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1. [From 10$/Pg] Providing Mental Health Sensitive
[From 10$/Pg] Providing Mental Health SensitiveAfrican Refugee case study. Paul is a man
in his 30s who fled his home country in East Africa. Paul recounted growing up under an
oppressive regime in his country, and he became politically active at a young age. He
attended a deeply split and politicized high school and grew up in what he described as a
relatively affluent and middle-class family. He also spoke of his belief that it was the role of
the middle class in his country to work toward political change, even though political
activity was deeply repressed and dangerous. He learned English in his secondary school
and spoke it fluently. He reported having no psychiatric difficulties prior to the incidents
leading to his fleeing his country. In response to an upcoming local election, Paul began to
increase his visible political activity. One night when he was returning home to his mother’s
house where he lived, he was ambushed and kidnapped. He was kept in confinement in a
room for over two weeks and was interrogated and tortured. He was told by his captors that
they would never let him go and that his family would be tortured as well. He was deprived
of food, beaten into unconsciousness, forced into ice-cold water, given electric shocks, and
forced to listen to the screams of other prisoners. He believed he would be killed. Eventually
he was put into a van and dumped on the side of a road and warned that his life would
continue to be in danger. He was hospitalized for over a month for his injuries. Realizing
that he had no other option, he arranged to flee to the United States and apply for political
asylum. His family continues to receive threatening phone calls demanding to know where
he is. He was referred to treatment by his primary care physician whom he saw for
continued pain related to his torture injuries. He lived in the basement of a house of a family
from his home country whom he met at a religious function.Assessment/Conceptualization:
Consider how you would apply evidence-based practices. Specifically, what does existing
research suggest about this particular presenting concern (find one additional reference to
answer this question)? What are the sociohistorical contexts of the client’s social
identity(ies) that you’d want to consider? What are the client’s strengths? What additional
information would you want to ask about?Intervention/Treatment Planning: Identify what
approaches you would take in providing mental health sensitive services working with this
client. How would you show cultural humility? What might you say and do to develop
rapport? Ethical Issues and Advocacy: Identify potential ethical concerns you’d want to be
mindful of, including your own self-awareness and the interaction between your identities
and biases with the client. What current sociopolitical issues or current events might
impact the client that you’d want to be mindful of?Scholarly Writing and Critical Thinking:

2. Integrated and cited course material throughout case conceptualization. Included at least
one additional scholarly (peer reviewed) reference OUTSIDE OF THE COURSE MATERIAL.
Used APA style appropriately and writing is organized without typos.