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DISCUSSION 1

For your initial post, read

Different Approaches to Psychotherapy

. Then read each scenario below and determine which approach would best serve this client and why.

• Jayden, a 5-year-old boy, is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). His treatment provider is trying to help him increase eye contact with others.
• Trina, a 50-year-old woman, is diagnosed with bipolar I disorder. Her treatment provider is trying to help stabilize her mood.
• Desmond, a 22-year-old college student, is diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The treatment provider is trying to help decrease Desmond’s overall level of worry.
•  How does the concept of treatment for psychological disorders apply to any of the following programmatic themes? You may want to review the Programmatic Themes PDF document.

SELF-CARE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

CAREER CONNECTIONS

ETHICS

ASSIGNMENT 

Do Psy 215 Module five milestone template                

PSY 2

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5 Module Five Milestone Template

Complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information.

For this milestone, you will use the Four D’s diagnostic indicators to analyze one behavior that might impair a person’s adaptive daily functioning. You will determine if that behavior could potentially represent a clinical disorder. Use your template to address the rubric criteria listed below with a minimum of 3 to 5 sentences per bullet. Support your answers with a credible source when necessary.

From the list in the Module Five Milestone Guidelines and Rubric, select one behavior that might impair a person’s adaptive daily functioning, then address the following:

Distress: Describe the extent to which the selected behavior causes distress as characterized by mental or emotional imbalance.

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Dysfunction: Describe the extent to which the selected behavior causes dysfunction by interfering with adaptive daily functioning.

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Danger: Describe the extent to which the selected behavior presents as a danger to self or others.

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Deviance: Describe the extent to which the selected behavior deviates from normality.

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PSY Programmatic Themes

Psychology is more than just one course you are taking in college. Psychology is everywhere! It’s a tool
that can help you live a better life, make a bigger impact on the world, and build stronger relationships.
As you complete coursework throughout your degree program, you’ll discover and rediscover five key
themes. Each one illustrates a way to apply psychology in your life both personally and professionally. By
the end of your program, you’ll have the tools to understand yourself more fully, improve your personal
and professional connections, and effect positive change in the world.

 Self-care: When you hear the term self-care, you may think of things like bubble baths and dark
chocolate. But self-care is about more than just pampering yourself. Engaging in self-care means
taking time for personal reflection and developing skills to improve your well-being. You can also
take care of yourself by increasing your resilience and self-regulation.

 Social justice: Everyone deserves the same rights and access to opportunities. When you apply
psychology ethically and empathetically, you’re supporting social justice. As you work through
this program, you’ll see that psychology can do more than just improve your own life—it can
help you enhance the lives of others and promote social justice for society as a whole.

 Emotional intelligence (EI): Emotional intelligence is defined as the practice of self-control and
the ability to accurately perceive the emotions of self and others, appropriately adapt emotions
and actions in daily interactions, and consistently understand and express interest in the well-
being of self and others. In short, it’s how you understand and respond to emotions in yourself
and the people around you. Emotional intelligence is not just an abstract concept. It’s a set of
skills, including self-awareness, self-regulation, ethical judgment, empathy, social awareness,
and conflict resolution.

 Career connections: Even if you don’t become a psychologist, studying psychology can help
advance your career. Psychology helps explain why people behave in certain ways and how you
can work with them more effectively. Whether you major in psychology or use this course as a
stepping-stone to other opportunities, the study of psychology can improve your daily life and
job prospects.

 Ethics: Modern psychology is guided by ethical principles. While formal ethics are set by
governing bodies such as the American Psychological Association, you also have your own set of
values and morals that influence your personal ethics. Throughout your coursework, you will
apply ethics by citing your sources.

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PSY Programmatic Themes

Overview

For Jamal, learning about abnormal psychology has been fascinating. Despite what he’s read on the internet, Jamal now realizes that abnormal behavior isn’t simply weird, nor does it necessarily indicate that a person has a mental illness. Given his own lived experiences with depression, Jamal now acknowledges the fact that he, too, has suffered from varying degrees of mental illness throughout his life. In fact, for many years, Jamal has felt as though he should seek mental health support to learn how to better manage his depression. Several of Jamal’s family members and friends have been diagnosed and treated by mental health professionals for various psychological issues in the past, which has inspired a question: How does someone know that the time has come to seek the therapeutic support of a mental health professional?

Jamal’s research led him to discover the Four D’s, a diagnostic paradigm that practitioners often use to conceptualize psychological disorders, which consists of the following factors: distress, dysfunction, danger, and deviance. In his review of the literature, Jamal noted that the linkages between these constructs aren’t always linear or mutual (e.g., a psychological problem may be considered dysfunctional, but not necessarily distressful; a psychological problem may be considered distressful, but not necessarily deviant). As Jamal considered the importance of diagnostic accuracy in the treatment of psychological disorders, he thought about his own mental health and wondered, “My depression may cause feelings of despair, but to what extent does it actually impair my ability to function?”

Disorder/Behavior List

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Anxiety: A psychological response to a stimulus that is perceived as threatening

· Example: Avoiding interaction at a party due to discomfort in social situations

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Depression: A persistent feeling of sadness and despair that can result in a loss of interest in various life activities

· Example: Excessive crying

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Dissociation: A psychological detachment and separation from self and environment

· Examples: Daydreaming, highway hypnosis

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Mania: A period of intense energy expenditure that may involve delusions and engagement in high-risk behavior

· Examples: Excessive spending, reckless driving

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Obsessive thoughts/compulsive behaviors: Persistent and undesirable thoughts or urges and ritualistic behaviors often driven by preoccupation with a negative outcome

· Example: Frequent hand washing that is motivated by a fear of being contaminated by germs

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Panic: An intense period of fear combined with physiological symptoms (e.g., rapid speech, sweating, nausea)

· Example: Stomach gets upset and hands shake while speaking in front of a group (public speaking)

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Phobia: A fear of a specific, often nonthreatening stimulus

· Examples: Seeks an escape route when in a crowded area (Agoraphobia: fear of crowded spaces)

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Psychosis: A psychological state in which one experiences hallucinations, delusions, and/or a persistent and unchangeable belief in something that is obviously false

· Example: Acting suspiciously due to suspecting that food is being poisoned