43200Discussion: Working With Children and Adolescents Versus Adults Infant, childhood, and adolescent development are a continual interplay between nature (genetic or biologic predisposition) and nurture (environmental experiences). The nature/nurture continuum and debate will always be a part of your career as a PMHNP. Knowing common developmental...
43201The Assignment: Examine Case 1. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the diagnosis and treatment for this client. Be sure to consider co-morbid physical as well as mental factors that might impact the client’s diagnosis and treatment. At each Decision Point, stop to complete...
43190Write a 2-page paper in which you do the following: Summarize the moral/ethical issue in the article (no more than 1 paragraph). Describe the moral and ethical dilemmas surrounding the issue. Analyze the ethical issue and compare them to the state health laws and regulations in your state. Outline...
43187Discussion: The Application of Data to Problem-Solving In the modern era, there are few professions that do not to some extent rely on data. Stockbrokers rely on market data to advise clients on financial matters. Meteorologists rely on weather data to forecast weather conditions, while realtors...
43184Discussion: Where in the World Is Evidence-Based Practice? March 21, 2010, was not EBP’s date of birth, but it may be the date the approach “grew up” and left home to take on the world. When the Affordable Care Act was passed, it came with a requirement...
43174Discussion: Does Psychotherapy Have a Biological Basis? 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....
43175Post a response to each of the following: Explain the agonist-to-antagonist spectrum of action of psychopharmacologic agents. Compare and contrast the actions of g couple proteins and ion gated channels. Explain the role of epigenetics in pharmacologic action. Explain how this information may impact the way you prescribe medications...
43173Discussion: Factors That Influence Disease In clinical settings, some of the most common questions that patients ask are Why do I have this? What caused this disorder? Will it ever go away? These emotional questions can be difficult to ask and to answer. However, for patients...
43176Complete one of the following Implicit Association Tests from Project Implicit (Asian -IAT; Skin-tone IAT; Native IAT; Race IAT; or Arab-Muslim IAT): https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html Answer the following questions after completing the above assignment 1) Share what IAT(s) you completed. a. What did you learn about yourself from...
43169Discussion: Review of Current Healthcare Issues If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption? These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly,...