Chapter 16: Assessment Flashcards

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aims of a recovery-focused assessment include:

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  1. to promote and validate the development or personal meaning
  2. to amplify strengths rather than deficits
  3. to foster personal responsibility rather than passive compliance
  4. to support the development of a positive identity rather than an illness identity
  5. to develop hopefulness rather than hopelessness
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exploring the importance of personal meaning in the recovery process, the focus is on…

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avoiding the imposition of meaning on individuals fulfilling the role of a mental patient

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Baumeisters conceptual framework: four needs for meaning

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purpose
value
efficacy
self-worth

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purpose: definition and implication

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present events draw meaning from their connection with future events.

listen for personal meaning and meaning-making approaches in accounts of past and current events

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two types of purpose

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  • goals (an objective outcome: getting a job, a child)
  • fulfillments (a subjective anticipated state of future fulfilment -> being in love, going to heaven)
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wat zijn de implications van goals & fulfillments

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goals = identify personal goals, provide goal-setting and goal-striving support, facilitate access to mainstream opportunities (employment, education, leisure, social)

fulfullment = encourage optimism and hopefullness

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hoe kan je optimism and hopefullness supporten

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  • where would you like to be in 5 years?
  • how can i support you to work towards that dream?
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values =

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lends a sense of goodness or positivity to life, can justify certain courses of action

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values implication

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support spiritual development by facilitating access to groups etc.

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efficacy=

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a belief one can make a difference

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efficacy implication=

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identify and amplify times of wellbeing, when person showed mastery and coped with unanticipated difficulties.
plan ahead
identify personal and social resources
support the development of crisis plans

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self-worth=

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reasons for believing one is a good, worthy person

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self-worth implications

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actively encourage the person to take on giving back roles (voluntary, writing, becoming a mentor). foster affiliation with high status groups

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cultural competence =

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a means to facilitate individualized approaches, fostering recovery

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3 approaches to understanding experiences of psychosis:

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  1. finding specific and concrete meanings
  2. understanding metaphoric or thematic associations
  3. understanding the purpose and significane of a persons elaboration of their psychosis
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3 levels of understanding

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  1. understanding the meaning of madness
  2. understanding the meaning in madness
  3. understanding the meaning through madness
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Lazarus cognitive appraisal model defines coping as…

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constantly changing cognitive and behavioural efforts to manage demands.

coping strategies: problem-focused, emotion-focused, meaning-focused.
coping responses are further classified into avoidance (deny or seek escape) versus approach strategies (actively confront)

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clinical assessment should focus on 4 dimensions:

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  1. deficiencies and undermining characteristics of the person
  2. strenghts and assets of the person
  3. lacks and destructive factors in the environment
  4. resource and opportunities in the environment
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emotional avoidance: coping response, thoughts, feelings, behaviours, consequences/problems

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  • emotionally withdrawal from a too painful reality
  • there is no problem
  • drained, dead inside, wrung out, heavy, anxious, depressed
  • drugs, alcohol, social isolation, day-dreaming, excessive sleep, giving up
  • disengaged, amotivational, affective blunting, passivity, lacking insight
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reframing: coping response, thoughts, feelings, behaviours

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  • try to make sense of a situation in a way that fits with current beliefs
  • i can make sense of whats happened without changing myself
  • suspicious, anxious, afraid, alone, uncertain, angry
  • odd behaviour, increased religious activity
  • paranoid, delusional, reasoning bias, lacking insight
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active engagement: coping response, thoughts, feelings, behaviours

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  • try to change the world to fit with beliefs
  • i can change the situation without changing myself
  • engaged, angry
  • challenging
  • non compliant, manipulative
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integration: coping response, thoughts, feelings, behaviours

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  • change beliefs, values, and goals to better fit reality
  • this is how things are: what now?
  • acceptance, combined happiness & sadness
  • ventilation of feelings, use of social support
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the tendency to emphasize deficits is reinforced by…

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  • the structured approach of clinicians, who often overlook individuals coping abilities and positive aspects.
  • the lack of a shared language for dimensions beyond deficits contributes to this imbalance
  • the expectation that indiviudals are to be treated: individual and problem centered focus.
  • questions clinicians ask structure the dialogue: perpetuating a deficits focused discourse
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Mental Health Assessment onderdelen

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  • current strengths and resources
  • learning from the past
  • personal goals
  • past coping history
  • inherited resources
  • family environment
  • developmental history
  • valued social roles
  • social support
  • personal gifts (forensic history, drugs and alcohol)
  • personal recovery (premorbid personality)
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twee soorten cycles, een is recovery en een niet

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  • problem focused cycle
  • appreciative listening cycles
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appreciative listening cycle=

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listening together for passions, interests, dreams - a small/big life goal -> discover opportunities -> access resources -> face challenges -> listening…

= Discover, Dream, Design, Destiny

more consumer-led, acknowledges that these individuals hold valuable insights about their own life. it shifts responsibility to the individual, and views setbacks as opportunities for growth

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welke assessment kun je nog meer gebruiken in personal recovery voor aandacht naar strenghts

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the character strenghts assessment

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wat is een bekend proces tijdens personal recovery

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identity transformation

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welke twee processen gaan ten werking tijdens identity tranformation

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  1. redefinition (redefining existing elements)
  2. growth (developing new aspects)
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direct meaning of mental illness: redefinition

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  • my mental illness means i cannot function some of the time, rather than all the time
  • i have more control than anyone else over my mental illness
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direct meaning of mental illness: growth

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  • my mental illness has led me to understand myself in new ways
  • other people have been like me and recovered
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indirect meaning; redefinition

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  • my mental illness has happened because of my childhood
  • my mental illnes means i am in touch with my creativity
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indirect meaning: growth

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  • i am more compassionate to others now
  • my mental illness has given me a job, teaching about mental health issues
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organizing model of hope (russinova): omschrijving

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Key values, attitutes and behaviours that foster hope including: trusting the authenticity of the person, valuing the clients interpretations, maintaining cognitive flexibility.

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values: using interpersonal resources

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  • valuing the person as a unique human being
  • trust in their authenticity
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values: activating internal resources

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  • failure is a positive sing of engagement and contributes to self-knowledge
  • to be human is to have limitations - the challenge is to exceed or accept them
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attitudes: using intepersonal resources

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  • believing the persons potential and strength
  • accept the person for who they are
  • view set backs and relapse as a part of therapy
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attituted: activating internal resources

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  • losses need to be grieved for
  • the person needs to find meaning in mental illness & life
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attitutes: accessing external resources

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  • housing, employment, education are key external resources
  • employ recovered consumers in services as role models
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behaviours: using interpersonal resources

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  • listen non judgementally
  • tolerate the uncertainty about the persons future
  • show genuine concern for their wellbeing
  • use humour appropriately
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behaviours: activating internal resources

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  • support the person to reach goals
  • support better coping strategies
  • help recall previous achievements and positive experiences
  • support spirituality
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behaviours: accessing internal resources

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  • help contact with peer role models and self help groups
  • be available in crisis
  • support access to treatment and info
  • support relationships
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messages to communicate through assessment voorbeelden

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  • some ppl with similar experiences find it helpful to…
  • whatever sense you make of it, you wil over time increasingly fit this experience in the bigger picture