Assessment Project Analysis

Assessment Project Analysis

Briana Villalobos

BSHS 455

April 25, 2016

Rebecca Kirkham

Assessment Project Analysis

Introduction

In the human services field you see various individuals with numerous issues. Most of the time these issues include the individual battling with addiction to alcohol, drugs or both. Within this field our job as human service professionals is to help any and all clients that come to us. Making sure an individual’s needs are taken care of properly and securely is the best way to ensure success. Therefore, choosing an assessment has to be right for the client.

Assessment

The assessment that I have chosen to go with is AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test). The World Health Organization (WHO) are the ones who established the AUDIT in order to use it as an instrument for screening. The AUDIT encompasses ten different items: 1-3 quantity and regularity of concern for dangerous drinking, 4-6 worry about alcohol dependency, 7-10 alcohol associated issues like hurtful alcohol use (University of Phoenix, 2016). This type of assessment can be administered through an interview or a self-report questionnaire. Administered by qualified health care providers, a clinical screening procedure can be done when an individual is outspoken about their substance abuse or they cannot provide much answers when gathering additional information.

Indicators within clinical: tongue and hand tremors, blood vessels appearing in the face, through test (gamma-glutamyl transferase) enzymes are elevated in the liver, and changes in mucous within the mouth and membrane. When administering the AUDIT, you must take into account that clients have various substance abuse customs and preferences as well as come from different cultures therefore; that is why the AUDIT is available in various languages (University of Phoenix, 2016). After the interview or questionnaire has been given the score of the client will indicate the particular type of intervention that is needed. The four risk zones will indicate the diverse types of interventions: Zone 1 (score 0-7) alcohol education, Zone 2 (8-15) humble advice, Zone 3 (16-19) humble advice and brief counseling with recurrent monitoring, Zone 4 (20-40) referral to a professional that can provide the client with an analytical evaluation and treatment (University of Phoenix, 2016).

Assessment Useful or Not

To determine if the assessment was useful or not I had to implement the AUDIT’s interview version which consisted of 10 questions in order to determine which zone they belong in. I started off as the chapter suggested by saying “Now, (client), I am going to ask you ten questions about your use of alcoholic beverages during this past year. For example, wine, beer, liquor, or mixes.” (University of Phoenix, 2016). The Individual landed a score of 17 which is basically the very beginning of zone 3 which entails humble advice and brief counseling with recurrent monitoring. By doing this interview I was able to get a better understanding of the interviewee and his addiction with alcohol. (Client) is among the various and numerous individuals that cannot control their alcohol intake in which it becomes an addiction. (Client) felt that he did not have an addiction and that he had his drinking under control and could quit any time or lower his intake any time. (Client) did confess that his reason for drinking was to relieve stress, peer drinking, and depression.