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Discussion 1 – Week 3 My Discussion
Discussion 1: Mental Health and the Family
Mental health
Due to the explosives and combat that Marcus was exposed to, his mental wellbeing was affected. In addition, during the explosions, Marcus experienced a traumatic brain injury. Through these traumatic events, his mental wellbeing was affected, which is why he started feeling distant from his wife and being an unattentive father with his son. The social environment experienced during his deployment left him with post-trauma due to the horrible things that happened, such as the bl; arts and the wounds caused by the shrapnel from the improvised explosive devices. Trauma has harmed life of Marcus. Firstly he had a goal to continue with education and employment. When he returned, the motivation to chase these dreams disappeared (Curwen et al., 2018). This is because his mind was carried away by events, his deployment experiences, and the trauma he was experiencing. Due to trauma, although he loved his wife, he felt disconnected from her, and also, he was unattentive to his son. He spent most of his time smoking cigarettes on his back porch and staring at the space. He also had nightmares and lost sleep as the post-traumatic stress.
As a social worker, I would try to inform Marcus on his evaluation areas, such as neurological and physical education. Due to his history of traumatic brain injury, I would ensure he gets examined to rule out the probability of behavioral and cognitive complications. Afterward, I would use cognitive behavioral therapy to evaluate the intrusive memories that he experiences the combat experiences and the emotional numbing. I would also use cognitive behavioral therapy to ensure that the irrational and negative thoughts are dismantled. The treatment would also replace his negative thoughts with more positive ones. Also, I would include his family in the treatment to ensure he gets maximum support from them.
References
Curwen, B., Palmer, S., & Ruddell, P. (2018). Brief cognitive behavior therapy. Sage.
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