Chronic Psychosocial Assignment
Instructions
Please complete focused assessments on two people in your community: One who is experiencing an acute psychosocial disorder and the other who is experiencing chronic psychosocial behavior. Examples: Acute behaviors may include recent onset of an illness such as dementia or psychosis, loss of a loved one, combative or aggressive behavior, and feelings of hopelessness. Chronic behaviors may include anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, suicidal ideation, memory loss, prolonged grieving, and continuous combative or aggressive behavior.
During your focused assessment of the people, you will be able to answer the following for both the acute and chronic psychosocial behaviors:
Identify the chronic diagnosis.
What stressors contribute to worsen the behavioral disorder?
What coping /behavioral strategies help the resident to cope with the disorder?
What medication/treatments are ordered and used for this diagnosis? Are they effective? How?
Is the resident able to see himself or herself into the future? If yes, what are some short-term and long-term goals that the resident shared with you?
What will you take away from working with this resident?
Reminder: Use only initials in your assignment.
