What diagnostic criteria does this character meet
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Updated on: 06/10/2016 11:56 PM Due on: 07/10/2016

1. Imagine you are a psychotherapist and a new patient comes in suffering from depression. Give
your patient a name. Then, design a plan for treatment using behaviorist and cognitive
approaches. Be sure to address the following:
What are the basic assumptions you have about the origins of the disorder and the effectiveness of
therapy when approaching treatment with a behaviorism model? Describe your behaviorist therapy
approach including how you would use positive and negative reinforcement and punishment to help
with the depression. (Remember: Negative reinforcement is NOT synonymous with punishment!).
Describe, in detail, the activities you would do with the patient and/or homework you would assign.
What are the basic assumptions you have about the origins of the disorder and the effectiveness of
therapy when approaching treatment with a cognitive model? Describe your cognitive therapy approach
including ways to effectively adjust the person’s thoughts and self-talk. Describe, in detail, the activities
you would do with the patient and/or homework you would assign.
2. Identity a character from literature who could be diagnosed with a mental disorder.
What diagnostic criteria does this character meet? How is this character’s behavior “abnormal”
according to what you have learned about normal versus abnormal behavior in this course? How would
the multipath model explain the origins of this character’s mental disorder? What forms of therapy
would you suggest to help this character? Which do you believe would prove most effective and why?
your patient a name. Then, design a plan for treatment using behaviorist and cognitive
approaches. Be sure to address the following:
What are the basic assumptions you have about the origins of the disorder and the effectiveness of
therapy when approaching treatment with a behaviorism model? Describe your behaviorist therapy
approach including how you would use positive and negative reinforcement and punishment to help
with the depression. (Remember: Negative reinforcement is NOT synonymous with punishment!).
Describe, in detail, the activities you would do with the patient and/or homework you would assign.
What are the basic assumptions you have about the origins of the disorder and the effectiveness of
therapy when approaching treatment with a cognitive model? Describe your cognitive therapy approach
including ways to effectively adjust the person’s thoughts and self-talk. Describe, in detail, the activities
you would do with the patient and/or homework you would assign.
2. Identity a character from literature who could be diagnosed with a mental disorder.
What diagnostic criteria does this character meet? How is this character’s behavior “abnormal”
according to what you have learned about normal versus abnormal behavior in this course? How would
the multipath model explain the origins of this character’s mental disorder? What forms of therapy
would you suggest to help this character? Which do you believe would prove most effective and why?

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Solution: What diagnostic criteria does this character meet