Write a 5-6 page assessment in which you identify
disorders in three case vignettes based on DSM criteria. Select one of the
cases to present evidence-based treatment recommendations, and support your
recommendations with findings from research.

Introduction

For both children and adults, the exact diagnosis and
treatment will vary depending on how long after the event symptoms appeared and
what those symptoms are. However, timeliness and preciseness of the diagnosis
is of utmost importance. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is a tool used
to diagnose and treat disorders.

For example, determining when anxiety is so severe
that it constitutes a disorder will depend on severral factors, including:

Other causes of anxiety are not identified. The
anxiety is not caused by a medical problem, or drug or substance abuse

The anxiety is distressing

The anxiety interferes with daily functioning

The anxiety does not stop on its own with a few days

Traumatic life events are not always as extreme as
those that occur in a war, but these events are often associated with
psychiatric disorders. Trauma-and stressor-related disorders now fall under the
trauma umbrella and include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), reactive
attachment disorder, disinhibited social engagement disorder, acute stress
disorder, and adjustment disorders. Sadly, children are too often exposed to
traumatic events and lack the coping skills to deal with them. Violence, abuse,
accidents, natural disasters, and serious illness are all traumatic events
children experience. With the DSM, both children and adults can receive the
proper treatment necessary to continue being functional members in society.

The DSM is a classification manual used by
professionals in the field of psychology. For this assessment, you will
diagnose three clients. Read the vignettes for each client in the Case Study
Vignettes. In your paper, for each client, indicate:

The diagnosis, discussing each criterion the client
fits and does not fit for that diagnosis from the DSM-5 (which you should
cite).

Select one of the clients and in a separate, final
section of the paper, complete the following:

Analyze two recommended treatments for the client and
explain why they would be recommended (one or both of these treatments should
come from a current peer-reviewed journal article).