Discuss with your classmates what was surprising to you as a psychology student and a consumer. What aspects of these drugs were comforting to you? What aspects did you find concerning? Why?

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Week 2 Discussion

Take a look at this lecture by Karen L. Swartz, M.D. that was delivered during the John Hopkins 25th Annual Mood Disorders Research/Education Symposium entitled:

Antidepressants & the Placebo Controversies.

Look up information on a particular drug used to treat a neurological or psychiatric disorder. use only credible online sources.

Sources used must be websites with scientifically grounded information. Avoid .org sites which are frequently established by persons suffering from the same disorder and/or their family members and can be important sources of support for those persons, but which may also contain unsubstantiated and personal perspective based information. Also avoid using pharmaceutical sites as your only source of information; while they may look scientific, they also are maintained by companies in the business of manufacturing and selling medications. WebMD is an example of a web source which contains scientifically grounded information about treatments for various disorders including neurological and psychiatric ones. The sources you use must be no more than 5 years old.

Report what you find for each of the categories below:

-The class of the drug
-The mechanism of action
-Receptor sites the drug targets
-The drug’s main affect
-Unexpected effects and side effects and drug interactions
-Non-FDA uses of the drug

Discuss with your classmates what was surprising to you as a psychology student and a consumer. What aspects of these drugs were comforting to you? What aspects did you find concerning? Why?

Analyze of the role of the brain in a disorder or a brain process. Examine the neuroanatomy of the topic, the neurotransmitter systems involved, and any other biological system, such as hormones, that may be involved. Identify any life-span implications, how the topic is studied, and relevant history of the topic. Describe behavioral processes that are involved in the disorder or brain process.

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The Biological Basis of Behavior

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the directives below carefully. Contact your instructor with any questions using the listed forms of contact found under the “People” tab in the left navigation of your online classroom. For your research, it is suggested you use the PubMed Central (Links to an external site.) web page. You may also consider reviewing the PubMed Central Quick Start Guide (Links to an external site.) and PubMed Tutorials (Links to an external site.) to help you navigate the resource more effectively.

Your final project, which began with your Week 2 and Week 3 written assignments, is an analysis and discussion of the role of the brain in a disorder or a brain process.

In your paper,

Analyze of the role of the brain in a disorder or a brain process.
Examine the neuroanatomy of the topic, the neurotransmitter systems involved, and any other biological system, such as hormones, that may be involved.
Identify any life-span implications, how the topic is studied, and relevant history of the topic.
Describe behavioral processes that are involved in the disorder or brain process.
Disorders and behaviors that have heavy social influences are not suitable topics.

Discuss your thoughts this week on racism and prejudice in modern America. Using concepts presented in the text and in the class, provide examples of racism and prejudice in your personal experiences. Then consider how the psychology of heroism can be applied to combat the problems associated with prejudice and discrimination.

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Discussion 8

Watch this frontline special on racism and discrimination.
Frontline Documentary

A Class Divided

Then watch this talk by Zimbardo on the psychology of heroism.
Zimbardo Video
https://www.dailygood.org/story/490/seven-paths-to-a-meaningful-life-philip-zimbardo/

Discuss your thoughts this week on racism and prejudice in modern America. Using concepts presented in the text and in the class, provide examples of racism and prejudice in your personal experiences. Then consider how the psychology of heroism can be applied to combat the problems associated with prejudice and discrimination.

Pick a disorder of brain development or aging. Explain the symptoms, how the diagnosis is made, the neurobiological basis for the disorder, and current treatment options.

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Week 6 Discussion

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapters 15 and 17 in the course text as well as the article Ethical Considerations in Geriatric Neuropsychology (Links to an external site.), and view Dr. Chung’s TED Talk, Wendy Chung. Autism—What We Know (and What We Don’t Know Yet) (Links to an external site.).

Pick a disorder of brain development (i.e., onset during childhood) or aging (e.g., dementia due to a neurodegenerative disorder). Explain the symptoms, how the diagnosis is made (e.g., findings on brain imaging, laboratory testing, etc.), the neurobiological basis for the disorder (e.g., CNS structures involved and neurotransmitters), and current treatment options (including mechanism of action for any drug therapies).

Identify the patient’s symptoms and the available demographic and historical data. Discuss your differential diagnosis and provide a thorough basis for any diagnoses you have included. Determine what (if any) additional testing you would order and how this would be helpful in clarifying the diagnosis.

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Week 5 Discussion

For this discussion, you will pick one of the cases listed in the Week 5 Discussion – Case Studies Download Week 5 Discussion – Case Studies document, and take on the role of the clinician.

In your initial post,

Identify the patient’s symptoms and the available demographic and historical data.
Discuss your differential diagnosis and provide a thorough basis for any diagnoses you have included.
Determine what (if any) additional testing you would order and how this would be helpful in clarifying the diagnosis.
Finally, explain recommendations for the patient/family for ongoing functioning (social, occupational and academic, if applicable).
You must use a minimum of two peer-reviewed articles in your discussion to support your diagnostic conclusions.

 

Identify one exchange/topic/question from each video that you felt was most facilitative of the therapeutic process. Explain you selection. Identify and discuss 2 primary takeaways (combined) from reviewing these videos.

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Career Counseling

Instructions/Description

You may complete an individual written reflection discussing the assigned videos in Week 1: “Career Counseling: Skills for Guided Discovery and Career Assessment ” and Week 2: “Career Construction interview” utilizing the following prompt:

Identify 1 exchange/topic/question from each video (1for week 1; 1 for week 2) that you felt was most facilitative of the therapeutic process. Explain you selection (what did you like about it:).

Identify 1 exchange/topic/question from each video (1 for week 1; 1 for week 2) that you felt was least facilitative of the therapeutic process. Explain your selection (what did you dislike about it?)

Identify and discuss 2 primary takeaways (combined) from reviewing these videos. Helpful topics to consider when reflecting on your takeaways (but are not required to be included) may include your selected population of interest, your foundational counseling theory, or applicability of concepts in the video on your future career work with clients/students.

You may write a 1.5-2 page page reflection paper. Please use standard APA formatting (double spaced and 12 point font) on all written submissions.

The university database would not allow me to upload the two videos…Please find the videos and complete this assignment.

Identify ten problems in the field of school counseling that could result in improving the services offered to students. Explain thoroughly if each of these problems uses existing research in the field or will need to be designed through research methodology to support your practice.

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Discussion

Identify ten problems in the field of school counseling that could result in improving the services offered to students. Explain thoroughly if each of these problems uses existing research in the field or will need to be designed through research methodology to support your practice.

Write a one-paragraph reflective paper that address the following questions: Is it always necessary to do termination with a client? Why or why Not? When should you begin termination? Write a one-paragraph, short essay reflecting on what they learned from the course and what they believe still needs to be learned. Identify a specific theory that was learned and include social work values that had the biggest impact on them as a students.

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“A Visit to Dwight’s Hollow” Case Study

The assignment will help students to better understand Diversity and the Policies that influence the work we do as social workers.

Students are to read the case study “A Visit to Dwight’s Hollow” Case Study in Chapter 15 of Rivas, R.F. & Grafton, H. Hull, Jr. (2004). Then, answer all the questions that are located at the end of the case study on a in addition with the bonus questions below.

BONUS QUESTIONS

1: Write a one-paragraph reflective paper that address the following questions: Is it always necessary to do termination with a client? Why or why Not? When should you begin termination?

2. Everyone has a bad day from time to time. However, emphasizes treating clients with unconditional positive regard. Write a one-paragraph short essay that discusses how you might do this on a bad day or with a client you do not particularly “like.”

3. Write a one-paragraph, short essay reflecting on what they learned from the course and what they believe still needs to be learned. Students should identify a specific theory that was learned and include social work values that had the biggest impact on them as a students

Define Personality. Define personality traits. How do your personality traits influence your academic performance? What approaches could you take to ensure success in your studies?

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Personality’s Influence on Academic Performance

Over the past three weeks, you have been exposed to many concepts, theories, and terms related to psychology. Now is the time to make personal application to the concepts. This personal application of concepts learned is one of the things that makes psychology such an interesting area of study. Not all courses of study have such a direct application to our own lives. You will research and write about the following topics:
“To what extent does your personality influence your academic performance”

Define Personality.
Define personality traits.
How do your personality traits influence your academic performance?
What approaches could you take to ensure success in your studies?

You will read and research at least four scholarly sources from the Keiser Online Library and then identify, discuss, and place this concept in proper context in your own life. After you have identified this concept, you will then explain ways this concept can be applied to your own life with examples. Make sure to support each one with citations and references from your scholarly sources. Utilize the final paper example listed below to ensure that your sections are set up correctly.

How would you handle this? After the initial meeting with them, would you be inclined to refer them to another professional more qualified than you on the specifics of the presenting problem? Would you be inclined to seek the help of a cultural ‘broker,’ and then ask for supervised assistance and attempt to help them?

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Clinical counselor

Prompt: You are a clinical counselor operating out of an urban Christian counseling center. You are a PhD candidate (all but dissertation), licensed professional counselor (LPC), with two years of supervised experience. Your clinical orientation is cognitive-behavioral therapy, specializing in issues related to depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. You are given a couple to assist with a presenting problem of marital tension in a biracial marriage, struggling with a cultural issue that is creating a wedge in the marriage, which is made worse with problems related to anxiety. You have very little experience with this type of presenting problem.

How would you handle this? After the initial meeting with them, would you be inclined to refer them to another professional more qualified than you on the specifics of the presenting problem? Would you be inclined to seek the help of a cultural ‘broker,’ and then ask for supervised assistance and attempt to help them? Be specific with your rationale and course of action.