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Differential diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
Read the “Topic 7: Discussion Question Special Topic List” and select a topic of interest from the list. In addition, review the TAP 21 and find a TAP 21 competency, which directly relates to your chosen topic. Discuss your chosen topic in this manner: topic, related TAP21 competency, why you chose the topic, and explain the topic/issue at hand.
Directions: Select one of the following special topics related to the substance use disorder field that interests you.
1. Documentation (SOAP, DAP, case notes, psychotherapy notes, intake and discharge summaries)
2. Support systems
3. State licensure vs. state certification to work in substance use disorder field
4. National and state substance use disorder organizations
5. Professional competence
6. Suicidality and the relationship with substance use disorders
7. Differential diagnosis
8. Interdisciplinary approach (informed consent, confidentiality, HIPAA, etc.)
9. Ethics in substance use disorder treatment
10. Resistance
11. Risk and resilience factors
12. CFR 42 law
13. Referrals (simultaneous and alternative)
14. Informed consent
15. Biopsychosocial intake
16. Difference between screening and assessment
17. Difference between formal and informal assessment
18. Termination/discharge/transfer
19. Levels of care
20. Stages of readiness
21. Working with families (Who is the client? Confidentiality, referrals for family)
22. TASC/probation involvement
23. Continuing education, supervision, and consultation
24. Self-care and self-awareness
25. Boundaries
26. Helping strategies/interventions
27. Insurance, Affordable Care Act, TriCare/ChampVA, benevolence programs, free medicine programs (C15)
28. Basic life skills/needs/resources/action plans and/or safety plans
29. PTSD as COD
30. Withdrawal symptoms
31. Handling crisis, dangerous situations, safety measures
Answers
Differential Diagnosis
Use your Inaba, D. S., & Cohen, W. E. (2011). Uppers, downers, all arounders: Physical and mental effects of psychoactive drugs (7th ed.). Ashland, OR: CNS Publications Inc. text to complete the following:
Read Chapter 9, “Treatment,” pages 430?503.
Use the Internet to complete the following:
Read TIP9: Chapter 1?Introduction of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Coexisting Mental Illness and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 9.”
Read TIP48: Chapter 1?Introduction of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “Managing Depressive Symptoms in Substance Abuse Clients During Early Recovery.”
Read “Appendix A: Decision Trees for Differential Diagnosis,” pages 745?757 in the DSM-IV-TR.
For this discussion, use Appendix A in the DSM-IV and create a scenario regarding a substance abuse disorder. Do not identify the diagnosis in your post.
Response Guidelines
Respond to at least two of your peers’ posts by using the Differential Diagnosis of Substance-Induced Disorders decision tree to identify the mental
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