SoCW-6060 & 6443-WK5-Responses
RESPONSE 1
Respond to at least two colleagues by in one of the following ways:
· Offer and support an opinion about the likely outcome based on the theories your colleague described.
· Make
a suggestion for another way in which each theory your colleague
described might inform social work practice when working with Tiffani.
· Expand on your colleague’s posting with more evidence in support of your colleague’s position.
Colleague 1: Shaquahia
Selected Article
The
article that I’ve selected in relation to the topic of women in society
it titled, “The Role of Women in Society: from Preindustrial to Modern
Times.” The article discussed the role of the women in agriculture and
distinguished based upon ethnicity. During the preindustrial period,
majority of the agriculture work was done by women, although dominated
by men. The article centered the women’s role based upon different
cultures and marital status. Once the plough was invented, women’s input
dwindled or ceased. In modern times, countries with a tradition of
plough use, women are less likely to participate in the labor market,
are less likely to own firms, and are less likely to participate in
national politics.
Feminist Theory
The
feminist theory I selected is liberal feminism. According to Robbins,
S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2012) liberal feminism refers
to women being basically the same as men and therefore should have
equal rights to men. The focus of the theory is for women’s rights to
control their own bodies through sexual education and contraception, in
relation to abortion rights. This theory relates to social work practice
due to the profession being majority women. Due to being a woman
dominated field, it shows that women can be in a leadership position as a
man could. This feminist theory hasn’t really influenced my
understanding of women’s role in society, but rather confirmed my
thought process. Often times we hear how men make more money than men,
although they can do the same job and this theory opposes that.
The Bradley Case
The
Bradley case better references radical feminism rather than my choice
of liberal. Radical feminism focuses on issues of violence against
women, including sexual harassment, rape, battering, and prostitution. My
views of women’s roles inform my next steps with Tiffani due to
teaching/assisting her with the liberal theory. The case ended with
Tiffani overcoming her urge to see Donald, attaining her GED and
planning to attend college. Due to such improvement, I would continue to
uplift Tiffani and encourage her to be the best she could be. Continue
with college and obtain a degree in the study that interests her. Even
finding part-time employment while attending college to keep her
occupied.
Reference
Giuliano, P. (2015). The Role of Women in Society: from Preindustrial to Modern Times. Cesifo Economic Studies, 61(1), 33-52.
Plummer,
S.-B., Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014). Sessions: Case
histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities
Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader]. Part 2, “The Bradley Family”
Robbins,
S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2012). Contemporary human
behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work (3rd ed.). Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 5, “Feminist Theory” (pp.
107–133)
Collegue 2: Jennifer
The
roles for women have evolved over time. The roles have changed from
being bare foot and pregnant with no equal rights to complete opposite
for women in today’s society. In today’s society women have developed
rights and have become empowered. Feminism provides insight about
certain aspects such as social, political and economic structures for
societies; and stresses that gender should be taken into consideration
when analyzing the impacts of oppression, domination, power and
powerlessness among society (Turner, & Maschi, 2015). Women were not
taken into consideration and had equal rights that women have today.
Although, women have gained rights and are more established, there is a
stigma among society were women struggle with oppression, domination,
power and powerlessness. Research has indicated despite social
constraints and changes for women across the nation, historically,
culture, specific religion and social controls over the female body have
been persistent in Turkey that is a lifelong process (Gursoy, William,
Sahinoglu, & Yesemin, 2014).
Social
workers are to take many aspects into consideration such as culture
race gender etc. Research has indication that the feminist theory is a
mode of analysis that encompasses certain ways of thinking, and acting
that is designed to transcend women’s liberation by ending oppression of
women throughout society (Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, 2012).
Social worker practice is intertwines with understand women’s roles in
society while striving to end oppression. Feminist social work practices
are related with empowering others and are sensitive towards the focus
on domination and subordination (Turner, & Maschi, 2015). In
addition the Ecofeminism theory seeks to end the subordination. The
Ecofeminism theory is linked with the domination of women within the
environment where women are viewed are closer to nature since women and
nature were viewed as being under the control of men (Robbins,
Chatterjee, & Canda, 2012). This theory relates to the social work
practice to empowering women to gain self-confidence, self-esteem and
becoming content with themselves. The power of control from men in
general can manifest into other issues that women are capable to
develop. Gender discriminations that have been continuous has led to
restriction towards Turkish women’s lives, decompensation of their
health, and punishment is implemented of acting contrary to social
expectations (Gursoy, William, Sahinoglu, & Yesemin, 2014). Social
workers are able to address these issues and empower others. Empowerment
is essential to the feminist theory such as seeking to enhance personal
and interpersonal and political power of the oppressed for individuals
(Turner, & Maschi, 2015).
As
a result, research has influenced my understanding of women’s roles
among society is despite that women have developed rights, women have
continued to struggle with discrimination among certain cultures,
religions and race throughout history. This has influenced me as a
social worker to continue to strive to end discrimination and meet the
client where they are at. Social workers are focused to socially change
issues of poverty, unemployment and other forms of social issues among
society (National Association of Social Workers, 2008).
References
Gursoy,
E., William, M. F., Sahinoglu, S., Yesemin, G. Y. (2014). Views of
Women’s Sexuality and Violence Against Women in Turkey. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 27(2), 189-198. doi:10.1177/1043659614550485
National Association of Social Workers.(2008). Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers
Robbins,
S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2012). Contemporary human
behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work (3rd ed.). Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon.
Turner,
S. G., & Maschi, T. M. (2015). Feminist and empowerment theory and
social work practice. Journal Of Social Work Practice, 29(2), 151–162.
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RESPONSE 2
· Respond to two of your colleagues’ posts by supporting or challenging one of the potential treatments.
· Explain your viewpoint and provide current scholarly evidence to support your position.
Colleague 1: Kerzell
I
selected the case study involving June. June is a 39-year-old female
who has been diagnosed with agoraphobia. She lives alone, and she works
from home. One of the biggest challenges of treating this disorder would
be getting June into the office to be treated. One of the main
characteristics of agoraphobia is the feeling of intense fear of anxiety
in response to public transportation, open spaces, enclosed places,
being in a line or a crowd, and/or being alone when not at home (APA,
2013). Another challenge would be working with June to expose her to her
fears as a way to help her adopt methods to cope with her fear and
anxiety. Lastly, it could be a challenge to help her become more social
since everything that happens in her life seems to place her in a
position to be alone. She must begin to work on her self-esteem and her
social skills.
An anxiolytic medication that would be beneficial to June is buspirone (BuSpar). This medication antagonizes the 5-HT1A receptors,
and it provides relief of anxiety without the client experiencing
sedation or euphoria. This is a first line medication for persistent
anxiety, and does not subject the client to dependence or withdrawal
(Lichtblau, 2011). Benzodiazepines may also be used to treat June as
well. Two common types are alprazolam (Xanax) and lorazepam (Ativan).
These medications affect GABA receptors, and they cause muscle
relaxation. One of biggest downsides to this medication is that it can
cause amnesia (Lichtblau).
As
a mental health professional, this information is very important. June
has a number of things going on that can contribute to her agoraphobia. I
would stick with the buspirone in conjunction with counseling, and work
towards removing her from the medication completely or sparingly. When
prescribing medication, it is important to look the lifestyle of the
client, and to carefully examine the effects of the medication on the
client. Mental health professional should share any and all concerns
with the community about any drug therapy. This is not a cookie cutter
profession, and sometimes what works for one client may not work for
another.
Reference
American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
(5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2012a). Anxiety disorder case study: June: Panic disorder with
agoraphobia[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Lichtblau, L. (2011). Psychopharmacology demystified. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar, Cengage
Colleague 2: Dawn
Treating Anxiety Disorder
There
are many challenges of treating the anxiety disorder as in the case of
June. She is 39 years old and has no reasoning behind her panic attacks
she feels as they came from nowhere (Laureate Education, 2012). She
began these attacks as she was out in public she experienced chest
tightness and chest pain as she was having a heart attack and fear of
losing control in public (Laureate Education, 2012). June also becomes
frighten and terrified when these panic attacks begin. The challenges
are to understand why the attacks occur because they can begin at any
time also everyone goes through a different experience when it come to
their anxiety. It also can be challenging to treat because it mimics
symptoms of other illness such as fatigue, headache, dizziness, and
nausea (Manag, 2005).
Treating
June with anxiolytic medications can be effective in treating her
anxiety. The anxiolytic medications help send key chemical signals to
the brain (Preston, O’Neal, Talaga, 2017).Three potential anxiolytic
medications are Alprazolam (Xanax), clonazepam (Klonopin) and diazepam
(Valium) (About Anxiolytics, 2017).
It
could become a potential problem for June because of the addiction risk
of these kinds of medications. June started taking medication 5 years
ago and continuing to take these kinds of medication the longer she
takes them she could build a drug tolerance (About Anxiolytics, 2017).
Mental
health professional’s approach to potential addiction risk is to take
an evidence-based approach to screening a person to make sure they are
not addicted to their medication (NIDA, 2016). They also can set up the
recovery goals to make sure they are not using the medication more than
necessary (Nida, 2016). When a patient first comes to seek treatment and
engages in counseling and other behavioral therapies they should first
try a less addictive medication before prescribing these other types of
medication.
As
a mental health professional, an important role is to communicate
concerns to other health care professionals by monitoring prescription
drugs between the prescription programs (Nida. 2016). These programs
help monitor through an electronic database and help monitor drug misuse
(Nida. 2016).
References
About Anxiolytics. (2017). Retrieved from http://www.healthline.com/health/anxiolytics#takeaway6
NIDA.
(2016). Misuse of Prescription Drugs. Retrieved from
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/misuse-prescription-drugs
on 2017, June 27
Laureate
Education (Producer). (2012a). Anxiety disorder case study: June: Panic
disorder with agoraphobia[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Preston,
J. D., O’Neal, J. H., & Talaga, M. C. (2017). Handbook of clinical
psychopharmacology for therapists (8th ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Chapter 9, “Anxiety Disorders” (pp. 107-122) Chapter 18, “Antianxiety
Medication” (pp. 217-226)
Manag. A.J.(2005). Anxiety Disorders in the 21st Century: Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Comorbidity With Depression
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