Captain of the Ship? Project Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

“Captain of the Ship” Project–Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

In earlier weeks, you were introduced to the concept of the “captain of the ship.” In this

Assignment, you become the “captain of the ship” as you provide treatment recommendations

and identify medical management, community support resources, and follow-up plans for a client

with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Learning Objectives

Students will: Recommend psychopharmacologic treatments based on therapeutic endpoints for clients with obsessive-compulsive disorder·

Recommend psychotherapy based on therapeutic endpoints for clients with obsessive- compulsive disorders·

Identify medical management needs for clients with obsessive-compulsive disorders·

Identify community support resources for clients with obsessive-compulsive disorders·

Recommend follow-up plans for clients with depression disorders

To prepare for this Assignment:·

Select an adult or older adult client with an obsessive-compulsive disorder you have seen in your

practicum. In 3–4 pages, write a treatment plan for your client in which you do the following:·

Describe the HPI and clinical impression for the client.

Recommend psychopharmacologic treatments and describe specific and therapeutic endpoints

for your psychopharmacologic agent. (This should relate to HPI and clinical impression.)

Recommend psychotherapy choices (individual, family, and group) and specific therapeutic

endpoints for your choices.

Identify medical management needs, including primary care needs, specific to this client.

Identify community support resources (housing, socioeconomic needs, etc.) and community

agencies that are available to assist the client.

Recommend a plan for follow-up intensity and frequency and collaboration with other providers.

Remember to include Introduction and Conclusion

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014).

Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry:

Behavioral sciences/c

linical psychiatry

(11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

·

Chapter 10, “Obsessive

–

Compulsive and Related Disorders” (pp. 418

–

436)

Gabbard, G. O. (2014).

Gabbard’s treatment of psychiatric disorders

(5th ed.). Washington, DC:

American Psychiatric Publ

ications.

·

Chapter 21, “Obsessive

–

Compulsive Disorder”

“Captain of the Ship” Project – Obsessive-

Compulsive Disorders

In earlier weeks, you were introduced to the concept of the “captain of the ship.” In this

Assignment, you become the “captain of the ship” as you provide treatment recommendations

and identify medical management, community support resources, and follow-up plans for a client

with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

 Recommend psychopharmacologic treatments based on therapeutic endpoints for clients with

obsessive-compulsive disorders

 Recommend psychotherapy based on therapeutic endpoints for clients with obsessive-

compulsive disorders

 Identify medical management needs for clients with obsessive-compulsive disorders

 Identify community support resources for clients with obsessive-compulsive disorders

 Recommend follow-up plans for clients with depression disorders

To prepare for this Assignment:

 Select an adult or older adult client with an obsessive-compulsive disorder you have seen in your

practicum.

In 3–4 pages, write a treatment plan for your client in which you do the following:

 Describe the HPI and clinical impression for the client.

 Recommend psychopharmacologic treatments and describe specific and therapeutic endpoints

for your psychopharmacologic agent. (This should relate to HPI and clinical impression.)

 Recommend psychotherapy choices (individual, family, and group) and specific therapeutic

endpoints for your choices.

 Identify medical management needs, including primary care needs, specific to this client.

 Identify community support resources (housing, socioeconomic needs, etc.) and community

agencies that are available to assist the client.

 Recommend a plan for follow-up intensity and frequency and collaboration with other providers.

 Remember to include Introduction and Conclusion

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry:

Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

 Chapter 10, “Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders” (pp. 418–436)

Gabbard, G. O. (2014). Gabbard’s treatment of psychiatric disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC:

American Psychiatric Publications.

 Chapter 21, “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder”