Agency Memo - Outline

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Purpose

For this assignment, you will complete the first installment of your agency memo assignment (see Instruction section below).

Instructions

In one to two pages, complete 1, 2, and 3 below ONLY by downloading and using this Memo Outline form.

1. Population

Describe your target population and problem or issue experienced by members of that population (see examples below). In all likelihood, the information you will use to describe your target population will come from some government source such as the U.S. Children's Bureau (Child Welfare Information Gateway), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), or the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), or some advocacy organization such as the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), or the Children's Defense Fund (CDF). Be sure to include appropriate citations in your response.

MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT - individuals with end-stage renal disease who have been on dialysis for a long time and who are experiencing severe depression (problem or issue here is severe depression).


2. Available interventions
Identify at least three and no more than five evidence-based interventions that could be used to address the problem or issue faced by members of your target population. Be sure to document the evidence for intervention use in your response.
3. Evidence for intervention use
Select two interventions from the group identified in the previous step that show particular promise for addressing the problem or issue experienced by members of your target population

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Running head: MEMO

1
Memo
Institution Affiliation
Instructor’s Name
Student’s Name
Course Code
Date

MEMO

2

TO:

Social Work Supervisor

Date:

(date assignment due)

FROM:

(Your name here)

RE:

Intervention recommendation for Mental Health Treatment
MEMO

Population
Mental health problem has affected a large number of people in the society. The population that
has been changed has continually increased. In this case, the research focused on individuals
with the end-stage renal disease who have been on dialysis for a long time and who have been
experiencing severe depression. The population is significant because it is targeting the specific
individuals with a mental disease that is as a result of renal diseases. Such groups of people have
been facing numerous challenges in their day to day activities. It is therefore essential to ensure
that the population for the study is intact and reliable. Additionally, the size of the population
was 118 patients. This number is part of the participants from different stages of the renal
diseases. Trajectories from the pre-dialysis and post-transplantation represented the patient
experiences. All adults affected by this diseases were eligible to participate. Lastly, the
immediate help that can be offered to the population id guidance and counseling, treatment and
support.

MEMO

3

Available interventions

Many patients did not like the process. Hence, most of them reported ambivalence dependence
on dialysis treatment. Although the process was essential, they were troubled by the time and
quality of life they had to sacrifice to undergo the treatment. The reports also show that some of
the patients did not see sense to undergo the treatment. The need to have permanent fistula
which was essential for the treatment brought a sense of burden to the patients. Many patients
talked about the discomfort they experienced while displaying their fistula and also some
disguised it under clothing (Stone, 2016).
Many types of research have been carried out about this condition. Some of the major findings
include patients undergoing treatment mentioned that being restricted to fluids, diet and leisure
activities were a significant loss. Such restrictions also ...


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