Paper details: Literature in psychotherapy differs from other areas of clinical practice. Generally, there are no clinical trials in psychotherapy because it is often neither appropriate nor ethical to have controls in psychotherapy research. This sometimes makes it more difficult to translate research findings into practice. In your role, however, you must be able to […]
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Explain when it is appropriate to use this assessment tool with clients, including whether the tool can be used to evaluate the efficacy of psychopharmacologic medications.
Students will: Analyze psychometric properties of assessment tools Evaluate appropriate use of assessment tools in psychotherapy Compare assessment tools used in psychotherapy By Day 3 Post an explanation of the psychometric properties of the assessment tool you were assigned. Explain when it is appropriate to use this assessment tool with clients, including whether the tool […]
Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide on family assessment.
Assessment is as essential to family therapy as it is to individual therapy. Although families often present with one person identified as the “problem,” the assessment process will help you better understand family roles and determine whether the identified problem client is in fact the root of the family’s issues. As you examine the Hernandez Family: […]
Explain how culture, religion, and socioeconomics might influence one’s perspective of the value of psychotherapy treatments. Support your rationale with evidence-based literature.
Many studies have found that psychotherapy is as effective as psychopharmacology in terms of influencing changes in behaviors, symptoms of anxiety, and changes in mental state. Changes influenced by psychopharmacology can be explained by the biological basis of treatments. But how does psychotherapy achieve these changes? Does psychotherapy share common neuronal pathways with psychopharmacology? For […]
Identify two assessment tools to use with Gloria. Provide a rationale.
In your initial interview with Gloria, Jeremy, and Jeanne, what types of questions would be most important to ask? Identify two assessment tools to use with Gloria. Provide a rationale. Identify three of your most important safety concerns for Gloria. Provide a rationale. Identify resources (including links) available in your own community to help Gloria. […]
Compare and discuss the different types of therapeutic modalities (Psychotherapy, Drug Therapy, and Electroconvulsive Therapy) for psychiatric disorders. Be sure to include the type of psychiatric disorders that each therapy would be utilized for.
1. Jon goes to the doctor for an infection. His doctor writes two prescriptions and tells him that he must take both drugs if he wants to get better and that if he takes only one drug, he might not get better. He notices that they are both antibiotics and wonders why he must take […]
