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PCN807 Psychopathology Behavioral Assessment, &  Interventions

Week 2 Assignment

Implications of Research

Behavioral health leaders must become acquainted with the research that has been and is being conducted in the field. This allows them to support clinicians in using the scientific method to develop diagnosis and treatment and emphasizes the importance of using evidence based treatment (EBT) in place of the pseudoscience commonly seen in therapy. In this assignment, you will explore the literature available on a method of treatment and consider implications of that information for behavioral health leaders.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Select a treatment of interest (e.g., Psychodynamic Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Narrative Therapy, etc.).

Review three peer reviewed studies on the selected treatment. At least one should be a qualitative study and at least one a quantitative study.

Write a paper (1,250-1,500 words) that discusses the implications of the studies for the behavioral health leader. Include the following in your paper:

A summary of each study. What treatment was studied? What type of study was it (qualitative or quantitative)? What were the findings and implications of the study? What were the strengths and limitations of the study?

A statement that synthesizes the implications of all three studies for the behavioral health leader. How will the collective information from the studies influence the practice of the behavioral health leader?

 

PCN807 Psychopathology Behavioral Assessment, &  Interventions

Week 5 Assignment

Co-Occurring Disorders

Co-occurring disorders impact approximately 7.9 million adults in the United States. Notably, substance abuse disorders are often diagnosed in conjunction with other disorders. In this assignment, you will explore the reciprocal nature of substance abuse and a mood disorder, anxiety, or trauma, and you will use evidence to explain what a clinician should treat first if the client has co-occurring disorders.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

Refer to “Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with Co-occurring DIsorders: A Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 42” at https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content//SMA13-3992/SMA13-3992.pdf.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Write a paper (1,250-1,500 words) in which you explore the reciprocal nature of substance abuse and a mood disorder, anxiety, or trauma and use evidence to explain what a clinician should treat first if the client has co-occurring disorders. Include the following in your paper:

A discussion of the reciprocal nature of substance abuse and a mood disorder, anxiety, or trauma. How does substance use influence mental health and mental health substance use?

A discussion of how to use evidence to explain what a clinician should treat first if the client has co-occurring disorders.

 

PCN807 Psychopathology Behavioral Assessment, &  Interventions

Week 7 Assignment

Treatment Burnout

Clinicians who treat personality disorders and schizophrenia regularly work with clients who can be frustrating, unpredictable, and dangerous to themselves and society. Behavioral health leaders must be in a position to understand the pressure these clinicians feel from the clients, the clinic, the community, and themselves. In this assignment, you will explore ways a behavioral health leader can support clinicians working with clients afflicted by these disorders.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Choose schizophrenia or a specific personality disorder (e.g., antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, dependent personality disorder, etc.).

Write a paper (1,500-1,1750 words) in which you explore ways a behavioral health leader can support clinicians working with clients afflicted by these disorders. Include the following in your paper:

A research-based discussion of the most common pressures clinicians face when working with clients who have personality disorders and schizophrenia. Which of these pressures originate from the clients? The clinic? The community? Themselves? Does the source of the pressure matter?

A research-based discussion of how the behavioral health leader can administratively and educationally support the clinician. For example, how can the leader assist the clinician in mandatory reporting and making decisions regarding discontinuing therapy, referral to a higher level of care, or even involuntary commitment?

A research-based discussion of how the behavioral health leader can psychologically support clinicians working with clients who have personality disorders and schizophrenia.

A research-based discussion of how the behavioral health leader can socially support clinicians working with clients who have personality disorders and schizophrenia.

 

PCN807 Psychopathology Behavioral Assessment, &  Interventions

Week 8 Assignment

Literature Review Resources

Successful completion of a doctoral dissertation requires significant amounts of independent reading on the research topic. This allows the doctoral learner/researcher to become familiar with the scope of the topic and to identify gaps or tensions within the existing literature on the topic. These gaps and tensions become the source of the dissertation research. In this assignment, you will read and annotate potential sources in your dissertation field of interest. Those demonstrating the most merit to the best of your understanding of the topic at this time should be added to your RefWorks list for potential inclusion in the literature review section of your dissertation.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

Locate the assignment submission for “Literature Review Resources” from a previous course, if available. You will add to this document to begin building a running literature review.

It is recommended that you engage in this activity throughout the duration of this course.

Instructors will be scoring your submission based on the number of unique sources identified in the list submitted.

Download the resource “Literature Review Resources Tool” (if needed) and use it to complete the assignment.

Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

Refer to “Preparing Annotated Bibliographies,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Directions:

Read at least 10 empirical articles in your general dissertation field that you have not read previously.

In the “Literature Review Resources” document, provide the following for each source that you are adding to the document:

The APA-formatted citation.

A brief annotation of the key points of the source.

An indication of whether the source has been added to (Y) or excluded from (N) your RefWorks list.

Highlight the additions to the document so the instructor can readily identify them.