Biological Basis and Ethical/Legal Considerations of Psychotherapy
Please use APA 7 format only. Please use at least 3 USA based peer-reviewed evidence-based articles in the past 5 years as references. Per our NP program, all discussions and assignments require supportive evidence which must be based on scholarly sources only, NOT dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, commercial journals or public websites which will not be accepted. Examples of sources that are not acceptable include Stat Pearls, Mayo Clinic, GoodTherapy, etc.
Generally, literature that is cited should not be older than five years unless it is considered a classical work.
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Tanya
INTRODUCTION
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.”
– Sigmund Freud
While working with a patient in the late 1800s, Sigmund Freud discovered the health benefits of talking about emotions and illnesses. When Freud introduced his “talking cure” (fundamental psychotherapy), his efforts were met with considerable skepticism. However, as more and more psychiatrists learned that Freud’s methods brought about change in patients who suffered from a variety of mental health issues, his methods were adopted and refined. Today, psychotherapy is recognized as a viable treatment for a wide variety of mental health issues—many of which are examined throughout this course—and it is used in a variety of settings, such as individual, group, and family therapy.
This week, you explore the foundations of psychotherapy and consider its biological basis. You also examine the influence of culture, religion, and socioeconomics on psychotherapy treatments. Finally, you consider how legal and ethical considerations vary across psychotherapy settings.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
Evaluate whether psychotherapy treatments have a biological basis
Analyze influences of culture, religion, and socioeconomics on personal perspectives of psychotherapy treatments
Compare legal and ethical considerations among individual, family, and group modalities of therapy
Explain how differences in legal and ethical considerations among individual, family, and group therapy modalities impact therapeutic approaches.
GETTING STARTED: ANALYZING JOURNAL ARTICLES
In this course, you will be asked to support your work with references to peer-reviewed, scholarly references. Scholarly journals publish papers by professional authors and experts in the field using a peer-review process to review the work and assure quality before publishing. The purpose of a scholarly journal is to provide accurate information for scholars and other researchers. The focus is on content rather than advertising, a direct contrast to popular media. Scholarly journals publish both primary source and secondary source papers; the former usually is noted as original research and the latter as reviews and commentaries. You may still use professional publications (e.g., professional competencies or practice guidelines) or textbooks, but these should be supporting resources in addition to the required peer-reviewed, scholarly resources. Popular resources that are open source, rely heavily on advertising, or are opinion pieces should be avoided or used only sparing for a specific purpose and identified as such.
THE ASSIGNMENT: DISCUSSION
BIOLOGICAL BASIS AND ETHICAL/LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY
Many studies have found that psychotherapy is as effective as psychopharmacology in terms of influencing changes in behaviors, symptoms of anxiety, and changes in mental state. Changes influenced by psychopharmacology can be explained by the biological basis of treatments. But how does psychotherapy achieve these changes? Does psychotherapy share common neuronal pathways with psychopharmacology?
Psychotherapy is used with individuals as well as in groups or families. The idea of discussing confidential information with a patient in front of an audience is probably quite foreign to you. However, in group and family therapy, this is precisely what the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner does. In your role, learning how to provide this type of therapy within the limits of confidentiality is essential.
For this Discussion, you will consider whether psychotherapy also has a biological basis and analyze the ways in which legal and ethical considerations differ in the individual, family, and group therapy settings.
To prepare:
Review this week’s Learning Resources, reflecting on foundational concepts of psychotherapy, biological and social impacts on psychotherapy, and legal and ethical issues across the modalities (individual, family, and group).
Search the Walden Library databases for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles that inform and support your academic perspective on these topics.
Post an explanation of whether psychotherapy has a biological basis. Explain how culture, religion, and socioeconomics might influence one’s perspective on the value of psychotherapy treatments. Describe how legal and ethical considerations for group and family therapy differ from those for individual therapy, and explain how these differences might impact your therapeutic approaches for clients in group, individual, and family therapy. Support your rationale with at least three peer-reviewed, evidence-based sources and explain why each of your supporting sources is considered scholarly. Attach the PDFs of your sources.
LEARNING RESOURCES
Required Readings
Goldenberg, I., Stanton, M., & Goldenberg, H. (2017). Family therapy: An overview (9th ed.) Cengage Learning.
Chapter 1, “Adopting a Family Relationship Framework”
Chapter 6, “Professional Issues and Ethical Practice”
Petiprin, A. (2016). Psychiatric and mental health nursingLinks to an external site.. Nursing Theory. https://www.nursing-theory.org/theories-and-models/psychiatric-and-mental-health-nursing.php
Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2020). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice (3rd ed.). Springer Publishing.
Chapter 1, “The Nurse Psychotherapist and a Framework for Practice”
Chapter 2, “The Neurophysiology of Trauma and Psychotherapy”
Required Media
Bambling, M. (2013). Neurobiology of behavior changeLinks to an external site. [Video/DVD] https://go.openathens.net/redirector/waldenu.edu?url=https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/neurobiology-of-behavior-change
Boyd, L. (2017, April 27). After watching this, your brain will not be the sameLinks to an external site. [Video]. [TEDxVancouver] YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNHBMFCzznE
Harrigan, J. (Director). (2007). Human brain development: Nature and nurtureLinks to an external site. [Video/DVD]. Davidson Films. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/waldenu.edu?url=https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/human-brain-development-nature-and-nurture
Shuttlesworth, M. (2013, August 14). Ethical and legal issues in abnormal psychologyLinks to an external site. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRXibYiorQ0
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