Psycho-social Assessment

Psycho-social Assessment

Executive Summary

Psychosocial assessment is a systematic assessment taken by social workers for analyzing the mental and social condition of a patient. This case covers the condition of Belinda who faced huge challenges throughout her life. She didn't get any sort of support from her childhood till her present married life. She is now currently facing from concussion and wrist injury. I have recommended her with a complete program for the psychosocial support.

Psycho-social Assessment

Introduction

The psychosocial assessment is a planned, structured and continuous assessment that the social workers observe, collect, analyze and reformulate into data meaningful data that explicates the objective, subjective circumstances and psychosocial needs of a person or a group. It assists to formulate processes for better performance (Bass, 1990).

Phases of the Evaluation of Psychosocial Factors

The evaluation of psychosocial factors, like all general risk assessment is a complex process that involves a series of actions or steps successive interrelated (Costa McCrae, 1989).

It also requires the participation of workers or their representatives at all stages of evaluation. Workers or their representatives must be consulted and be involved from early planning stage as to what things need to assess where and how, until the decision phase of the measures to be taken to improve working conditions (Costa & McCrae, 1992).

Patient Profile

Name

Belinda

Age

35

Marital Status

Married

Children

Three

Religion

Christian

Medical problem

Psychological, Concussion and wrist injury

Present Situation

Belinda arrived in the emergency department with her children. She has been diagnosed with a slight concussion and a fractured wrist.

Current Signs & Symptoms (observed and described by client or other):

She is completely dissatisfied with her life. Although she was not expressing that what has happened to her but she was apparently beaten up hardly but someone and most probably by her husband. She was not able to expound everything as she was a bit unconscious (Eysenck, 1970).

Symptoms include:

Confusion

Loss of memory about the accident

Mild headaches or neck pain

Nausea

Difficulty

Remembering things

paying attention or concentrating Organizing daily tasks

Making decisions and solving problems

Slowness in thinking, acting, speaking or reading

Feeling fatigued or tired

Change in sleep patterns:

Sleeping much longer than normal

Difficulty sleeping

Loss of balance

Feeling dizzy or light-headed

Increased sensitivity to:

Sounds

Lights

Distractions

Blurred vision or eyes that tire easily

Loss of sense of taste or smell

Ringing in the ears

Mood changes:

Feeling sad, anxious or indifferent

Becoming easily irritated or annoyed by irrelevant reasons or for no reason

Lack of motivation

Case Notes and Past History

Belinda grew up in a large family in a remote Aboriginal mission. Belinda's family were not well off though her father worked at a nearby mine which gave her family slightly more money than most families in the community (Ganster, 1987). Partly for this reason, Belinda's home was a common 'drop-in' house in the community and was also seen as something of a 'party' house by some members of Belinda's extended family. Belinda had 7 brothers and sisters and was the oldest, frequently taking responsibility for the other ...