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Essay Instructions: This is a Group presentation on: Dual diagnosis (co occurring) Disorders.

I would like the focus to be on Dual diagnosis Population (Drug/Alcohol, psychiatric disorder and Criminal background). It can be on Men/Women age 20-40.

Presentation should outline the pertinent information to cover your topic:
• Community counseling framework
• Strategies to facilitate human development
• Strategies to facilitate community development
• A program of your choice that utilizes this area of community counseling

POPULATION AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT:
? Identify the population served (e.g. school-age children, adolescents, married couples, elderly, etc.).
? Include illustrative data that would be collected via interviewing members of the target population.

PROGRAM DESIGN:
? What interventions/services are being provided to address the problem area?
? What is the expected outcome of the intervention program?
? Staffing needs, specialized training, or competencies,
? What is the role, responsibility, function of the counselor?
? Material needs? Budget? Funding?
? Discussion of special issues (e.g. ethical, contextual such as quality & accessibility to services) that could or will impact the program.
? Advocacy and public policies affecting program

EVALUATION:
? How is the program evaluated for success/failure? (Assessment tools, statistics, measurable outcomes, etc)
? Implications for counselors

REFERENCES:
? Provide documentation of scholarly resources utilized (including text, websites, phone interview/correspondence, etc). The source of any graphs, assessment tools, and/or statistics must be documented properly in APA STYLE.

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Essay Instructions: ? Identify two PEER Reviewed Journal articles that are written on dual diagnosis and one research based article written on substance abuse disorder that can mimic a mental health or medical diagnosis. ---addictions or substance abuse counseling.

? The articles must be at least 10 pages long,****
? be from a scholarly journal (peer reviewed), ****
? and be published within the past 10 years.
**** Write a 1 page Annotation for each article. *****

? These should include the APA style reference (at top of page) followed by a summarization of the research article, assessment of the article, and reflection of how you could use this information as a professional.
? More in-depth information about annotated bibliography are found on the following website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/

Please include APA cite for each of the peer reviewed journal articles in addictions or substance abuse counseling

Essay Instructions: PAPER TO BE WRITTEN IN RELATION TO THE UK (USING UPTO DATE REFERENCES FROM THE UK)

Write an in depth critical analysis of a chosen area of mental health service delivery (Black and Ethnic Minority Groups), within social care practice.

Incorporate the 5 learning outcomes into your writing:


Learning outcomes of the module


1 Develop a critical understanding of the key theoretical ideas and processes within the current mental health system and how to apply these to practice situations.
2 Critically analyse current services and therapeutic approaches available to mental health service users, their families and carers.
3 Evaluate and critically review social policy and legislative developments that apply to social work practice with mental health service users, their families and carers.
4 Evaluate and apply the principles of anti-oppressive practice and equal opportunities to interactions with mental health service users, their families and carers.
5 Critically evaluate current assessment procedures in mental health

READING LIST:
American Psychiatric Association (2004) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM IV, Fourth Edition, American Psychiatric Association

Barnes, M and Maple N (1992) Women and Mental Health British Ass. of Social Workers

Barber, P., Brown, R., Martin, D. (2012) Mental Health Law in England and Wales, 2nd Edition, Learning Matters

Bentall, R. (2004) Madness Explained: psychosis and human nature Penguin

Bentall, R. (2009) Doctoring The Mind, Penguin

Breggin, P (1993) Toxic Psychiatry: drugs and electroconvulsive therapy: the truth and the better alternatives. Harper Collins

Churchill, S. (2011) The Troubled Mind, Palgrave

Coleman, R. and Smith, M. (2007) Working with Voices, Victim to Victor, P&P Press

Davidson, J (2009) The Dark Threads, Accent Press

Department of Health (1990) The NHS and Community Care Act, Department of Health/HMSO

Department of Health (2002) Dual Diagnosis Good Practice Guide

Department of Health (2006) Dual diagnosis in MH inpatient and day hospital settings

Department of Health (2006) International experiences of using community treatment orders

Department of Health (2007) Safe,Sensible,Social. The next steps in the national alcohol strategy

Department of Health /CSIP (2008) Themed Review Report ? Dual Diagnosis

Department of Health /NTA (2006) Models of Care for Alcohol Misusers (MoCAM)

Department of Health (2003) Mainstreaming Gender and Women?s Mental Health

Department of Health (2008) Code of Practice, Mental Health Act 1983, DOH

Department of Health (2009) New Horizons A Shared Vision For Mental Health (DOH, 2009)
Department of Health (2011) No Health without Mental Health. DOH

Fernando S. (2010) Mental Health Race and Culture, 3rd Edition. Palgrave

Gofman, E (1968) Asylums: essays on the social situation of mental patients and other inmates, Penguin

Golightly, M. (2011) Social Work and Mental Health. 4th ed. Learning Matters

Grant, A (2010) Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Mental Health Practitioners, Learning Matters

Heller, T et al (1996) Mental Health Matters: A Reader, Palgrave

Heller, T et al (2009) Mental Health Still Matters, A Reader, Palgrave

Hornstein, G. (2009) Agnes?s Jacket, Rodale Press

Johnstone, L (2000) Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: a critical look at psychiatric practice. 2nd ed., Routledge

Johnston, J.( 2005) To Walk On Eggshells? is to care for a mental illness. The Cairn

Johnston, S. (2004) The Naked Bird Watcher. 2nd ed. The Cairn

Jones, R. (2010) Mental Health Act Manual. 13th ed. Thomson Sweets & Maxwell

Kinney, M (2009) Being Assessed under the 1983 Mental Health Act?Can it Ever be Ethical? Ethics and Social Welfare, 3: 3, 329 ? 336


Laing, R. (1967) The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise. Penguin

Laurance, J. (2003) Pure Madness, How Fear Drives The Mental Health System, Routledge

Littlewood, R., and Lipsedge, M. (1997) Aliens and Alienists, Ethnic minorities and psychiatry, 3rd edition, Routledge

Mental Health Act Commission (2009) Coercion and consent 13th Biennial Report, TSO, London

McLaughlin, K.(2008) Social Work, Politics and Society, Policy Press

Morris, G. (2006) Mental Health Issues and The Media, Routledge

Morris, K. (2008) Social work and multi-agency working, Policy Press

National Treatment Agency (2002) models of care for the treatment of drug misusers

Newbigging, K (2006) Supporting Women into the Mainstream: Day Services for Women

NHS (1999) Mental Health, National Service Framework, Department of Health

Read. J. (2009) Psychiatric Drugs, Key Issues and Service User Perspectives, Mind

Reeves, A (2000) Recovery: an Holistic Approach. Handsell

Rogers, A., Pilgrim, D.(2010) A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness, McGraw Hill

Romme, M. (2000) Understanding Voices, Handsell Publishing

Soothill, Morgan & Dolan,( 2008) The Handbook for Forensic Mental Health, Willan Publishing

Tew, J. (2011) Social Approaches to Mental Distress, Palgrave

Tantam, D., Husband, N. (2009) Understanding Repeated Self-Injury, A Multidisciplinary approach, Palgrave

Turning Point (2007) Dual Diagnosis Good Practice Handbook, London

Shepherd, G., Boardman, J., Slade, M. (2008) Making Recovery a Reality, Sainsbury

Stastny, P.and Lehman, P. (2007) Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry, Lehman Publishing

Szasz, T. (1973) Ideology and Insanity: essays on the psychiatric dehumanization of man. Penguin

Szasz, T (2007) Coercion as Cure, Transaction Publishers

Taylor, K., Coleman, R., and Baker, P.(2007) Working to Recovery, Victim to Victor 3, P&P Press

Tew, J. (2005) Social Perspectives in Mental Health. Jessica Kingsley

Timimi, S. (2005) Naughty Boys, Palgrave

Tummey, R., Turner, T. (2008) Critical Issues in Mental Health, Palgrave

Warren, J (2007) Service User and career Participation in Social Work, Learning Matters

Webber, M. (2008) Evidence-based Policy and Practice in Mental Health Social Work, Learning Matters

Wilson, J. (1995) How to Work with Self Help Groups, Arena

Women?s Aid (2008) Domestic Violence and Mental Health Factsheet (www.womensaid.org.uk)

Women?s Resource Centre (2008) Violence against women, health, and the women?s voluntary and community sector

WEBSITES:

? The Anti psychiatry Coalition - www.antipsychiatry.org
? Black Mental Health UK's ? www.blackmentalhealth.org.uk
? The Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health - http://www.ceimh.bham.ac.uk/index.shtml
? Critical Psychology - www.psychminded.co.uk
? Critical Mental Health Forum - www.critpsynet.freeuk.com/criticalmentalhealth.htm
? CRITICAL PSYCHIATRY NETWORK - www.critpsynet.freeuk.com
? Department of Health - www.dh.gov.uk
? Mental Health Foundation - www.mentalhealth.org.uk
? Mental Health Forum - www.mentalhealthforum.net
? Mental Health Media - http://www.insidestories.org/node/304/play
? Mental Health Alliance - www.mentalhealthalliance.org.uk
? MIND - www.mind.org.uk
? Philadelphia Association - www.philadelphia-association.co.uk
? Sainsbury Centre - www.scmh.org.uk
? SANE - www.sane.org.uk
? SCIE Research briefing 26: Mental health and social work - http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/briefings/briefing26/index.asp
? http://www.workingtogetherforrecovery.co.uk/
? York Retreat - www.theretreatyork.org.uk

Essay Instructions: I would need an Academic Autobiography which is a reflective essay that requires some information about some specific aspects of my journey toward my bachelor degree completion.


I am being asked to reflect upon 5 general classes and 5 classes for my major and all of the knowledge that I have gained, and over the skill sets that I have acquired and now practice.

It is more than a collection of courses taken over a period of time. It is a photo album of my academic journey. These courses represent a body of college level learning that will qualify me for a bachelor’s degree.

These courses have provided me with knowledge, insights, skills and convictions that may have become so integrated that I have ceased to recognize them. This is my opportunity to look back over your journey and reflect on the broad philosophical purposes of higher education, on what it means to be a college educated person.

The description of the task of writing the Academic Autobiography that follows may help me in this reflective and integrative exercise. As I review the information again, keep in mind that your Academic Autobiography must address:

? The credits that have been used to meet my general education requirements

? The credits that have been used to meet your concentration.

This should be about 5 pages double space. This paper should flow.


General Courses:


ENGLISH COMPOSITION 101

Develops strategies for college-level writing through the critical study of various rhetorical modes. Emphasizes the development of carefully reasoned essays that cite appropriate evidence to support conclusions. Develops library and research skills required for composition and communication. Students will write a number of short expository papers and a longer research paper incorporating MLA documentation techniques. (Because English is my second language, this class help me with my writing skills and techniques).


SPEECH COMMUNICATION 101

This course is a survey incorporating intrapersonal, interpersonal, and
public speaking. Students will acquire theory and develop skills in gender communication, workplace communication, interviewing, informative and
persuasive speaking. (This course help me with getting the fear out and learn how to speak in public, which is what I do as a drug/alcohol counselor at my job)

DARC 158: BIOLOGY OF ADDICTIONS

Studies how and why drug abuse impacts both the human body and society. Students are introduced to the process of neurotransmission and learn how each class of psychoactive substances alters neurotransmission and homeostasis. The course examines the consequences of short- and long-term substance use, abuse, and addiction on all major bodily systems and the fetus. (This class help me understand the biology of addiction in dual diagnosis patients at work, it help understand how addiction can be insidious).


DARC 251-252: COUNSELING INTERNSHIP

Provides students with the experience of spending 15 hours per week in a substance abuse treatment facility under the joint supervision of the DARC program and a credentialed supervisor at the facility. Students will observe the treatment process from intake to discharge. Students will observe, practice and develop competency in the 12 core functions of addiction counseling. As students develop increased competence, they will progress from active observers to co-counselors and then to counselors. To enhance the field experience, students will continue academic study during a weekly seminar. Students will be expected to reflect on their fieldwork, participate in clinical supervision as well as peer group interaction and continue their research in support of counseling theories.

Note: This internship help me with my employment intent of running groups and writing progress notes in patient’s documentation. Also it helps me with understanding how to admit a patient and discharge patients.


DARC 111: INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING

Learn, practice, and develop counseling such skills as attending, reflecting, active listening, and mirroring. This course presents the fundamental theories of addiction counseling and the relationship of theory to skills. Students reflect on their roles as counselors and define the qualities, knowledge, and skills essential to become a competent, ethical, culturally-aware counselor-in-training. Combines didactic and experiential learning. (This was the beginning…how to become a counselor)

PSY-ECE 301 PSYCHOLOGY OF PLAY

An examination of play as a medium for cognitive, social-emotional and physical growth. Particular emphasis will be placed on the creative aspects of play and its relation to fantasy and emotions, as well as to the contrast with more structured experiences for children.

(This helps me understand adolescences patients that I work with at the hospital and the importance of play among children’s).


PSY 319 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER

An overview of the theoretical, empirical, and applied psychological literature related to gender. Learners critically analyze research on gender and psychology; describe constructivist and essentialist perspectives to psychological issues related to gender; and relate course content to their own gendered experiences. Topics include sex and gender differences and similarities in physical development, mental abilities, mental health issues and coping, spirituality, personality, social behavior, gender socialization in the context of ethnicity and class, sexual orientation, health, workplace, and media portrayal.


PSY 333 SELECTED TOPICS IN SOCIAL PSYCH & DEVIANCE

This course uses the major concepts and theoretical approaches in social psychology to provide adult learners with a deeper understanding of how people relate to and are changed by the social contexts in which they find themselves. This social psychological perspective is in turn used to critically investigate the concept of deviance: the violation of social norms.

Social psychology is a broad and ambitious field. It captures the complexities of our everyday existence and brings these complexities into sharper focus. Through the study of social psychology, we sometimes discover that certain areas of our social lives that we might have taken for granted, those areas that seemed unimportant, might in fact be the foundation upon which our lives are built. This course capitalizes on the intuition and experiences of adult learners to bridge a more complete understanding of the social experience of individuals. We will also examine the concept of deviance through the lens of the social norms.


SOC-PSY 410 RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

This course will be an examination of the fundamental principles of behavioral science research. There will be an overview of the conceptual need for research and an analysis of the methods or designs commonly employed and the procedures utilized to collect and analyze data. Students will review and design research in their areas of interest.
Quantitative psychological research is defined as psychological research which performs statistical estimation or statistical inference. This definition distinguishes it from so-called qualitative psychological research; however, many psychologists do not acknowledge any real difference between quantitative and qualitative research. The validity of the distinction is discussed in the article about qualitative psychological research.
(This course show me how to analyzed and research. It also help me re-do the survey application where I work)



ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

Abnormal psychology is the scientific study of abnormal behavior in order to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning. Abnormal psychology in clinical psychology studies the nature of psychopathology, its causes, and its treatments. Of course, the definition of what constitutes 'abnormal' has varied across time and across cultures. Individuals also vary in what they regard as normal or abnormal behavior. In general, abnormal psychology can be described as an area of psychology that studies people who are consistently unable to adapt and function effectively in a variety of conditions. The four main contributing factors to how well an individual is able to adapt include their genetic makeup, physical condition, learning and reasoning, and socialization. (This course helps me understand abnormal behaviors among psych patients at the hospital)

My job is working with dual diagnose (patients with two or more disorder i.e. patient with addiction to drug, alcohol and psych disorders) Patients at a psychiatric hospital for 10 years.

There are faxes for this order.