The role of culture in assessment and treatment.

This essay will require you to explore the role of culture in assessment and treatment. Create a hypothetical
case by first identifying an individual’s culture (military, female, African American, college student, New Yorker,
etc), and secondly a substance abuse problem (alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamines, opioids, etc). Then
describe a specific treatment strategy that would be sensitive to the person’s culture and their addiction. Think
about how the person self-identifies with the culture, cultural explanation of the illness, cultural practices re: the
substance, and treatment barriers. I want you to carefully consider how a treatment plan might look different for
an American Indian with an alcohol addiction vs. a homeless person with a meth addiction, for example