Assignment: Week 2 Practicum Journal: Safe Prescribing (Due in Week 4) (3)

For this Assignment, as you examine the client case study in this week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat adult and older adult clients presenting symptoms of a mental health disorder.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Evaluate clients for treatment of mental health      disorders
• Analyze decisions made throughout diagnosis and      treatment of clients with mental health disorders

Examine Case 1: You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the diagnosis and treatment for this client. Be sure to consider co-morbid physical as well as mental factors that might impact the client’s diagnosis and treatment.

At each Decision Point, stop to complete the following:

• Decision #1: Differential Diagnosis

• Which Decision did you select?

• Why did you select this Decision? Support your       response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

• What were you hoping to achieve by making this       Decision? 

• Support your response with evidence and references to       the Learning Resources.

• Explain any difference between what you expected to       achieve with Decision #1 and the results of the Decision. Why were they       different?

• Decision #2: Treatment Plan for Psychotherapy

• Why did you select this Decision? Support your       response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

• What were you hoping to achieve by making this       Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the       Learning Resources.

• Explain any difference between what you expected to       achieve with Decision #2 and the results of the Decision. Why were they       different?

• Decision #3: Treatment Plan for Psychopharmacology

• Why did you select this Decision? Support your       response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

• What were you hoping to achieve by making this       Decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the       Learning Resources.

• Explain any difference between what you expected to       achieve with Decision #3 and the results of the decision. Why were they       different?

• Also include how ethical considerations might impact      your treatment plan and communication with clients and their family.

• Note: Support your rationale with a minimum      of three academic resources less than five years In APA Format including introduction and conclusion