How do excessive dopamine receptors play a role in the function of the prefrontal cortex

How do excessive dopamine receptors play a role in the function of the prefrontal cortex in adult schizophrenia patients affecting their working memory and executive function?

Give evidence to support studies done on rats or humans using each working memory and executive function with reference.

Examine and discuss the psychotherapeutic modalities

Robert Johnson, a 55-year-old man, is married with two adult children and five grandchildren. He is the assistant president of a large bank. In the first session, he tells you that it is becoming more difficult for him to hide his homosexuality. He has kept his homosexuality a secret his entire life. He knew he preferred men when he married his wife thirty years ago, but he thought he needed to get married to hide the fact that he was gay. During his marriage, he has had affairs with many men. Because he has been very discrete, his wife and family do not suspect that he is homosexual and that he has had several affairs.

Now he is having a relationship with a man he loves and with whom he wants to grow old.  Mr. Johnson’s lover threatens to leave him if Mr. Johnson does not get a divorce and makes their relationship public. Mr. Johnson is afraid because if he makes his homosexuality public, he may lose his job and the respect of his children.

He tells you that he is worrying so much about his over leaving that he is unable to concentrate at work. Being the vice president of the bank means a lot to him. He has worked very hard and sacrificed a lot to obtain this position. He does not want to lose it.

 

1. Provide a provisional DSM 5/ICD 10 diagnosis

2. Examine and discuss the psychotherapeutic modalities you would choose to use to treat this client. Choose between Psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, gestalt, behavior, cognitive behavior, choice/reality, feminist, and postmodern therapy. You may combine therapies (integrative approach), but you must justify the combination. Be sure to include a list of the specific techniques (therapeutic processes and content), not just the theory you would use for this client. Be specific in how you would treat each client.

 

The patriarchal perspective on relationship violence

You have been asked to participate in a radio show about relationship violence. You know that one of the other guests is an ardent supporter of the patriarchal perspective on relationship violence.  In preparation for the show, you want to make sure you understand her perspective and the critique you will make about the patriarchal perspective.  What are two points that you will make as a critique of this model of violence?  That is, what will you say to explain why the patriarchal model is an inadequate explanation for relationship violence?

The importance of ethics in forensic psychology

Read the ethics complaint via the three module resource documents—an evaluation, the complaint, and the ethics board’s decision. Would you be able to identify the ethical problems? And more importantly, would you understand how to avoid committing them in the first place?

In a post to this discussion topic, answer these questions:

  • What does this case illustrate about the importance of ethics in forensic psychology?
  • What problems did this psychologist’s poor ethical thinking cause for the family involved?
  • Would you have been able to read the evaluation and spot the ethical problems? What did you catch? What did you miss? Explain.
  • What could the psychologist have done differently that would have made this an ethical evaluation?

Discuss factors that affect intergenerational relationships

Discuss factors that affect intergenerational relationships between older adults and their adult children. What factors support good intergenerational relationships?

(Think from the life-span perspective; briefly analyze at least six different factors)

200-300 wds

Short-Answer Question

The term “emerging adulthood” is fairly recent in the field of developmental psychology.

(1) Explain why researchers felt it necessary to add this stage of development.

(2) Describe at least two new characteristics of cognitive development during emerging adulthood compared to earlier life stages.

200-300 wds

Aspects of PREP and CARE

Danielle and Sanj are attending a premarital workshop. This is a new workshop that incorporates aspects of PREP and CARE. The following dialogue is a transcript of a practice session. Sometimes Danielle and Sanj are using the skills well, and at other times they are slipping back into old patterns of miscommunication. For each sentence, identify the CARE or PREP technique that is being used, or if they are not using a PREP or CARE skill, what is the mistake that they are making? (HINT: These mistakes may have been discussed as one of the four danger signs in the prevention lecture or as negative communication skills (or four horsemen) in the communication lecture). (HINT: “speaker/listener technique” and “CARE” or “PREP” aren’t correct answers for any of the items below!)

A. Danielle: I was really upset and sad when you booked a weekend in Vegas at the same time we were supposed to be celebrating an early Christmas holiday with my parents.

B. Sanj: I didn’t do it deliberately, I really thought that party with your family was the weekend after. This is totally not my fault and I can’t believe you are making this my problem

C. Danielle: It sounds like you don’t see this as your fault and you genuinely forgot.

D. At this point, the coach intervenes and suggests that Sanj might try amplification. Give an example of what Sanj might say that would be an amplification.

How can one conduct an effective study of Integrative Behavioural Couples Therapy?

How can one conduct an effective study of Integrative Behavioural Couples Therapy?

Group of answer choices

Train therapists in the community to deliver Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy in a laboratory-based study, and compare treatment outcomes to those obtained with graduate-level therapists.

 

Bring couples into the lab to receive treatment from graduate-level supervised therapists and evaluate change in relationship satisfaction from pre- to post-treatment.

 

Bring couples into the lab to receive either Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy or Emotion Focused Couple Therapy and compare outcomes in the two treatments.

 

Train therapists in the community to deliver Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy and compare the outcomes to couples who receive treatment as usual in the community.

 

 

What surprising finding emerged for couples’ who completed the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) in Rogge and colleagues’ (2014) study of relationship education interventions at UCLA?

Group of answer choices

Higher divorce rate at follow-up

 

Marital satisfaction decreased over time

 

Hostile communication was maintained over time

 

Empathy decreased over time

 

Perceived support decreased over time

 

 

Regarding marriage enhancement, or prevention programs, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Group of answer choices

A problem with evaluating the outcome research on PREP is that most of the studies did not employ random assignment.

 

There is some preliminary evidence that a variant of PREP (Self-PREP) used in Australia may actually be harmful to high-risk couples.

 

Preliminary evidence indicates that CARE couples are more satisfied than PREP couples at the end of the three-year follow-up.

 

Couples who participate in PREP are better at solving problems and communicating. However, they do not tend to be any more satisfied than non-PREP couples.

 

 

As described in your text, Halford, Sanders, and Behrens (2001) examined the effectiveness of a self-regulation version of the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (Self-PREP) for couples at low and high risk for marital distress. Couples either received Self-PREP or a placebo control. Which of the following is an accurate description of the results of this study?

Group of answer choices

There was no difference between the Self-PREP and the control conditions for either high or low-risk couples

 

All couples who were administered Self-PREP did much better over time than couples who received the control condition

 

High-risk couples did better when they received the Self-PREP program, but low-risk couples were actually more likely to deteriorate over time if they received the Self-PREP program rather than the control condition

 

Low-risk couples did well regardless of which condition they were in, while high-risk couples did much better if they received the Self-PREP program

 

Why it is important for a social worker to have strong documentation skills

Identify two reasons why it is important for a social worker to have strong documentation skills. Describe a situation when improper documentation could have a negative impact on the client and Describe a situation when improper documentation could have a negative impact on an agency

 

Explain what the difference is between Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Explain what the difference is between Civil Liberties and Civil Rights.  Where does each of them originate? Choose one of the Bill of Rights. Explain its history and original meaning/purpose. How has our understanding of this amendment changed over time? Lastly, how have policies such as Affirmative action, influenced the way people see the Bill of Rights? Your book has lots of information on each of the Bill of Rights! Use this information in making your post and responses.

Medical tourism

Day One Discussion
1. Consider medical tourism from the perspective of Panama (the country, providers, residents
involved in medical tourism, residents not involved in medical tourism), and articulate some
benefits as well as negative societal impacts associated with permitting surrogacy medical
tourism.

2. What facts of this case are most compelling and disturbing for you in considering
who is responsible for raising this child?

3. Who is responsible for raising this child, and who should pay for his care and upbringing?

Day Two Discussion
4. What is the responsibility of health professionals involved in surrogacy arrangements?

5. What ethical issues are of greatest concern to you from these arrangements?

6. What compensation, if any, should be required for surrogates or their families in the case of
death or injury to the surrogate in a medical tourism arrangement?

7. What challenges might there be to international regulation of medical tourism?

8. What measures do you recommend to protect vulnerable women in the future who have
agreed to serve as a surrogate?