Evaluating the Interventions Provided by Social Workers to Mental Health Patients (Other (Not Listed) Sample)

Mental Health Case Study
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Mental Health Case Study
J (to protect her privacy and confidentiality) was a promising young woman who excelled in her studies had an eye for fashion. However, just before she started graduate school, J displayed bizarre behaviors, became unkempt, and obsessed about colors and Princess Diana. She has now been diagnosed with schizophrenia and mental disabilities and is on management. In this essay, I discuss the interventions that a social worker can provide to J and her family; activities that J can engage in; organizations where J and her family can obtain information on her condition; and interventions available to J's family and her social worker if her condition deteriorates.
Social workers are called upon to empower mental health patients and their families to regain normalcy in their lives. For J (the service user), the social worker extends help to enable the individual to build resilience and meet daily needs such as housing and food by linking to social services or employment. To achieve these ends, the social worker assesses the needs of the service user, family, and community and works with all to achieve change and improve opportunities. In our case, J's parents and siblings need to be educated on her condition to provide the service user with appropriate community support, provide low-stress accommodation, and monitor and encourage J to comply with prescribed medicines. For the service user, the social worker provides psychosocial rehabilitation to enable J to develop skills for independence or live a productive life with minimal professional assistance (Gühne et al.,2020).