psychiatric discussion

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For this assignment, you will write a short paper explaining the mechanism of action for psychiatric drugs.

Your writing assignment should:

· follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);

· be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;

· be a minimum of 4 pages in length, not including title or reference page;

· display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics;

· use APA formatting and citation style; and

· use a minimum of 2 references in APA format.

Paper format

· Introduction

· What is the difference between an agonist, partial agonist, antagonist, and inverse agonist?

· Agonist

· Partial Agonist

· Antagonist

· Inverse Agonist

· Use an example of a psychiatric drug from each category (agonist, partial agonist, antagonist, and inverse agonist), explaining the mechanism of action.

· What is the importance of understanding this foundational level of mechanism of action for medications?

· Conclusion

Assignment Criteria

Level III

Level II

Level I

Not Present

Criteria 1

Level III Max

Points: 15

Level II Max

Points: 13

Level I Max

Points: 9

Not Present

0 Points

Content of Paper

· Demonstrates a well-articulated understanding of the subject matter in a clear, complex, and informative manner

· Develops content and theories are well

· Links content to the paper requirements and practical experience

· Includes relevant material that fulfills all objectives of the paper

· Uses scholarly resources that were not provided in the course materials

· Completes all instruction requirements

· Demonstrates an understanding of the subject matter

· Explains and applies knowledge of evidence-based practice, ethics, theory, and/or role

· Uses a variety of scholarly resources from the course material and some that were not provided in the course materials

· Includes relevant material that fulfills all objectives of the paper.

· Completes all instruction requirements

· Demonstrates a moderate understanding of the subject matter

· Summarizes content with minimal application to evidence-based practice, theory, or role-development

· Presents content but is missing depth and or development

· Uses only scholarly resources that were provided in the course materials Completes most instruction requirements

· Does not meet the criteria

Criteria 2

Level III Max

Points: 15

Level II Max

Points: 13

Level I Max

Points: 9

Not Present

0 Points

Analysis and Synthesis of Paper Content and Meaning

· Provides critical analysis in an accurate, clear, concise, and complete presentation of the required content

· Synthesizes information from scholarly resources

· Provides new information or insight related to the context of the assignment with both supportive and alternative information or viewpoints

· Completes all instruction requirements

· Provides evidence of further synthesis of course content via scholarly resources

· Synthesizes information to help fulfill paper requirements

· Supports content with at least one viewpoint.

· Completes all instruction requirements

· Lacks clarification or new information

· Supports content with scholarly reference without adding any new information or insight

· Provides content that may be confusing or unclear, and the summary may be incomplete

· Completes most instruction requirements

· Does not meet the criteria

Criteria 3

Level III Max

Points: 10

Level II Max

Points: 8

Level I Max

Points: 6

Not Present

0 Points

Application of Knowledge

· Offers a multidisciplinary approach via scholarly resources

· Applies practice that is accurate and plausible

· Supports practice with additional scholarly resources

· Answers all questions posed within the assignment in a well-developed manner with citations for validation

· Completes all instruction requirements

· Presents a summary of the paper’s content, findings, and knowledge gained

· Indicates how the information will be used within their professional practice

· Completes all instruction requirements

· Lacks objective criteria

· Applies superficial bridge between the assignment and the broader course content

· Indicates how they will apply this new knowledge to their clinical practice in a vague manner

· Completes most instruction requirements

· Does not meet the criteria

Criteria 4

Level III Max

Points: 5

Level II Max

Points: 4

Level I Max

Points: 3

Not Present

0 Points

Organization

· Provides well-organized content with a clear and complex purpose statement and content argument

· Provides concise writing with a logical flow of ideas

· Provides organized content with an informative purpose statement and supportive content and summary statement

· Provides argument content with minimal issues in content flow

· Provides poor organization, and flow of ideas distract from content

· Provides a purpose statement

· Provides narrative that is difficult to follow and frequently causes reader to reread work

· Does not meet the criteria

Criteria 5

Level III Max

Points: 5

Level II Max

Points: 4

Level I Max

Points: 3

Not Present

0 Points

College-level academic writing

· Includes no more than three grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors that do not interfere with the readability

· Meets the assignment length requirements

· Includes no more than four grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors that do not interfere with the readability

· Meets the length requirements

· Includes five or more grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors makes understanding parts of assignment difficult, but does not interfere with readability

· Meets the length requirements

· Does not meet the criteria