Create a Handbook of Best Evidence-Based Practices for a Selected Behavioral Health Issue
Assignment. Task: Submit to complete this assignment. For this week’s Signature Assignment, you will once again revisit your focus topic and the behavioral health issue that you chose in Weeks 3 and 5 (mental health and substance abuse among homeless individuals ). You will also continue to visualize yourself in your role as clinical manager at a local non-profit mental health clinic. Now that you have obtained the $25,000 grant that addresses your focus topic, the director of clinical services has asked you to create a handbook of evidence-based practices for this issue. The handbook will be utilized as a training and resource tool for all clinical staff within your agency. The handbook must minimally include the following components:
Provide a table of contents.
Include a section on evidence-based assessment(s) that would be appropriate tools to use with clients who have the behavioral health issue you have chosen. Justify your choices.
Include a section describing and assessing evidence-based interventions, programs, and practices that address your behavioral health issue.
Include a section to address cultural competency related to this behavioral health issue and client intervention.
Document any applicable behavioral health statutes and regulations clinical staff must be familiar with before working with clients. Support your assignment with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.
Length: 10-12 pages, not including title and reference pages
…………………and unstable family situations increase the likelihood that an individual will experience homelessness at some point in their lifetime. There is evidence that early childhood exposure to traumatic events is associated with later homelessness.
Several studies have been conducted to understand better the mental health and substance use disorders that homeless individuals face and to identify ways to mitigate their effects (Davis et al., 2019). According to study results, more than half of homeless people have seriously considered or attempted suicide (Panadero et al., 2018), and previous research has shown that this population has a higher suicide rate than the general population. However, the relationship between mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among homeless adults in many states is poorly understood (Hossain et al., 2020). This paper covers evidence-based interventions for homelessness to reduce the rates of mental health and substance abuse. They include social support services, medical care and housing support (Hossain et al., 2020). Taking a neutral, empathetic, patient-centered approach allows clinicians to recognize ambivalence, respond appropriately, and aid in treating and recovering from substance misuse.
Assessment tools for mental health and substance abuse
The objective of the assessment is to compile all the specific data necessary to formulate a treatment strategy suited to the individual patient's requirements. By using various standardized assessment tools and methods for conducting interviews, counsellors can efficiently screen and evaluate clients (Czeisler, et al., 2020). Assessment methods must be approached with an appreciation for cultural significance and potential. Among the assessment tools for substance use disorder are Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS), CAGE, and Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST). Assessment tools for mental health disorders in……………….