Question

Rebecca has been diagnosed with a severe anxiety disorder and is working successfully on a recovery process. Rebecca tells Laura, her support worker, that she wants to return to university full-time to complete her education as part of her recovery process. Laura is concerned that this will be stressful for Rebecca and may trigger a reoccurrence of her anxiety. Laura has organised a planning session to complete Rebecca’s individualised plan

1. How can Laura ensure an integrated approach to her service delivery?

2.. Should Laura carry out a risk assessment specific to Rebecca’s circumstances? Why or why not?

3..Why is it important that Laura discuss the risks with Rebecca?

4..How could Laura work collaboratively with Rebecca to minimise risks?

5.How should Laura manage their conflicting opinions about Rebecca’s goals

Answer 1

1.Laura can ensure an integrated approach to her service delivery by involving the team members in the care. Interprofessional team members cannbe informed regarding patient staus to get the best service for the patient ,so that the patient is in safe zone

2.It is important to carry out a risk assessment specific to Rebecca's circumstances because patient often feels better when they are in the recovery process but they are still at risk of getting the panic attack or anxiety again by slight trigger from the external environment or the place where they go.

3.It is important to discuss the risk with the patient because of the high chance of relapsing of symptoms when patient is not completely recovered and tries to or wish to carry out their activities.

4.The colloborative care which can done here to reduce the risk are

• Educating the patient about the risk factors ,so that it can be avoided by the patient
• Behavioral therapy in order to gain confidence and strength when in external environment or when resuming previous activity
• Clarifying the queries of the patient

5.The conflicts opinions can be managed by professional and therapeutic relationship by describing what will be the best for patient in these types of situations so that it can be helpful for faster and steady recovery.Thus preventing any relapses.