For this Discussion, ( 1 PAGE) search for an article on cultural factors relevant to addressing mental illness and analyze the approach provided in the article. Then consider how you as a social worker might apply cultural competence when working with clients with a mental illness. Refer to the "Cultural Formulation Interview" in the DSM-5 while considering applying cultural competence when working with clients with a mental illness. Finally, consider the types of barriers you might encounter when working with a client from a different culture when addressing a mental health diagnosis.

Post by Day 3 a brief summary of the article you selected and explain the approach the article suggests for addressing cultural influences of individuals with mental illness. Then explain how you, as a social worker, might utilize the "Cultural Formulation Interview" in the DSM-5 to apply cultural competence skills when working with clients who need help managing a mental illness. Finally, explain how acculturation affects an individual psychologically and sociocultural and describe a strategy you would implement as a social worker to help with the process.

Support your post with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references. No plagarism

NOTE: The Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) is a set of 16 questions that clinicians may use to obtain information during a mental health assessment about the impact of culture on key aspects of an individual's clinical presentation and care.

The goal of the CFI is to lay the foundation for person-centered care and shared decision-making by encouraging clinicians to engage people seeking services and their families, from the very start, in a dialogue about how their cultural identities, values and prior experiences shape their care expectations and goals. But the CFI remains an underdeveloped tool. Clinicians and people living with mental illness need to know that it exists, and to use it to build a new type of partnership, without prejudice or stereotypes. All people diagnosed with mental illness have cultural identities, and our mental health system cannot expect any one of them to leave who they are at the door.

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