NRNP 6645 - Discussion Week 1

Instructions:

Respond to your colleague by providing an additional scholarly resource that supports or challenges their position, along with a brief explanation of the resource. 

**minimum of three (3) scholarly references are required for each reply cited within the body of the reply & at the end**

Reply # 1

kandiss messer 

bias in psychotherapy/legality 

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According to Dr Bambling (2013), genes/behavior are heavily influenced by social environments. If a patient lives in a household where there is a stigma attached to psychotherapy, the client is less likely to be receptive or introduced into therapy. Min (2019) reports older African Americans are less likely to accept pharmacotherapy/psychotherapy due to the presumed embarrassing stigma. Legal and ethical differences associated with family therapy have more gray areas than individual therapy. When psychotherapy is with one individual, it is the responsibility of the therapist to maintain confidentiality unless the person is in danger of harming themselves or others. If therapy is with a group/family, however, the therapist must notify each person of their confidentiality between family member unless there is a written waiver for another arrangement (Nicholas & Davis, 2020). The therapist must know any bias they have towards any type of person or action. Otherwise, therapy will not be effective and can appear to be one sided. Wheeler (2020) states that the nurse must have acquired a knowledge about themselves in order to understand others.  If you the therapist is divorced because her husband cheated, she may not be the best therapist to treat a couple in marriage counseling because the husband cheated. In this case the therapist should give out a referral, never leaving the client without a path towards healing.

 

Min is scholarly because it is written to add to the knowledge base on psychotherapy barriers with older African Americans. Nichols and Davis are scholarly because it is written by because it is written by academics and professional that are offering knowledge from different sources and experiences to better students looking to practice psychotherapy. Wheeler provides tables/articles to educate, and she is an expert in her field.

 

Bambling, M. (2013). Neurobiology of behavior change [video/DVD] Mental Health Academy. https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/neurobiology-of-behavior-change.

Min, J. W. (2019). The Influence of Stigma and Views on Mental Health Treatment Effectiveness on Service Use by Age and Ethnicity: Evidence From the CDC BRFSS 2007, 2009, and 2012. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019876277

Nichols, M., & Davis, S. D. (2020). The essentials of family therapy (7th ed.). Pearson.

 

Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2020). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice (3rd ed.). Springer Publishing.

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