1. Consider how a mental health diagnosis could be beneficial to a client. What might be potential harm from a diagnosis?
Providing a diagnosis can be a relief for some and burden for others. Finally having a reason for something is beneficial because it typically will explain many why’s in that person’s life. Since most people do not or will not ever exhibit every symptom associated with the given disorder harm can present itself by way of the client “developing” every symptom.
2. Explain why it is an ethical responsibility for clinicians to be knowledgeable about diagnosis.
Being knowledgeable about how to properly diagnosis people as well as understand other clinicians diagnoses are partly tied to the above question. Administering the wrong diagnosis could have detrimental effects on clients emotionally and psychologically. If the wrong diagnosis is given it goes without saying that the underlying reason for treatment is going untreated.
3. Give examples of how you might utilize a diagnosis when formulating a treatment plan.…show more content… If it is found that a client has PTSD then the counselor would be aware of possible triggers and can also inform friends and family members about them; with the client’s consent of course. If the client has some type of phobia disorder then the counselor would have to decide on how best to treat it. They might want to try desensitization or exposure therapy or use the flooding technique. Another aspect of treating phobias is to utilize medications to decrease anxiety
