Assgn 1 - WK4 (C)

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Time Log
Week	Dates	Times	Total Hours for This Time Frame	Activities/Comments	Learning Objective(s) Addressed
4	3/7/2017	6am-6pm	12hrs	Admissions, evaluations, follow-ups, medications management	DSM-5 of mental disorder was utilized, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) was used, Contingency Management (CM) & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
8	14/9/2017	10am-6pm	8hrs	evaluations medications management.	DSM-5 of mental disorder was utilized, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) was used, Contingency Management (CM) & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the seasonal affective disorder
11	23/10/2017	10am-5pm	7hrs	evaluations medications management, Discharge instructions	DSM-5 of mental disorder was utilized, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) was used, Contingency Management (CM) & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the seasonal affective disorder
Total Hours Completed: 27

The client

The client in this practicum was a 28-year old male. She arrived at the clinic with a concern about his inability to concentrate on his job, having disrupted sleep, withdrawal from social activities, unusual fatigue associated with loss of energy, reduced appetite, unusual sadness and high affinity for irritability. In some cases, he experiences hallucinations and delusions. During the short preliminary stages of examination, the patient appeared weak and needed serious help. He retorted that the condition has molested his independent decision making and economic engagements. He complains he no longer go to job as he gets irritated so quickly at his boss.

Diagnosis

The diagnosis commenced with identification and respect for the dignity of the client. DSM-5 played a significant role as it highlighted the standards to be used in addressing mental problems (Fisher, 2016).

Effectivity of motivational, contingency and cognitive therapy.

The client indicated that he really wanted to concentrate on his job, besides feeling wasted by this seasonally swinging moods. The American Psychiatric Association provides that the attitude of the client determines the effectivity of this therapy. Wheeler also proposes the approach as a sedative to helping patients anticipating change in given directions. Such therapies involve the influence of family and the personal attributes that agitate the phenomenon (2015).

Contingency management therapy highlights the influence of environment and family as a factor of the disorder. Issues of financial liberty will help solve the problem. The cognitive therapy, however, champions proper health habits as an aid to the healing process.

Legal and ethical implications.

Fisher provides that ethics promotes development of proper records of the client. All parties must equally have an established relationship in order to be effective (2016). Confidentiality and privacy should be upheld according to APA recommendations. Professional ethics and standards enables compliance with the established statutes.

Reference

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

American Psychological Association. DOI: 10.1037/12345-010

Chapter 10 “Humanistic Existential and Solution- Focused Approaches to Psychotherapy’ (Review pp. 369-406)

Fisher, M. A. (2016). The ethical ABCs of conditional confidentiality. In Confidentiality limits in psychotherapy: Ethics checklists for mental health professionals (pp. 13–25). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. DOI: 10.1037/14860-002

Nagy, T.F. (2011). Ethics in psychotherapy. In Essential ethics for psychologists: A primer for understanding and mastering core issues, pp. 185-198. Washington D.C.