Treatment Overview

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the required chapters from the text and review the required articles for this week. Over the course of the past weeks, we have considered the use of medications in the treatment of various psychological disorders. This discussion will provide you with an opportunity to give an informed appraisal on the use of drugs to treat disorders and defend your stance based on your judgment of the literature. In your initial post, describe what you believe are the greatest strengths and weaknesses of using the medications to treat psychological disorders.  Evaluate the employment of psychoactive drugs in the treatment of disorders over the lifespan from both an ethical and risk-benefits perspective. Summarize the theories of psychiatric disease and the scientific rationale behind its treatment through the employment of drug therapies. Explain what you believe to be the greatest challenges in the use of psychoactive medications over the next several years. Support your statements with references and logical arguments.

Guided Response: Review several of your colleagues’ posts and respond to at least two of your peers by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful interactive discourse in this discussion. Evaluate and describe the quality of your colleague’s argument. How did he or she use the literature to support the statements made? Do you agree with the argument and your colleague’s choice of the greatest challenges? Why, or why not? Did your colleague provide convincing data for this position? What insights did your colleague include that you had not considered? What might you suggest your colleague consider which was not included? Please use your research to support your assertions. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on Day 7 of the week and respond to anyone who replies to your initial post.

 

My topic is ” Thought and emotion in personality disorder ”

** the most important in this presentation is to create a study. 

Think of “the most interesting idea in psychology” that you have encountered during

your M.S. training thus far (or pick a type of research that you think you might be

interested in learning more about).

Search for and find 3-5 empirical, peer-rviewed articles that have researched your

topic of interest and briefly describe them.

Also, you are to create a hypothetical study to further scientific progress in this area.

Prepare a 5-10 minute presentation on this topic to be presented to the class.

 

Assignment 1: Description of Research Methodology
Due Week 2 and worth 150 points

In this assignment, you will write an essay about the research methods and ethical implications of a social psychology study. You will get information about the study from one of the entries in the SPARQ “Solutions Catalog”, which is a web site maintained by Stanford University at https://sparq.stanford.edu/solutions?&&. SPARQ is an acronym for “Social Psychological Answers to Real-world Questions.” Each entry in the Solutions Catalog names a problem, and then offers a solution to that problem, based on a research study in social psychology. 

To keep this assignment short and manageable, your only sources for this assignment should be from the SPARQ site and your course materials, such as your textbook. There is no need for you to cite any of the course materials. Therefore, no additional citations or references are needed, beyond those from the SPARQ site. 

In this exercise, you will choose one of the entries in the SPARC site, and then write a two to three (2-3) page paper that meets the following requirements. Begin your paper with a short introductory statement that clearly identifies the article from the SPARQ site that you are using, as well as the corresponding research article.  Model your statement after the following example: 

The article I selected from the SPARQ website is entitled “Boost Grades by Reframing Failures” (Wilson, n.d.), which summarizes a research article (Wilson & Linville, 1982) on the topic. Please note that there are two APA “in-text citations” in this example. The first citation “(Wilson, n.d.)” is an in-text citation for the SPARQ article. The SPARQ articles are undated, which means that there is no date of publication reported. The “n.d.” designation is an abbreviation for “no date”.  The second citation “(Wilson & Linville, 1982)”, is an in-text citation to the original research article. We are asking you to cite this paper for practice in using APA, but are not requiring you to read the original paper. Normally, you should cite only those articles that you actually read and used, but we’re making an exception here for the purposes of practice.  Briefly summarize the main details of your chosen social psychology research study. Identify the main research method(s) used in the study (e.g., case study, experiment, observation, etc.). Explain whether or not you believe the research methodology that the researchers used in the study was the most appropriate for the study. Provide a rationale for your response. Discuss whether or not you believe the research methodology used in the study is the one (1) method that provides researchers with the most information in general. Explain the main reasons why or why not. Explain the major ethical implications of the selected study (e.g., informed consent, debriefing, etc.). Describe the main reasons why you believe the study was or was not ethical. Provide a rationale for your response. The final section of your paper will be a reference section that contains a corresponding reference for both of the in-text citations in your introductory statement (see point #1, above). In APA-style citations, in-text citations must match up with a reference in the reference section. You can model your reference section after the following: 

Wilson, T. D. (n.d.). Boost grades by reframing failures.  Retrieved from https://sparq.stanford.edu/solutions/boost-grades-reframing-failures
Wilson, T. D. & Linville, P.W. (1982).  Improving the academic performance of college freshmen:  attribution therapy revisited.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42 (2), 367-376. These examples follow the APA conventions for an Internet article, and a professional journal article, respectively. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Describe research methods that are used for studying social psychology. Develop an increased understanding of the dynamic between society and individuals. Use technology and information resources to research issues in social psychology. Write clearly and concisely about social psychology using proper grammar and mechanics.

  

  

Ethical Decision Making Paper Instructions

The purpose of this assignment is to develop the ability to apply professional values, codes of ethics, and a decision making model to the process of ethical decision making.

Your paper must be in current APA format. The body of your paper must be 6–9 pages, the abstract must be 150–250 words, and your paper must include at least 6 references (be sure to provide a web address for state rules/regulations). Your paper must be well-thought-out and demonstrate critical thinking.

Choose 1 of the ethical dilemmas on the document entitled Ethical Decision Making Paper Scenarios. Read and analyze the chosen scenario, applying the American Counseling Association’s (ACA) decision making model as outlined in the document “A Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical Decision Making.” Divide the body of your paper—formatted in current APA style—into the steps outlined in the ACA document, making sure to address all questions for each section. The steps from the ACA document (Forester-Miller & Davis, 1996) are outlined below.

· Identify the problem

o Outline the facts.

o Correctly identify the problem.

o Identify the problem as an ethical, legal, professional, or clinical.

o Identify the problem as related to self, client, institution, or agency.

· Apply the ACA Code of Ethics

o Identify all applicable ACA ethics codes.

· Determine the nature/dimensions of the dilemma

o Correctly identify moral principles of the profession.

o Identify the relevant professional literature that applies to the dilemma.

o Identify persons that would be consulted.

o Identify state or national professional associations that would be consulted.

· Potential courses of action

o List all potential courses of action.

· Consider consequences/Determine course of action

o Describe the potential consequences and implications for each course of action.

o Identify the best course of action and explain why.

· Evaluate the selected course of action

o Review the selected course of action to see if it presents any new ethical problems.

o Apply the tests of justice, publicity, and universality.

· Implement the course of action

o Describe what steps will be taken to implement the course of action.

o agency.

· Apply the ACA Code of Ethics

o Identify all applicable ACA ethics codes.

· Determine the nature/dimensions of the dilemma

o Correctly identify moral principles of the profession.

o Identify the relevant professional literature that applies to the dilemma.

o Identify persons that would be consulted.

o Identify state or national professional associations that would be consulted.

· Potential courses of action

o List all potential courses of action.

· Consider consequences/Determine course of action

o Describe the potential consequences and implications for each course of action.

o Identify the best course of action and explain why.

· Evaluate the selected course of action

o Review the selected course of action to see if it presents any new ethical problems.

o Apply the tests of justice, publicity, and universality.

· Implement the course of action

o Describe what steps will be taken to implement the course of action.

Forester-Miller, H., & Davis, Thomas (1996). A Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical Decision Making. American Counseling Association.

Step 1: Submit your paper via the SafeAssign draft link in Module/Week 7.

Step 2: Wait until the link indicates that SafeAssign has analyzed your paper and prepared a report. 

Step 3: Evaluate the report. You will notice that SafeAssign often matches on headings, titles, and references. If you see matches on entire sentences or paragraphs that are not enclosed in direct quotation marks, then you have unintentionally plagiarized. You will need to go back and re-write those sections in your own words.

Step 4: Submit the final paper using the second SafeAssign link. If the final paper you submit contains entire sentences or paragraphs that have a high similarity index to other sources, it may indicate either unintentional or intentional plagiarism. You may be contacted by your instructor.

When you have completed your paper, save it as a Microsoft Word document under your name and assignment title (Example: Doe_J_Ethical_Minute_Paper). 

Submit your final assignment via SafeAssign by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 7.