RESPONSE 1 Respond  to at least two colleagues by in one of the following ways: · Offer and support an opinion about the likely outcome based on the theories your colleague described. · Make a suggestion for another way in which each theory your colleague described might inform social work practice when working with Tiffani. · Expand on your colleague’s posting with more evidence in support of your colleague’s position. Colleague 1: Shaquahia Selected Article The article that I’ve selected in relation to the topic of women in society it titled, “The Role of Women in Society: from Preindustrial to Modern Times.” The article discussed the role of the women in agriculture and distinguished based upon ethnicity. During the preindustrial period, majority of the agriculture work was done by women, although dominated by men. The article centered the women’s role based upon different cultures and marital status. Once the plough was invented, women’s input dwindled or ceased. In modern times, countries with a tradition of plough use, women are less likely to participate in the labor market, are less likely to own firms, and are less likely to participate in national politics. Feminist Theory The feminist theory I selected is liberal feminism. According to Robbins, S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2012) liberal feminism refers to women being basically the same as men and therefore should have equal rights to men. The focus of the theory is for women’s rights to control their own bodies through sexual education and contraception, in relation to abortion rights. This theory relates to social work practice due to the profession being majority women. Due to being a woman dominated field, it shows that women can be in a leadership position as a man could. This feminist theory hasn’t really influenced my understanding of women’s role in society, but rather confirmed my thought process. Often times we hear how men make more money than men, although they can do the same job and this theory opposes that. The Bradley Case The Bradley case better references radical feminism rather than my choice of liberal. Radical feminism focuses on issues of violence against women, including sexual harassment, rape, battering, and prostitution. My views of women’s roles inform my next steps with Tiffani due to teaching/assisting her with the liberal theory. The case ended with Tiffani overcoming her urge to see Donald, attaining her GED and planning to attend college. Due to such improvement, I would continue to uplift Tiffani and encourage her to be the best she could be. Continue with college and obtain a degree in the study that interests her. Even finding part-time employment while attending college to keep her occupied. Reference Giuliano, P. (2015). The Role of Women in Society: from Preindustrial to Modern Times. Cesifo Economic Studies, 61(1), 33-52. Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014). Sessions: Case histories. Baltimore, MD: ...

1. RESPONSE 1
Respond
to at least two colleagues by in one of the following ways:
·
Offer and support an opinion about the likely outcome based on
the theories your colleague described.
·
Make a suggestion for another way in which each theory your
colleague described might inform social work practice when
working with Tiffani.
·
Expand on your colleague’s posting with more evidence in
support of your colleague’s position.
Colleague 1: Shaquahia
Selected Article
The article that I’ve selected in relation to the topic of women
in society it titled, “The Role of Women in Society: from
Preindustrial to Modern Times.” The article discussed the role
of the women in agriculture and distinguished based upon
ethnicity. During the preindustrial period, majority of the
agriculture work was done by women, although dominated by
men. The article centered the women’s role based upon different
cultures and marital status. Once the plough was invented,
women’s input dwindled or ceased. In modern times, countries
with a tradition of plough use, women are less likely to
participate in the labor market, are less likely to own firms, and
are less likely to participate in national politics.

2. Feminist Theory
The feminist theory I selected is liberal feminism. According to
Robbins, S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2012) liberal
feminism refers to women being basically the same as men and
therefore should have equal rights to men. The focus of the
theory is for women’s rights to control their own bodies through
sexual education and contraception, in relation to abortion
rights. This theory relates to social work practice due to the
profession being majority women. Due to being a woman
dominated field, it shows that women can be in a leadership
position as a man could. This feminist theory hasn’t really
influenced my understanding of women’s role in society, but
rather confirmed my thought process. Often times we hear how
men make more money than men, although they can do the same
job and this theory opposes that.
The Bradley Case
The Bradley case better references radical feminism rather than
my choice of liberal. Radical feminism focuses on issues of
violence against women, including sexual harassment, rape,
battering, and prostitution.
My views of women’s roles inform my next steps with Tiffani
due to teaching/assisting her with the liberal theory. The case
ended with Tiffani overcoming her urge to see Donald, attaining
her GED and planning to attend college. Due to such
improvement, I would continue to uplift Tiffani and encourage
her to be the best she could be. Continue with college and
obtain a degree in the study that interests her. Even finding
part-time employment while attending college to keep her

3. occupied.
Reference
Giuliano, P. (2015). The Role of Women in Society: from
Preindustrial to Modern Times. Cesifo Economic Studies, 61(1),
33-52.
Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014).
Sessions: Case histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International
Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader]. Part 2, “The
Bradley Family”
Robbins, S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2012).
Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for
social work (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon.
Chapter 5, “Feminist Theory” (pp. 107–133)
Collegue 2: Jennifer
The roles for women have evolved over time. The roles have
changed from being bare foot and pregnant with no equal rights
to complete opposite for women in today’s society. In today’s
society women have developed rights and have become
empowered. Feminism provides insight about certain aspects
such as social, political and economic structures for societies;
and stresses that gender should be taken into consideration
when analyzing the impacts of oppression, domination, power
and powerlessness among society (Turner, & Maschi, 2015).
Women were not taken into consideration and had equal rights
that women have today. Although, women have gained rights
and are more established, there is a stigma among society were
women struggle with oppression, domination, power and
powerlessness. Research has indicated despite social constraints
and changes for women across the nation, historically, culture,
specific religion and social controls over the female body have
been persistent in Turkey that is a lifelong process (Gursoy,
William, Sahinoglu, & Yesemin, 2014).

4. Social workers are to take many aspects into consideration such
as culture race gender etc. Research has indication that the
feminist theory is a mode of analysis that encompasses certain
ways of thinking, and acting that is designed to transcend
women’s liberation by ending oppression of women throughout
society (Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, 2012). Social worker
practice is intertwines with understand women’s roles in society
while striving to end oppression. Feminist social work practices
are related with empowering others and are sensitive towards
the focus on domination and subordination (Turner, & Maschi,
2015). In addition the Ecofeminism theory seeks to end the
subordination. The Ecofeminism theory is linked with the
domination of women within the environment where women are
viewed are closer to nature since women and nature were
viewed as being under the control of men (Robbins, Chatterjee,
& Canda, 2012). This theory relates to the social work practice
to empowering women to gain self-confidence, self-esteem and
becoming content with themselves. The power of control from
men in general can manifest into other issues that women are
capable to develop. Gender discriminations that have been
continuous has led to restriction towards Turkish women’s
lives, decompensation of their health, and punishment is
implemented of acting contrary to social expectations (Gursoy,
William, Sahinoglu, & Yesemin, 2014). Social workers are able
to address these issues and empower others. Empowerment is
essential to the feminist theory such as seeking to enhance
personal and interpersonal and political power of the oppressed
for individuals (Turner, & Maschi, 2015).
As a result, research has influenced my understanding of
women’s roles among society is despite that women have
developed rights, women have continued to struggle with
discrimination among certain cultures, religions and race
throughout history. This has influenced me as a social worker to
continue to strive to end discrimination and meet the client
where they are at. Social workers are focused to socially change
issues of poverty, unemployment and other forms of social

5. issues among society (National Association of Social Workers,
2008).
References
Gursoy, E., William, M. F., Sahinoglu, S., Yesemin, G. Y.
(2014). Views of Women’s Sexuality and Violence Against
Women in Turkey.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing
, 27(2), 189-198. doi:10.1177/1043659614550485
National Association of Social Workers.(2008). Code of Ethics
of the National Association of Social Workers
Robbins, S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2012).
Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for
social work (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon.
Turner, S. G., & Maschi, T. M. (2015). Feminist and
empowerment theory and social work practice. Journal Of
Social Work Practice, 29(2), 151–162.
RESPONSE 2
·
Respond
to two of your colleagues’ posts by supporting or challenging
one of the potential treatments.
·
Explain your viewpoint and provide current scholarly evidence
to support your position.

6. Colleague 1: Kerzell
I selected the case study involving June. June is a 39-year-old
female who has been diagnosed with agoraphobia. She lives
alone, and she works from home. One of the biggest challenges
of treating this disorder would be getting June into the office to
be treated. One of the main characteristics of agoraphobia is the
feeling of intense fear of anxiety in response to public
transportation, open spaces, enclosed places, being in a line or a
crowd, and/or being alone when not at home (APA, 2013).
Another challenge would be working with June to expose her to
her fears as a way to help her adopt methods to cope with her
fear and anxiety. Lastly, it could be a challenge to help her
become more social since everything that happens in her life
seems to place her in a position to be alone. She must begin to
work on her self-esteem and her social skills.
An anxiolytic medication that would be beneficial to June is
buspirone (BuSpar). This medication antagonizes the 5-HT
1A
receptors, and it provides relief of anxiety without the client
experiencing sedation or euphoria. This is a first line
medication for persistent anxiety, and does not subject the
client to dependence or withdrawal (Lichtblau, 2011).
Benzodiazepines may also be used to treat June as well. Two
common types are alprazolam (Xanax) and lorazepam (Ativan).
These medications affect GABA receptors, and they cause
muscle relaxation. One of biggest downsides to this medication
is that it can cause amnesia (Lichtblau).
As a mental health professional, this information is very
important. June has a number of things going on that can

7. contribute to her agoraphobia. I would stick with the buspirone
in conjunction with counseling, and work towards removing her
from the medication completely or sparingly. When prescribing
medication, it is important to look the lifestyle of the client, and
to carefully examine the effects of the medication on the client.
Mental health professional should share any and all concerns
with the community about any drug therapy. This is not a cookie
cutter profession, and sometimes what works for one client may
not work for another.
Reference
American Psychiatric Association (2013).
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
(5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2012a).
Anxiety disorder case study: June: Panic disorder with
agoraphobia
[Video file]
.
Baltimore, MD: Author.
Lichtblau, L. (2011).
Psychopharmacology demystified
. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar, Cengage
Colleague 2: Dawn
Treating Anxiety Disorder

8. There are many challenges of treating the anxiety disorder as in
the case of June. She is 39 years old and has no reasoning
behind her panic attacks she feels as they came from nowhere
(Laureate Education, 2012). She began these attacks as she was
out in public she experienced chest tightness and chest pain as
she was having a heart attack and fear of losing control in
public (Laureate Education, 2012). June also becomes frighten
and terrified when these panic attacks begin. The challenges are
to understand why the attacks occur because they can begin at
any time also everyone goes through a different experience
when it come to their anxiety. It also can be challenging to treat
because it mimics symptoms of other illness such as fatigue,
headache, dizziness, and nausea (Manag, 2005).
Treating June with anxiolytic medications can be effective in
treating her anxiety. The anxiolytic medications help send key
chemical signals to the brain (Preston, O’Neal, Talaga,
2017).Three potential anxiolytic medications are Alprazolam
(Xanax), clonazepam (Klonopin) and diazepam (Valium) (About
Anxiolytics, 2017).
It could become a potential problem for June because of the
addiction risk of these kinds of medications. June started taking
medication 5 years ago and continuing to take these kinds of
medication the longer she takes them she could build a drug
tolerance (About Anxiolytics, 2017).
Mental health professional’s approach to potential addiction
risk is to take an evidence-based approach to screening a person
to make sure they are not addicted to their medication (NIDA,
2016). They also can set up the recovery goals to make sure
they are not using the medication more than necessary (Nida,

9. 2016). When a patient first comes to seek treatment and engages
in counseling and other behavioral therapies they should first
try a less addictive medication before prescribing these other
types of medication.
As a mental health professional, an important role is to
communicate concerns to other health care professionals by
monitoring prescription drugs between the prescription
programs (Nida. 2016). These programs help monitor through an
electronic database and help monitor drug misuse (Nida. 2016).
References
About Anxiolytics. (2017). Retrieved from
http://www.healthline.com/health/anxiolytics#takeaway6
NIDA. (2016). Misuse of Prescription Drugs. Retrieved from
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-
reports/misuse-prescription-drugs on 2017, June 27
Laureate Education (Producer). (2012a). Anxiety disorder case
study: June: Panic disorder with agoraphobia[Video file].
Baltimore, MD: Author.
Preston, J. D., O’Neal, J. H., & Talaga, M. C. (2017). Handbook
of clinical psychopharmacology for therapists (8th ed.).
Oakland, CA: New Harbinger. Chapter 9, “Anxiety Disorders”
(pp. 107-122) Chapter 18, “Antianxiety Medication” (pp. 217-
226)
Manag. A.J.(2005).

10. Anxiety Disorders in the 21st Century: Status, Challenges,
Opportunities, and Comorbidity With Depression
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