BUILDING A HEALTH HISTORY: COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY TO GATHER APPROPRIATE HEALTH-RELATED INFORMATION
Effective communication is vital to constructing an accurate and detailed patient history. A patient’s health or illness is influenced by many factors, including age, gender, ethnicity, and environmental setting. There may also be significant cultural factors. In May 2012, Alice Randall wrote an article for The New York Times on the cultural factors that encouraged […]
The Psychiatric Evaluation and Evidence-Based Rating Scales
Assessment tools have two primary purposes: 1) to measure illness and diagnose clients, and 2) to measure a client’s response to treatment. Often, you will find that multiple assessment tools are designed to measure the same condition or response. Not all tools, however, are appropriate for use in all clinical situations. You must consider the […]
Discuss an environmental technology
This assignment measures your mastery of CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. It may be beneficial to review the Unit VIII lesson before completing this assignment. In this unit, we summarized all of the concepts you learned throughout the course, tying everything together. For this assignment, you will write an essay in […]
Is the mind contained in the brain?
1. Do you think it’s possible to fully understand the mind without studying the brain? Why or why not? 2. What’s your take on Mishkin and Ungerleider’s bottom-up approach to cognitive science? How does it compare to Marr’s top-down approach, and do you see any advantages to one over the other? 3. Do you think […]
The Psychiatric Evaluation and Evidence-Based Rating Scales
Assessment tools have two primary purposes: 1) to measure illness and diagnose clients, and 2) to measure a client’s response to treatment. Often, you will find that multiple assessment tools are designed to measure the same condition or response. Not all tools, however, are appropriate for use in all clinical situations. You must consider the […]