Psychoeducation

PSYCHIATRY ASSIGNMENT SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER NAME: HARMEET KAUR RANDHAWA STUDENT ID: Z5010293 NO OF WORDS: Identifying Data MT is a 44-year-old Catholic background who is currently living with his family in Griffith, NSW before admission to the Forensic Hospital. He was born in Tonga, and subsequently migrated to Australia in 1983 when he was 11 years old. MT had multiple psychiatric related admission. Presenting Complaint MT was brought in into the forensic department following an…

Agency Setting The agency of focus is Mark Twain Elementary. Mark Twain Elementary is located in Lawndale, California. Mark Twain is one of six elementary schools within the Lawndale Elementary School District servicing the Lawndale community and neighboring communities. Mark Twain services both children and families whose children attend the school. The mission of Mark Twain Elementary is to ensure that all children who are enrolled at the school attain a strong academic education, become…

Case Study in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” Megan L. Stevens California State University Long Beach Empirically Validated Treatments for Adolescents with PTSD Developmentally adapted CPT Developmentally Adapted Cognitive Processing Therapy (D-CPT) is a phase based treatment created by Matulis, Resick, Rosner, & Steil (2013) to help children and adolescents suffering from childhood sexual assault. An intensive D-CPT combined with parental support…

reasons why groups are formed; they may be formed to complete tasks, address a shortfall in a community or solve problems. All groups, regardless of what their goals are; will go through developmental stages” (Gladding, pg. 83). One such group, a psychoeducation group may “focus on helping people identify and correct deficits in their life-coping responses and learn new appropriate behaviors” (Gladding, pg. 13). Well discuss the stages of this type of group and what problems may rise when the…

such as his personal life, educational, able to successfully complete medical school, and for his cultural expectancy, which is fundamental in Arab culture that males are expected to be assertive and self-confident. The therapist provided Kamal psychoeducation about the sessions, course of treatment, and its measurement. Consequently, Kamal was motivated and completed all assignments as required (Mclondo at al., 2014). 2. Write 5 long or short term treatment plan goals consistent with the…

from getting treatment as readily as males. When girls begin to be evaluated for CD it is because their behavioral problems have become very severe. It is also important to note that girls are more likely to be diagnosed with comorbid disorders. Psychoeducation is the key to gaining a better handle on diagnosis because it will make families aware of the sociocultural features within their family which they would have otherwise ignored. For example, mothers are the primary advocate for treatment…

Mental illness are different types of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior. Depression and manic depression are two out of many mental illnesses. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a feeling of sadness, affects how you think, and also cause loss of interest. Manic depression are mood changes that go from rare highs and lows. Depression is a very typical mental disorder. About 350 million people of all ages around the world suffer from it. Women are more likely to have it…

Within a cognitive behavioral framework, emotions are viewed as a consequence of cognitive change, where the etiological significance of emotions has largely been lowered to a secondary status (Courbasson, Nishikawa & Shapira, 2011). Cognitive behavior therapy has the distinct advantage of helping clients to develop coping skills deemed useful for the present and future. As such, substance abuse clients through cognitive behavioral therapy can practice new coping skills taught and rehearse ways…

Clinical Social Workers support a client’s educational and academic success with focus on their social-emotional and basic needs, and parental engagement. In the TF-CBT treatment, clinical social workers help clients understand the trauma through psychoeducation by teaching coping skills (control breathing). Therapist teach the client how to express emotions appropriately and help develop cognitive coping skills. Also therapist enhance communication skills with caregiver and teach parent to…

Our research question is: Is there variability in the presence and severity of mental illness stigma when presented with higher-level mental illness education? It has been research supported that psychoeducation may successfully reduce stigma (Batterham, Calear, & Christensen, 2013). Our hypothesis is that presenting participants with factual information depicting mental illnesses as brain disorders will correlate with a decrease in stigmatizing beliefs…