Question

In an essay below, select two assessment tools that mental health professionals use to assess anxiety. Be sure to address the following in your essay:

How does anxiety impact the body, mind, and spirit of an individual?

What are the basic features of each assessment tool you are analyzing?

In what ways are they similar?

How do they differ?

What might cause a mental health professional to select one tool over the other based on client's differing needs?

Include at least three scholarly sources.    Thank you for helping

Answer 1

1. Stress refers to the response of the body in the critical situation or threat. It may be in reality or imagination. Body increase it’s alertness in the stress situation. This phenomenon is known as flute and fight response or stress response.

Stress adversely affect the body but it also badly affect the mind and soul because stress not only weakens the individual but also weaken his/her mind and soul.

The Perceived Stress Scale or pss is a classical instrument for assessment of stress.

Don Ardell stress assessment is very effective due to the approach which is holistic.

The tombstone stress assessment tool is very unique and effective and it is used when all other tools are done. It asses that aspect of an individual life which matters.

2. There are many similarities between assessment tools like

• they all are used to asses stress.

• They are related to the life of individuals and the effect of the situations in their lives.

• These tools have different methods but one goal the stress assessment.

3. There are many differences between assessment tools like

• All assessment tool has a different method of assessment.

• Pss is used to understand how situations put the effect on the stress and feeling on the individual.

On the other hand, Don Ardell focused on the physical, mental, social, and spiritual aspect of individual.

Tombstone assessment tool focused on goal and way and living of individual in order to asses stress in their lives.

4. Mantle health specialist may choose PSS for those clients who face situational stress.

On the other hand, Don Ardell stress assessment may be used by the specialist in order to do a holistic assessment for body, mind and soul.

Tombstone assessment may be used to asses the stress by focussing on individuals life good and living patterns.