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Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
Key Assignment
For this assignment, you will write a formal paper on a person with an untreated addiction who is in the critical stage. You will choose the drug of choice, gender, age, culture, religion, and ethnicity of this person and his or her family. You also need to describe the family system. Is he or she married, single, divorced, or widowed? Does he or she have children? If so, how many and what ages and genders? Is this a mixed family, blended family, or traditional family? Describe the behavioral and psychological issues related to the health, family, financial, social, and legal problems associated with this person’s addiction.
Finally, discuss your plan of action and what resources might be available for this person and his or her family to work through to stability. For example, since the person is critical, what do you need to do first? Then, cover the process from stabilizing the crisis to ongoing measures taken to maintain the person’s stability. You can choose various approaches such as traditional 12-step, holistic, and other avenues of treatment that are open to this person and his or her family. Utilize a treatment plan, identifying the type of treatment you believe is best in the case you are presenting. Conclude your report with a summary of why you think this is the best treatment for this person in the context of all of the issues described above.
Assignment Guidelines
Address the following in a formal paper of 1,000–1,250 words:
For this assignment, you will write a formal paper on a person with an untreated addiction who is in the critical stage. You will be creating the scenario yourself.
You will choose the following with regard to your paper’s scenario:
Drug of choice
Gender
Age
Culture
Religion
Ethnicity
Describe the person’s family system:
Is he or she married, single, divorced, or widowed?
Does he or she have children? If so, how many and what ages and genders?
Is this a mixed family, blended family, or traditional family?
Describe the behavioral and psychological issues related to the health, family, financial, social, and legal problems associated with this person’s addiction.
Once the scenario is complete with the above information, address the following questions:
What will be your plan of action to treat the individual from the scenario?
Since he or she is critical, what do you need to do first? Explain.
What resources might be available for this person and his or her family to work through to stability? Explain.
Explain the process from stabilizing this particular crisis to ongoing measures taken to maintain the individual’s stability.
What treatment plan would you use to identify the type of treatment you believe is best in this case? Explain.
Conclude your report with a summary of why you think this is the best treatment for this person in the context of all of the issues described in your scenario.
You are required to use at least five (5) legitimate scholarly sources.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.
Label part two and complete the following questions
Address the following and add your responses to your Key Assignment Final Draft:
Briefly discuss your case and plan as if you were at a team meeting with other professionals.
Give an overview of the case and plan and why you think this is the best course of action for this individual and his or her family.
Provide 2 scholarly references to support your argument.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA sytle.
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