am on my way to death at an early age. It is going to be quite challenging this week for me as I attempt to stop smoking cigarettes “cold turkey”. Smoking is my biggest problem it is literally holding me back from healthy habits. Some things I can change and some are out of my control.…
What is adjustment disorder and how to deal with it? Adjustment disorder is a problem that arises when there is a sudden change in life, divorce, work pressure, illness or breakups. Often individuals are seen asking what is adjustment disorder and how to fight out the situation. It is all due to problems around when a person face extreme stress and emotional problems.…
1. My score is average stress. I am satisfied with my stress category. I am satisfied because I am glad to not be highly stressed out.…
Credibility: In a National Health Interview Survey there was a thirty-three point seven percentage increase in mortality in people who thought stress as a large portion of their life in comparison to people who did not (Keller et al. , 2012). Relevance to Audience: The mindset that we as individuals have towards stress has as a direct association between our physical and mental health. Preview…
JOURNAL-1 After completing the first journal entry, I found that my stress level is below the average that is very good for me. there are only a few areas where my score relates that I am under stress. I was amazed when I found that my stress level is under my control. In order to keep my stress at the same level and to overcome some of the stress in my life, I have to go through my health textbook.…
All too often, people (especially children) are not taught to properly express their thoughts and emotions. "Children should be seen and not heard" is an all too famous (infamous) motto that has been used for a long time. However, if humans are not supposed to express their thoughts, what happens? We learn to stuff our emotions down and repression becomes second nature after a while. The problem is that thoughts and emotions are meant to be expressed, not repressed.…
Taking this health 111 class, I have come to an actual and truthful self-realization of my stress level. I have known and better understood that I always put myself the last or in the middle of everything that I do in life; as to what is concern my emotional and internal health. I always try to eat healthy, exercise and maintaining my ideal…
My experience of stress can be best described as a rollercoaster, steadily climbing and once at the top it can plunge down and back up and to the left and to the right, almost as if the stress is controlling the ride. Stress has changed over the years as well. My early childhood life didn’t include the worry of life, but the concern of self. I grew up as a very shy individual and was constantly scared to talk or speak in many situations. I am not sure how or why I was a shy individual, but it was a big stressor during my early development.…