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Topic 1: Short Answer Worksheet
Directions: Choose any two questions from Chapter 1 “Questions for Further Thought” on p. 20
of the textbook DSM-5 in Action, and choose an additional two questions from Chapter 2
“Questions for Further Thought on p. 67 of the textbook. In total, you will respond to four
questions (two from Ch. 1, and two from Ch.2). Provide short answers of 100-150 words each
for the following questions/statements. Do not exceed 200 words for your response. Use the
textbook, and any other scholarly resources to support your responses. Include at least two to
three peer-reviewed journal articles beyond the textbook and course readings.
Deon L. Jones
PCN-605
21 Feb 2018
© 2016. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
Chapter One Questions
Response
What do you believe is the most helpful
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manuals for
aspect of using manuals such as the DSM-5 in Mental Disorders (DSM) such as DSM-5 are
the diagnostic process?
important manuals as they are used by
therapists, clinicians, counselors,
psychiatrists, and others working in the
mental health professionals to diagnose
mental disorders. In clinical practice, DSMs
are important since they help to describe
symptoms as they relate to specific mental
disorders as well as in providing gender and
age-based statistics on mental illnesses. The
manual also helps describe the different
treatment approaches available for a specific
mental disorder as well as the effects such
treatment has on the patient (Black & Grant,
2014). By describing symptoms as they relate
to specific mental disorders, DSMs are able to
eliminate possible confusion in the diagnosis
of closely-related disorders. Describing
symptoms of specific disorders is the most
helpful aspect of using manuals such as
DSM-5.
© 2015. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
Do you believe that use of the DSM as a
Since their introduction, DSMs have helped
diagnostic/assessment tool will facilitate your
inform and characterize mental disorders and
practice experience? Why or why not?
have provided for uniform diagnosis. Through
the manuals, mental health professions have
been able to have a common reference point
in which clinical decisions in mental health
are largely founded. By describing the
symptoms as they relate to specific mental
disorders, DSMs have been critical in mental
health diagnosis/assessment (Black & Grant,
2014). The use DSMs in my practice will
facilitate mental diagnosis as well as to
inform the best treatment option by informing
the symptoms, treatment, and possible
outcomes. Other than this, the use of DSM
will help in classifying patient for billing
needs. This way, the use of DSM will be
critical in my professional practice as they
will help in making clinical decisions through
the care process.
Chapter Two Questions
Response
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Is it important for mental health practitioners
It is very important for mental health
to be aware of the DSM and the ICD, and if
practitioners to be aware of both the DSM and
so, why?
ICD in their daily practice. Diagnostic and
Statistical Manuals (DSM) and International
Classification of Disease (ICD) are two
important criteria used in disease
classification and description (Saxena, WHO,
& APA (2012). Both manuals are important
to mental health practitioners as they help
provide mental health symptoms and
guidelines for mental disorders diagnosis.
While DSM is developed and issued by the
APA, ICD is developed and issued by the
World Health Organization. Through the two
criteria, mental health practitioners are able to
give uniform diagnosis both in the US and on
the international front.
List two reasons that culture is so important
According to Dziegielewski (2015), culture is
to consider in the diagnostic assessment
an important aspect of mental health
diagnosis assessment as it relates to values,
understanding, behavior, and practices. One
of the reasons why culture is an important
consideration in the diagnosis assessment is
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that it helps mental health caregivers to
understand a client’s personal belief towards
the condition.
Through culture, individuals develop ethnic
identities which help influence thinking and
feeling and patterns of behavior. Culture
identities also help define bonds and relations
among individuals which are important in
mental health diagnosis assessment
(Kirmayer, & Ryder, 2016). Bonds and
relations in assessment diagnosis are
important as they help define and dictate
support groups and clarify decisions taken.
References:
Black, D. W., & Grant, J. E. (2014). DSM-5® Guidebook: The Essential Companion to the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. [Washington, DC]:
American Psychiatric Publishing.
Dziegielewski, S. F. (2015). DSM-5 in Action. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.
Kirmayer, L. J., & Ryder, A. G. (2016). Culture and psychopathology. Current Opinion in
Psychology, 8(Culture), 143-148.
Saxena, S., World Health, O., & American Psychiatric, A. (2012). Public Health Aspects of
Diagnosis and Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders: Refining the Research
Agenda for DSM-5 and ICD-11. Arlington, Va: American Psychiatric Association.
© 2015. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
PCN-540 Topic 2: Short Answer Questions
Directions: Provide short answers of 100-150 words each for the following
questions/statements. Do not exceed 200 words for your response. Use the textbook, and any
other scholarly resources to support your responses. Include at least two to three peer-reviewed
journal articles beyond the textbook and course readings.
1. What is the definition of and the core meaning of research literacy as it relates to
counseling psychology?
2. What specific methods would you utilize in beginning your review of the literature within
counseling research? Discuss the steps and rationale for conducting a review of the
literature. Include specific examples related to the methods and steps for conducting a
review of the counseling literature in your response.
3. Read “Self-Maintenance Therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease,” located in the reading
materials.
What were the variables under investigation by this study? What methods were used to
obtain the study’s sample? What specific measurements were used to assess or analyze
the study’s variables? Discuss any potential methodological problems in this study.
Include specific examples in your response.
4. How would you define Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)? Discuss the inherent strengths
and limitations of EBP. Be sure to include your comments regarding what is meant by
“validity of treatments.”
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5. Watch the Objectivity and subjectivity in social research video. What are the issues of
objectivity and subjectivity as they relate to methodological issues in conducting
counseling research?
6. What makes a counseling treatment empirically supported and validated? Include the
description of at least two empirically supported and validated treatments from the course
textbook and readings in your response. Include the mental health conditions that are
treated by the empirically supported and validated treatments identified.
References
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Directions: Choose any two questions from Chapter 1 “Questions for Further Thought” on p. 20
of the textbook DSM-5 in Action, and choose an additional two questions from Chapter 2
“Questions for Further Thought on p. 67 of the textbook. In total, you will respond to four
questions (two from Ch. 1, and two from Ch.2). Provide short answers of 100-150 words each
for the following questions/statements. Do not exceed 200 words for your response. Use the
textbook, and any other scholarly resources to support your responses. Include at least two to
three peer-reviewed journal articles beyond the textbook and course readings.
Deon L. Jones
PCN-605
21 Feb 2018
© 2016. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
Chapter One Questions
Response
What do you believe is the most helpful
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manuals for
aspect of using manuals such as the DSM-5 in Mental Disorders (DSM) such as DSM-5 are
the diagnostic process?
important manuals as they are used by
therapists, clinicians, counselors,
psychiatrists, and others working in the
mental health professionals to diagnose
mental disorders. In clinical practice, DSMs
are important since they help to describe
symptoms as they relate to specific mental
disorders as well as in providing gender and
age-based statistics on mental illnesses. The
manual also helps describe the different
treatment approaches available for a specific
mental disorder as well as the effects such
treatment has on the patient (Black & Grant,
2014). By describing symptoms as they relate
to specific mental disorders, DSMs are able to
eliminate possible confusion in the diagnosis
of closely-related disorders. Describing
symptoms of specific disorders is the most
helpful aspect of using manuals such as
DSM-5.
© 2015. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
Do you believe that use of the DSM as a
Since their introduction, DSMs have helped
diagnostic/assessment tool will facilitate your
inform and characterize mental disorders and
practice experience? Why or why not?
have provided for uniform diagnosis. Through
the manuals, mental health professions have
been able to have a common reference point
in which clinical decisions in mental health
are largely founded. By describing the
symptoms as they relate to specific mental
disorders, DSMs have been critical in mental
health diagnosis/assessment (Black & Grant,
2014). The use DSMs in my practice will
facilitate mental diagnosis as well as to
inform the best treatment option by informing
the symptoms, treatment, and possible
outcomes. Other than this, the use of DSM
will help in classifying patient for billing
needs. This way, the use of DSM will be
critical in my professional practice as they
will help in making clinical decisions through
the care process.
Chapter Two Questions
Response
© 2015. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
Is it important for mental health practitioners
It is very important for mental health
to be aware of the DSM and the ICD, and if
practitioners to be aware of both the DSM and
so, why?
ICD in their daily practice. Diagnostic and
Statistical Manuals (DSM) and International
Classification of Disease (ICD) are two
important criteria used in disease
classification and description (Saxena, WHO,
& APA (2012). Both manuals are important
to mental health practitioners as they help
provide mental health symptoms and
guidelines for mental disorders diagnosis.
While DSM is developed and issued by the
APA, ICD is developed and issued by the
World Health Organization. Through the two
criteria, mental health practitioners are able to
give uniform diagnosis both in the US and on
the international front.
List two reasons that culture is so important
According to Dziegielewski (2015), culture is
to consider in the diagnostic assessment
an important aspect of mental health
diagnosis assessment as it relates to values,
understanding, behavior, and practices. One
of the reasons why culture is an important
consideration in the diagnosis assessment is
© 2015. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
that it helps mental health caregivers to
understand a client’s personal belief towards
the condition.
Through culture, individuals develop ethnic
identities which help influence thinking and
feeling and patterns of behavior. Culture
identities also help define bonds and relations
among individuals which are important in
mental health diagnosis assessment
(Kirmayer, & Ryder, 2016). Bonds and
relations in assessment diagnosis are
important as they help define and dictate
support groups and clarify decisions taken.
References:
Black, D. W., & Grant, J. E. (2014). DSM-5® Guidebook: The Essential Companion to the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. [Washington, DC]:
American Psychiatric Publishing.
Dziegielewski, S. F. (2015). DSM-5 in Action. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.
Kirmayer, L. J., & Ryder, A. G. (2016). Culture and psychopathology. Current Opinion in
Psychology, 8(Culture), 143-148.
Saxena, S., World Health, O., & American Psychiatric, A. (2012). Public Health Aspects of
Diagnosis and Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders: Refining the Research
Agenda for DSM-5 and ICD-11. Arlington, Va: American Psychiatric Association.
© 2015. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
PCN-540 Topic 2: Short Answer Questions
Directions: Provide short answers of 100-150 words each for the following
questions/statements. Do not exceed 200 words for your response. Use the textbook, and any
other scholarly resources to support your responses. Include at least two to three peer-reviewed
journal articles beyond the textbook and course readings.
1. What is the definition of and the core meaning of research literacy as it relates to
counseling psychology?
2. What specific methods would you utilize in beginning your review of the literature within
counseling research? Discuss the steps and rationale for conducting a review of the
literature. Include specific examples related to the methods and steps for conducting a
review of the counseling literature in your response.
3. Read “Self-Maintenance Therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease,” located in the reading
materials.
What were the variables under investigation by this study? What methods were used to
obtain the study’s sample? What specific measurements were used to assess or analyze
the study’s variables? Discuss any potential methodological problems in this study.
Include specific examples in your response.
4. How would you define Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)? Discuss the inherent strengths
and limitations of EBP. Be sure to include your comments regarding what is meant by
“validity of treatments.”
© 2016. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
5. Watch the Objectivity and subjectivity in social research video. What are the issues of
objectivity and subjectivity as they relate to methodological issues in conducting
counseling research?
6. What makes a counseling treatment empirically supported and validated? Include the
description of at least two empirically supported and validated treatments from the course
textbook and readings in your response. Include the mental health conditions that are
treated by the empirically supported and validated treatments identified.
References
© 2016. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
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