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Self-Injury In the article “Self-Injury Behavior and Functional Analysis: Ethics and Evidence” they discussed ethical consequences of having self-injurious behavior in people with developmental disabilities as their main focus. The article beings with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) guidelines for responsible conduct for behavior analysts, which state that behavior analysts should conduct functional assessment as a part of their job with the clients, they have. This is my…

Participants, written by mental health professionals Daniel Bowena, James Neilla, and Simon Crisp (2016), is an evaluation of 36 adolescents participating in a ten-week Wilderness Adventure Therapy (WAT) program in Australia. As young adults make up a large clinical population, many interventions are designed for younger children or adults, so this article begins by expressing the need for therapeutic interventions specifically designed for adolescents (Bowena, Neilla, & Crisp, 2016). Bowena et…

I was inspired through the introduction of the open dialogues approach in the lecture, a new ways of thinking about mental illness and the treatment. Psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses; para-professionals; clients; even their family and the public, mostly focused on the controlling of symptoms, as well as removing the symptoms as possible; I thought attention could be more directed to generating dialogues from clients and their family members, attended to what they are saying rather than planning…

A solution-focused helping is instructed in current problems that narrow the time frame for a resolution. Many factors of solution-focus have several approaches used by counselors on managing clients individually. A positive philosophy is a foremost factor used in today’s therapy with the clients and counselors. The views of the clients are used to help clients interpret their powers to control the problem. A counselor helps clients acknowledge the successes rather the failure enhance them…

Leadership, Consultation, and Ethics The professional team that I will work with to consult, triage, and treat Mr. Martin will consist of a Psychiatrist, a Clinical Psychologist, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Clinical Social Worker, Nursing Staff, a Recreational Therapist, and a Treatment Team Coordinator. We will be the team that will contribute to the individualized care of Mr. Martin while focusing on empathy and quality to make his treatment successful. The Psychiatrist has the…

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a third-wave behavior analytic approach to therapy that focuses on contextual variables, mindfulness, acceptance, behavior change, and values clarity. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as an intervention has been shown to be effective for treating a wide variety of mental illness and more recently in promoting health-related behaviors. Research has established ACT as an effective treatment for anxiety disorders,…

approximately 50% of those who receive treatment making a full recovery (Blatt et al. 2000). The models care recommended for depression are cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and interpersonal therapy (IPT) for moderate to severe depression. The cognitive behavioral approach focuses on identifying negative cognition and provides strategies for changing these cognitions. This method is highly use in children with behavior problems. Interpersonal therapy focuses on improving the interpersonal…

The following article evaluates the potential benefits of viewing a mirror image of an unaffected upper limb on recovery in patients with hemiparesis early after ischemic stroke. Participants included thirty-six individuals who had severe hemiparesis following a first-time ischemic stroke in the middle cerebral artery territory. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups; the control group (n=18), who received standard therapy, or the experimental group (n=18), who received…

Reality therapy would be effective with correctional populations. The main component of realty therapy is evaluation. The client is asked to evaluate their current behavior and decisions, and then determine whether they have been effective or not. In the video, Reality Therapy Conference with An Angry Parent Par I, Bob Hoglund is constantly asking the “father” evaluation questions. This makes the “father” pause and think about his actions and determine whether they have been effective in meeting…

As we all previously learned Psychoanalytic therapy is a type of treatment based solely on the theories of Sigmund Freud, its main focus and influence is the patients past and how they are currently functioning. The main idea is to study the patient’s experiences during their first six years of life which tend to be the most critical as they are perceived as the root of conflict in the present. This therapy concentrates on the unconscious mind and how it encourages thoughts and behaviors, with…