Psy570 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1000-1250, select a psychotic disorder and discuss biological methods used to treat the disorder. Include the following: Describe the problems associated with each biological method described. Suggest psychological methods that could be used to help a person with a psychotic disorder. Consider if the method would be dependent upon the setting – inpatient vs. outpatient. Explain the long-term outcomes for people with psychotic disorders. Use three to five scholarly references evidentiary ...

The Ethical Decision-Making Model (Nine -Step Model) The nine-step decision-making process include the following 1 Determine the ethical problem First thing to do is to make sure that the issue at hand is truly an ethical decision to make. 2 Research guidelines that may already be available to apply. Review any publications, policy guidelines, federal, state and local laws that may be involved with making the decision. Look for case studies or ethical writings on the subject to obtain a so...

Identify four attributes from your own character that you believe will help you succeed as a psychology professiona

The summative assignment for this course is a case study analysis. The case study is one way for you to showcase the skill sets you have learned in this course coupled with your area of professional interest. You will choose a case study from a pre-determined list. You should choose a case study that is relevant to your concentration and/or a particular career field in which you are interested in working. You will utilize codes of ethics pertinent to your chosen area of interest in psychology to...

View the clip on soft language by comedian George Carlin. Comment on how language can distort reality and how language can affect ethics and ethical decision making. Discuss how awareness of soft language can impact your communication with clients and assess the ethical implications of soft language for the client-therapist relationship. For additional details, please refer to the Journal Guidelines and Rubric PDF document.

In your journal, consider how what you have learned about multiple role relationships could apply to your professional life. What would be one multiple role relationship conflict you can anticipate coming up in your chosen field of work? Is there any way to prepare for this conflict ahead of time? What strategies could you develop to avoid this ethical conflict? Your journal is a place to maintain a one-on-one continuing dialogue with your instructor. Your classmates cannot view your journ...

Identify a case study vignette and use that as the title for the initial post • Justify reasons for your case study vignette selection and relate your choice back to chosen professional field of psychology • Identify central ethical conflicts of selected case study and describe interactions between the different roles in the scenario • Engage in the discussion topic and respond to at least two peers, sharing your thoughts on ethical conflict. To begin your work on this project, se...