Integrative Comprehensive Psychiatric Disorder Case Formulation in adults.
Describe major depressive disorder delineating the diagnosis, etiology, prevalence, and signs and symptoms for assessment (including DSM 5 criteria and instruments helpful in diagnosis of the disorder).
Describe how the case is formulated the the process for differentiating the selected psychiatric diagnosis and treatment plan guided by principles of evidence base practice.
Then develop a patient case scenario using major depressive disorder and chronic heart failure and integrate the biological condition. Develop the case scenario with usual demographic information, presenting problems and behaviors, signs and symptoms. The case scenario should be detailed.
Integrate information from a research study relevant to patients with chronic heart failure and depression. Be sure to cite this and all other resources and include in the reference list).
The relevance of normal development, neurobiology, epidemiology, culture, socio-economic status, gender, and age issues should be integrated into the patient case scenario and assessment.
Synthesize the information gathered from your case scenario as you would normally in assessing a person and summarize. Discuss appropriate screening tools that could be used in screening and assessment of patient’s with major depressive disorders including lab works required.
1. Screening Tools 2. Assessment Criteria (DSM V Diagnoses) 3. Health promotion 4. Risk factors 5. Treatment plan (Pharmacological interventions, Psychotherapies, Consults, Diagnostic Labs, Referrals, Psychotherapies).
At least four (4) scholarly references are required. Scholarly references must be from professional literature (journal articles and texts). Do not use websites.
I will upload similar paper but it is to be used only as a guide for template. Please do not use the actual information on the template provided.
THE POLITICAL FRAME
In the Module 3 Case, you will write Chapter 3 of your thesis-style paper – relating to the Political Frame. Using specific examples of “politics” (i.e., the “jungle”) as defined by Bolman and Deal, you will use the Political Frame as a lens through which you will analyze the downfall of Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner.
Begin the Module 3 Case by visiting the Walt Disney Company website:
The Walt Disney Company. (2014).
The following articles provide a good starting point concerning former CEO Eisner’s tenure with the Walt Disney Company:
White, D. (2005, Oct 01). When Mickey finally turned on his master. Michael Eisner’s reign at Disney is over. Dominic White reports. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved from Proquest.
Consider Michael Karpeles’ article relating to politics in the Disney boardroom:
Karpeles, M. D. (2005). Boardroom lessons from the Disney/Ovitz case. Corporate Board, 26(155), 6-10. Retrieved on June 10, 2014 from EBSCO – Business Source Complete.
Finally, read the following case study:
Forbes, W., & Watson, R. (n.d.). Destructive corporate leadership and board loyalty bias: A case study of Michael Eisner’s long tenure at Disney Corporation. City University London.
Case Assignment
After you have reviewed the contents of the Walt Disney Company website, completed the above readings and those provided at the Background page of Module 3, and performed additional research from the library and the internet, write a 6- to 7-page paper in which you do the following:
Using the following five assumptions of the Political Frame, complete an in-depth assessment of the Walt Disney Company:
Organizations are coalitions of diverse individuals and interest groups.
There are enduring differences among coalition members in values, beliefs, information, interests, and perceptions of reality.
Most important decisions involve allocating scarce resources—who gets what.
Scarce resources and enduring differences make conflict central to organizational dynamics and underline power as the most important asset.
Goals and decisions emerge from bargaining, negotiation, and jockeying for position among competing stakeholders.
Keys to the Assignment
The key aspects of this assignment that are to be covered in your 6- to 7-page paper include the following:
Using Bolman and Deal’s Political Frame, analyze the political behaviors surrounding the departure of Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Specifically, address the following:
Briefly identify and discuss the key political forces that led to Eisner’s downfall.
How does the “Jungle” metaphor apply to the Eisner case?
Describe the coalitions that formed at Disney. Then, identify those salient interests that caused the division between coalitions, and how these differences were ultimately resolved.
Discuss the Eisner case study in the context of two or three of Bolman and Deal’s Political Frame assumptions included above. How do the assumptions you’ve chosen inform what happened in the Michael Eisner case?
Briefly comment on the significance of the “Toxic Triangle” (see Figure 1 of Forbes & Watson’s case study about Eisner’s departure), and discuss how this model informs the Eisner case study.
The background readings will not give you all the answers to the Case. Therefore, you are required to perform some research in the library, and use a minimum of 3-4 scholarly sources from the library to support and justify your understanding of the case.
Your paper must demonstrate evidence of critical thinking (if you need tips on critical thinking, . Don’t simply restate facts – instead, be sure to interpret the facts you have accumulated from your research.
Remember that the Module 4 Case will also serve as Chapter 4 of your session-long thesis-style paper.
Assignment Expectations
Your paper will be evaluated using the following five (5) criteria:
Assignment-Driven Criteria: Does the paper fully address all Keys to the Assignment? Are the concepts behind the Keys to the Assignment addressed accurately and precisely using sound logic? Does the paper meet minimum length requirements?
Critical thinking: Does the paper demonstrate graduate-level analysis, in which information derived from multiple sources, expert opinions, and assumptions has been critically evaluated and synthesized in the formulation of a logical set of conclusions? Does the paper address the topic with sufficient depth of discussion and analysis?
Business Writing: Is the paper well-written (clear, developed logically, and well-organized)? Are the grammar, spelling, and vocabulary appropriate for graduate-level work? Are section headings included in all papers? Are paraphrasing and synthesis of concepts the primary means of responding to the Keys to the Assignment, or is justification/support instead conveyed through excessive use of direct quotations?
Effective Use of Information (Information Literacy): Does the paper demonstrate effective research, as evidenced by student’s use of relevant and quality sources? Do additional sources used in paper provide strong support for conclusions drawn, and do they help in shaping the overall paper?
Citing Sources: Does the student demonstrate understanding of APA Style of referencing, by inclusion of proper end references and in-text citations (for paraphrased text and direct quotations) as appropriate? Have all sources (e.g., references used from the Background page, the assignment readings, and outside research) been included, and are these properly cited? Have all end references been included within the body of the paper as in-text citations?
Nonverbal Communication
Topic: ‘Kinesics across various Cultures’ or ‘Cultural Perspectives on Chronemics’ and expand upon the topic by relating it to a specific context, interpersonal interaction, relationship, etc. After choosing a topic and context, please consider the following prompts: 1.) How has your topic changed from its initial conception? 2.) Does your area (i.e., topic plus context) have cultural/intercultural associations? 3.) What are the implications for the future within your area? 4.) Do any of the communication theories described in your text apply to your area? How? You are expected to locate five outside resources which specifically address your topic and context. These sources must be peer-reviewed academic journal articles or scholarly books. While you may use your textbook as a source, it will not count as one of the five required sources. The sources should be integrated appropriately into your discussion, and cited in-text according to the standards of APA format. Random direct quotes from your sources without thoughtful integration and commentary, and the use of overly long direct quotes, will result in a low score on the paper. It should be in final, professional form upon submission, including: 6 full pages (i.e., text begins at the top of a page and goes all the way down to the bottom of the page) pages, typed, Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins, conforming to APA format. NO space fillers! You should also include a reference page in APA format. The cover page and references do not count toward the page length requirement. Be sure that all sections of your paper are clearly labelled with headers and/or sub-headers. Evaluation: The Final Paper should address all aspects of the assignment described above. You should apply course concepts accurately, use examples to support your discussion, thoughtfully integrate all required outside scholarly sources, and write with clarity (proofreading, correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar are expected). Papers should adhere to APA format (e.g., double-spaced, 1” margins, 12-point Times New Roman font, the use of bolded headers/sub-headers to delineate main points/ideas, reference page and cover page [which do not count toward the minimum page length requirement], in-text citations in APA format for included content from the text and outside sources). The Final Paper must be turned in on time; late papers will not be accepted.
Emotions and Marketing
Emotions can be powerful motivators. Advertisers know this and appeal to our emotions—especially fear—in advertising messages as a tactic to motivate their target audience into behaving in a certain way.
For this assignment, find and view three types of advertising messages:
Political advertising.
Public health advertising.
Commercial advertising.
Try to view more than one example of each type of advertising. Make notes about the overall message and tone. To make this activity more time efficient, you may consider watching ads on YouTube. Search for the type of ad, and then use the filter to narrow your results. For example, you can narrow the political ads results by filtering for ads from this year.
After watching the ads and conducting research, complete the following:
Describe the overall tone of each type of ad. What emotion is the ad trying to arouse?
Describe the behavior the ad is seeking to encourage.
Apply one theory or concept to explain why appealing to emotions such as fear can be highly effective.
Explain the social conditions that foster fearfulness.
Explain how individual perceptions and experiences perpetuate fearfulness.
Sending Depressed Teens To College
Transitioning to college offers a new set of challenges to all students. These challenges may be particularly tricky for an already anxiety-prone child.
If you notice that your children is slipping into a depression and is isolating and/or sad, agitated or irritable then you must encourage her to reach out to the professionals.
Managing organistional change
This assignment is designed to assess module learning outcomes:
1. Critically develop and reflect upon project management principles and skills in the change management process.
2. Critically evaluate key theoretical concepts underpinning organisational change.
3. Examine the relationship between strategic and operational change strategies & decisions
4. Critically evaluate key reasons why change is successful or fails to deliver its intended outcomes within the project management process.
5. Critically analyse the barriers to and challenges of change management and the implications for project management.
Your report should focus on critically analysing;
1. The limitations faced in managing an HR Change project using defined project management techniques.
2. The similarities and differences between theoretical models of change and your real-life experience an HR change project
3. Key learning from undertaking the change project task.
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Locate the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the statute referenced in the Module # 8 Problem. Once you have located the statute, answer the following questions:
(1) When was the statute signed into law?
(2) Briefly describe the process that you used to locate the statute.
(3) Identify one purpose of the statute [Hint: use one of the methods to find a secondary source that gives you a quick overview of the major purposes and provisions of the statute].
comparative global HRM
This assignment is designed to assess learning outcomes:
1. Critically evaluate the key issues involved in managing and developing people across cultural boundaries in the context of globalization, international mergers and alliances and the general internationalisation of business.
2. Critically analyse the main theoretical contributions towards understanding different culture and national policies and their implications for International Human Resource Management (IHRM) practices.
3. Diagnose complex management and organizational problems relating to the management and development of people across different cultures.
4. Develop and apply courses of action as a means of competitive advantage by diagnosing complex organisational problems relating to the managing of people across different culture.
This assignment is an individual assignment.
This assignment requires you to answer the following question:
A telecommunication company from your home country decide to open a new operational office in London. You are an HR consultant and have been asked to provide recommendations on a reward management program for the company.
1. Critically compare your home country and the U.K. organisational and environmental context which may influence the reward management practice.
2. Critically analyse the effectiveness of reward program for the company, using academic theory and literature to underpin the recommendations.
Ethical Analysis
Ethical Analysis Paper Instructions
After completing the course readings and viewing the course presentations for Module/Week 1, you will write a 750–1250-word paper evaluating the Christian’s role in ethical research. This assignment must be formatted in current Turabian style and include a title page, sectional headings, and a bibliography. Incorporate biblical precedent to support your conclusions. You must frame your discussion of ethical research obligations within the context of public policy research and how ethical guidelines can undergird your future vocation as a public policy analyst and/or researcher.
Use the following concepts to guide you as you analyze the ethical responsibilities in research:
- What are some general ethical concerns that must be considered when conducting research?
- Does the Christian have a greater ethical role than secular counterparts?
- What is the Christian’s ethical foundation in life?
- How does this ethical foundation for the Christian impact his or her research and vocational action?
- What does Scripture have to say about ethics and the Christian’s responsibility to act ethically?
- What lessons can be extrapolated from Module/Week 1 for application in the public policy researcher’s vocation?
The Other Pay-offs of Biking
The Other Pay-offs of Biking
I’d never been what one might call an athletic person. My folks let me give youth football a try when I was maybe 13, but it wasn’t anything that really stuck. Besides, I had been feeling moderately healthy since I changed my eating habits, going to strict vegetarianism, and losing a substantial amount of weight a few years ago. But at a visit to my doctor one day, he looked at the blood test results, and told me that my cholesterol had gotten pretty high; I wasn’t at a dangerous level, but my doctor gave me two options: take a pill or start exercising at least 30 minutes per day, 5 days per week. I decided to go with the latter option, and resolved to get on my bicycle every day. It took me a while to realize it, but in addition to improved health, there were a number of other benefits that I discovered.
Thinking about where to start was a bit intimidating. There are people who have really expensive bikes, made from super-light alloy metals, and special shoes that clip in to costly pedals, and really tightly designed outfits they wear while they ride all over the place; it seemed like a level of dedication I wasn’t sure I could afford. But that doesn’t mean I was out of luck. I’d purchased a low-end dark grey city commuter bike a year or two before, mostly to get from my apartment to a place to eat in my neighborhood, or to events like a festival in the park or a street fair. I live in a city with some serious parking shortages, and the bike was to avoid having to circle block after block in my car, or have to shell out $5 for parking, or even more for a cab or ride share (the bus fits my economy, but doesn’t run as often as I need it). I just wanted to casually ride up to my location, lock up, and go have fun. It’s also a city with some serious hills, and my city bike had a pretty versatile combination of three gears in the front, and seven on the back cassette. It isn’t the kind of road racer major enthusiasts ride, but my little Raleigh bike seemed like a great bike to start off with. But getting started required some preparation beyond the bicycle.
Because the doctor told me that I had to get my heart-rate up (and keep it up) for a certain amount of time, it seemed reasonable to measure just how fast or slow I was riding. I plotted out a route going about 8 blocks east in my neighborhood, looping south, then back west, coming back down a different stretch of road, which took me about 7 minutes so I thought that If I did that 4 times I’d be giving my body what it needs. But I quickly discovered that doing the same route 4 times in a row can get terribly boring, so I had to change it up. I started experimenting, and found a really good route, going through my neighborhood twice, taking slightly different roads in each loop. Not only does it keep me pedaling for at least 30 minutes, but I discovered that when biking around these streets and avenues, I got to know my neighborhood better.
As I got out on my bike for the daily ride, I started seeing people from my community, like the guy who owns a television repair place on Adams Ave., and an old coworker who also happens to jog every morning around the same time. On one morning, I saw an older woman take a spill on the sidewalk, and stopped to help her up and make sure her Chihuahua didn’t run off; the next time I saw her walking, she flagged me down and gave me a thank you card, and told me she owns our local music shop, and welcomed me in to get a few records. On any given morning, there are so many different people I run into—the group walking their retrievers, the woman in curlers with coffee and the paper on her Spanish style porch, the pair of scooter riders putting down 35th side by side on a schedule I can set my watch by, and the monks who live on the cliff and toll a bell at 6 and 7am, then shuffle out through the blocks of craftsman style homes under the banana and palm trees. I later learned (from a report by Roxana Popescu) that my neighborhood is unusual in that it has racial and ethnic demographics that reflect the whole city, and it’s really interesting I’m part of that microcosm of diversity.
Not only was I getting to know some of the people in my neighborhood a bit better, but on these rides I also started to learn more about the structure of my city, and some areas of destruction. Each road where my tires spun taught which streets were smoother, and which ones really need repair. According to a study done by researchers at the University of British Columbia, “trips by bicycle face higher risk of fatality and injury per trip and per distance travelled than trips by car,” so I was concerned about the conditions of the roads I was using to ride (Teschke, Reynolds, Ries, Gouge & Winters, 2012, p. 7). Reading about those risks (and also benefits in the article) helped me think more deeply about road safety concerns. After I’d been riding for a few months, I got to speak to my City Council member at an event he was having at a local coffee shop. When he asked what I’d like to see in the neighborhood, I told him that we need some new roads, and was able to mention specific blocks that were exceptionally bad. He gave me the number for his office and told me about the phone app the city has, and since then I’ve reported broken water pipes, leaking gas lines, garbage cans that have been knocked over, and graffiti on some of our wonderful murals. When people say, “Somebody should do something about this,” I think that maybe those somebodies are the people who are out and about, and paying attention, and trying to make things better. My daily exercise makes me that somebody!
Another thing I noticed about my neighborhood was all the efforts to build community. During my ride I passed signs, banners, and marquees that gave notice about neighborhood sports teams at the Rec Center, movies in the park every weekend in the summer, and public meetings about things like businesses, the school board, and other city groups. Biking around and seeing these things, I became aware of ways I can get involved in my local community. Though I normally bike as the sun is rising at dawn, sometimes I head out in the evening for a Community Planning Group meeting, or to a gathering of one of the local cycling/environmental groups, who are thinking about how biking is a major part of my city’s Climate Action Plan, with a mission that includes, “Promoting active transportation,” which I’m dedicated to as well (City of San Diego, 2015, p. 4).
Another benefit I discovered from biking was that it brought me closer to my family. When I first began, I’d get out of bed around 6:30, and whisper to my partner that I was going for a ride. But after a few months, they decided that they wanted to go too, and we started biking together. It’s difficult to have a conversation while biking with someone, as we didn’t want to ride side by side because of fears that cars might not share the road. Still, even though we couldn’t speak to each other, just sharing the experience of being out and active early in the morning made the time together special; it’s like we have a date every morning, but instead of some fancy restaurant, we have the whole town!
My biking habit also really impressed my father in-law, who once biked from Long Beach all the way up to Santa Barbara on a folding bike (which has really small wheels compared to a regular road bicycle). Sharing a hobby gave us a common ground. When we spend time together now, we usually compare rides, and every so often, we sign up for a long bike ride together. Just a few months ago, we did the Bike the Bay event, where almost four thousand riders signed up and biked from the San Diego Convention Center, over the Coronado Bridge, through Coronado, down the Silver Strand, to Imperial Beach, then back up along the east side of the San Diego Bay. While he and I were out, my mother in-law and partner hung out, and prepared a little picnic we all enjoyed together when we got home. Sometimes it can be difficult to connect with people in the family from the older generations, but this biking routine has really helped build these relationships.
Biking has also helped me exchange some of my old negative habits to more positive ones. For example, I really get sucked into video games, and it’s difficult to do the exercise my doctor recommends with a controller in my hand. I think about how when we play games, and do something in the digital world, we might get a “trophy” or an “achievement,” and how that feels good. In a study about these kinds of motivations, Kwon, Halavais, and Havener (2015) write, “Badges have traditionally been used by various institutions to recognize and incentivize performance, providing a marker of accomplishment visible to the community and to the wider public” (p. 93). This made sense to me! I loved it when I’d get a badge in a game, so I figured, Why not try that with biking? I was able to download an app on my phone (there are a whole bunch of them), that tracks my biking speed, route, and could track my heart beat if I wore some kind of monitor. When I ride faster than usual, or farther than normal, or for a longer amount of time, I get a little trophy that appears on my phone. Though the article talks about public acknowledgement, I don’t share the results of my ride with the public, but just the private knowledge motivates me to keep riding, and trying to beat myself in this new game I associate with my bike ride. I even hide it from myself, keeping the phone in my pocket until the ride is over; I’d hate to get distracted while I’m riding, after all.
That leads to one more benefit that seems really important: in the 30 to 45 minutes I’m biking every morning, I’m getting valuable time to myself. In that time, I’m thinking about how my body feels while I’m riding, and looking around my neighborhood, but I’m also mentally preparing for my day. I’m talking myself through problems I’m trying to solve, conflicts I experience in my daily life, and plans I know I have to sit down and make later. The quiet time on my bike, and the motion through the cool morning air goes a long way to prepare me for the long day ahead. In the 18 months or so I’ve been doing this, I’ve been more productive at work, more awake during the day, and I find the food I eat is often healthier too, and I don’t want huge meals or heavy drinks at night, because I want to be able to wake up in the morning and ride.
It hasn’t taken much to become a “cyclist.” I didn’t need a bunch of fancy gear and an expensive bike. With a simple 10 speed bike, an old t-shirt, shorts, and sneakers, I’ve discovered so much. Not only have I been able to get my body a bit healthier, I’ve also been able to get more involved in my community, get closer to my family, and find new little ways to enjoy the day, and to face the challenges of life with a clearer mind. After about a year and a half of being on the bike every morning, I’m even starting to wonder: could I make the ride up to Santa Barbara? Maybe with a little more pedaling, I can start to expand out the neighborhood, eventually.
References
City of San Diego. (2015). City of San Diego climate action plan. San Diego, CA.
Kwon, K. H., Halavais, A., & Havener, S. (2015). Tweeting Badges: User Motivations for Displaying
Achievement in Publicly Networked Environments. Cyberpsychology, Behavior & Social Networking, 18(2), 93.
Popescu, R. (2017) Normal Heights diversity. Union Tribune.
Teschke, K., Reynolds, C. O., Ries, F. J., Gouge, B., & Winters, M. (2012). Bicycling: Health Risk or
Benefit?. UBC Medical Journal, 3(2), 6-11