NSU PYCL584 2022 April Discussions Latest (Full)

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 1 Discussion

What behaviors have you, your family or acquaintances ever displayed that could have been viewed as “abnormal” by an outside observer? What were the possible negative consequences?

 

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 2 Discussion

What model of psychopathology (or personality in general) do you feel would help you in understanding and dealing with your own emotional difficulties if you were to develop them? Why?

 

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 3 Discussion

What do you feel are the pros and cons of making an official diagnosis and labeling your client? Give examples.

 

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 4 Discussion

What do you believe are the ways in which you can assist the caretakers of patients with severe dementia?

 

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 5 Discussion

Discuss the problem of elder abuse and how can mental health counselors assist in prevention efforts?

 

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 6 Discussion

Discuss the relationship between Schizophrenia and violent behavior. Address incidence, prevalence, risk factors and prevention efforts.

 

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 8 Discussion

How do you feel about physician assisted suicide?  Under what conditions would you see suicide as a rational choice rather than a product of depression?

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 9 Discussion

Discuss any phobias you feel you struggle with and share how you cope with them.

 

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 10 Discussion

Discuss examples of obsessive-compulsive behavior that occur in everyday life and that are not considered abnormal.  How does superstitious behavior relate to OCD?

 

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 11 Discussion

Give examples of people you have known who have complained of symptoms or illnesses for which no medical explanation could be found.  What do you feel may have given rise to those symptoms or in what way did the person seem to benefit from their complaints or “illness?”

 

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 12 Discussion

Discuss how an individual might develops the defense mechanism of dissociation.  Relate this to early childhood experience and list everyday occurrences of dissociation that are not considered abnormal.

 

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 13 Discussion

Identify all the movie or TV personalities you can think of and assign them a personality disorder diagnosis. You can use their TV “character” or their real personality as you know them.

 

PYCL584 Diag/Tx of Adult Psych

Week 14 Discussion

Discuss how you would go about assessing the role of alcohol in a patient who presented with a Major Depressive Disorder. How would you differentiate physiologically based depression resulting from alcohol from the Major Depression? Can they be separated?