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As a credential manager you will need to be familiarized with the required licensure and certification of each potential healthcare professional interested in working for your organization. There are different tools that assist in ensuring that the academic qualification and continuing education requirements for a specific profession are met, such as accredited credentialing websites created by the government that are dedicated to giving detailed information of each state professional…

The Person-Environment-Occupation-Performance Model The Person-Environment-Occupation-Performance model (PEOP) has many similarities to the Occupation adaption model; however, it focuses more on the specific aspects of the person, environment, occupation and performance instead of the resulting overall process. This model was developed by Charles Christiansen and Carolyn Baum and it emphasizes that the therapist determines specific hindrances in each of the four categories referred to in the…

one is Hamilton Depression Rating. Hamilton depression rating is a simple 21 questionnaire in which the patient, who is already diagnosed as depressed. The scale is not designed to be self-administered as the difficulty of interpretation of some clinical terms. Once the questions are answered the number is added up and the higher the score the more severe the depression. With the Hamilton score, mental status and history of present and past history, the mental health professional can assess the…

The healthcare industry’s perennial reliance on pharmaceuticals, from giants like Roche or Pfizer, while bolstering the quality of life for well-developed nations, often overshadows upcoming advances or developments in therapeutic treatment. A rather niche approach, bioelectronic medicine, is particularly attractive to the field of biomedical engineering, relying less on biochemistry than an integration of device and neurology. Georgina Casey, nursing lecturer at Auckland University of…

There has been drug shortages of chemotherapeutic agents, which is an issue that has been affecting patients with cancer. The article Drug Shortages and the Burden of Access to Care: A Critical Issue Affecting Patients with Cancer, brings awareness about pharmaceutical drug shortages in the United States. Shortages of drugs have affected how health care is delivered, which has caused many problems to arise with patient care. The article brings attention and targets the public about the impact…

Ever since I could remember, I have always been skeptical about personality assessments because I simply assumed they all have high levels of generalizability. However, this class has helped open my eyes to the different forms of personality tests and their benefits. I never took the time to think about the different forms of determining qualities of an individual’s personality. Whether it is a projective test (e.g., the Rorschach Inkblot test) or objective test (Minnesota Multiphasic…

A counseling psychologist is a person who counsels clients by applying a psychological perspective to any problems presented to the person. To be a counseling psychologist one must have at least a doctorate degree. This degree can be a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) or a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D) doctorate. However, if one wishes to practice independently then not only will the person need a doctorate, but also a license to practice in the state. In some hospitals, a counseling psychologist will…

Introduction Functional Communication Training (FCT) “develops alternative behaviors that are sensitive to the EOs that maintain the problem behavior” (Cooper et al., p.497); EOs are establishing operations and FCT does not seek to change EOs. FCT uses differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors (DRA) because FCT interventions help the participant to create an alternative form of communication as an antecedent to the previous problem behavior. The DRA of communication provides the…

In this paper I will describe and contrast two of the major theories in psychology, the Psychoanalytical Theory and the Cognitive Theory. I personally believe that an integration between them would best suit my future approach to counseling. Therefore I will present the main theoretical concepts and psychotherapeutic techniques, and their differences and similarities in order to understand to what extent they can be integrated. Sigmund Freud, the founder and major exponent of Psychoanalytical…

Ever since the beginning of time, psychologists have tried to explain how and why humans behave the way that they do. In the field of Psychology, the branch of Abnormal Psychology was created to better explain the unusual side of behavior. To better understand abnormal psychology, several models and approaches were created to get a better grasp on the concept of abnormal psychology. From focusing on the psychological makeup of a person to determining what environmental factors plays a role in…