Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resources on your own before you bid. The main reference comes from Sinacola, R. S., Peters-Strickland, T., & Wyner, J. D. (2020). You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation regarding treatment. Grammar, Writing, and APA Format: I expect you to write professionally, which means APA format, complete sentences, proper paragraphs, and well-organized and well-documented presentation of ideas. Remember to use scholarly research from peer-reviewed articles that are current. Sources such as Wikipedia, Ask.com, PsychCentral, and similar sites are never acceptable. Please remember that resources used must be from peer-reviewed resources such as academic journals. Grammar, Writing, and APA Format: I expect you to write professionally, which means APA format, complete sentences, proper paragraphs, and well-organized and well-documented presentation of ideas. Please follow the instructions to get full credit for the discussion. I need this completed by 12/09/20 at 6pm.
Discussion – Week 2
Medications
One of the important things to consider is this fact: Every substance put on or in the body has the potential for side effects. Side effects tell you that something is in/on your body that is outside of homeostasis and alerts you to check it out and determine how to get rid of its toxic effects or learn to live with it. Side effects range from unnoticeable to extremely difficult to manage. Your role as a counselor is to monitor those effects that your clients are experiencing and help them figure out how to wait them out or help them take back an important discussion of concern to their prescriber. It is not your role ever to tell your clients to stop using or modify the use of medication; those conversations are outside of your scope of practice and could cause grave harm to the client.
Remember, as clinicians, your work is much more than medication monitoring. You have a vital role in unearthing what the root causes of the mental health and substance use disorders are and in helping the client to address those causes and resulting consequences.
To prepare for the Discussion:
Review Chapters 2 and 3 of the textbook.
Review the media pieces listed in the Learning Resources.
Review the expectations in the Discussion Rubric
Choose two websites from the Handout “Academic, Scientific and Professional Sites for Researching Medications”, found in this week’s Learning Resources.
By Day 3
Respond to the following prompts.
What are the pros and cons of each site you chose?
Where does each site get its information?
What makes the site academic and reputable?
What did you notice was different about each site when you entered the same medication (e.g., diazepam) into each?
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.
Required Resources
Sinacola, R. S., Peters-Strickland, T., & Wyner, J. D. (2020). Basic psychopharmacology for mental health professionals (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Pearson.
· Chapter 2, “Basic Neurobiology”
· Chapter 3, “Psychopharmacology and Pharmacokinetics”
Document: Academic, Scientific, and Professional Sites for Researching Medications (Word Document)
Required Media
CrashCourse (2015, February 23). The nervous system, part 1: Crash Course A&P #8 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/qPix_X-9t7E
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 11 minutes.
CrashCourse (2015, March 2). The nervous system, part 2 – Action! Potential: Crash Course A&P #9 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/OZG8M_ldA1M
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 12 minutes
CrashCourse (2015, March 10). The nervous system, part 3 – Synapses!: Crash Course A&P #10 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/VitFvNvRIIY
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 11 minutes.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). Assessing your instructor feedback [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Note: The approximate length of this video is 4 minutes.
Accessible player –Downloads– Download Video w/CC Download Audio Download Transcript
Optional Resources
Inside Science. (n.d.) Human. Retrieved June 11, 2019, from https://www.insidescience.org/human
Neuroscience News. (n.d.) Retrieved June 11, 2019, from https://neurosciencenews.com/
Scientific American. (n.d.) Mind. Retrieved June 11, 2019, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/mind/
Science Daily. (n.d.) Mind and brain news. Retrieved June 11, 2019, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/mind_brain/
ScienceNews. (n.d.) Retrieved June 11, 2019, from https://www.sciencenews.org
TED. (2013, January). David Anderson: Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/david_anderson_your_brain_is_more_than_a_bag_of_chemicals
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 15 minutes.
TED. (2017, April). Rebecca Brachman: A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_brachman_a_new_class_of_drug_that_could_prevent_depression_and_ptsd
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes.
Assignment Feedback
© 2018 Laureate Education, Inc. 1
Assignment Feedback
Program Transcript
[MUSIC PLAYING]
HILLARY WENTWORTH: Throughout your Walden course, your instructor will
provide feedback on discussions, assignments, and possibly other graded items.
To grow as a scholar, you should get into the habit of locating, reviewing, and
acting on that feedback each week. This video shows you how to locate
assignment feedback in particular.
From your course home page, click on My Grades on the left navigation menu.
You will see a list of discussions, assignments, and other items on the next
screen. If an item has been graded by your instructor, you will see an associated
numerical grade. Click on the assignment title on the left to access all feedback
associated with a graded assignment.
Instructors can provide written feedback in several different areas. The first is the
Feedback to Learner box on the right. Here you may find a summary comment, a
link, or further instructions.
The second area to look for feedback is within the assignment submission itself.
Faculty can choose to comment using Blackboard’s in-line grading tool, called
Box, or using Microsoft Word. If your instructor has to use the in-line grading tool,
you will see comment icons, highlighting, or drawing directly on the Blackboard
screen. Click on each blue comment icon to reveal the comment text. You can
minimize the left menu and the grading pane to make the assignment bigger.
If your instructor has used Microsoft Word to provide comments, you will see a
link in the feedback box on the right side of your screen. Click on the link to
download the assignment with comments. Your instructor may have written
directly in the body of the paper, as at the top of this example, or added
comments appearing in the margins. If you do not immediately see any
corrections or comments, go to the Review tab and make sure that all markup is
showing, rather than no markup or original. You can also use the Review tab to
accept and reject the changes your instructor has made the draft and to delete
comments. If the comments are appearing too small to read, go to the View tab
and zoom in. The Academic Skill Center has additional tutorials on Microsoft
Word to assist you in navigating a document.
The final place that your instructor can provide written feedback is in the rubric.
Click on the rubric icon beside your grade to reveal your rubric scores, as well as
more information on the grading criteria. You can also access the rubric from the
main My Grades area.
Assignment Feedback
© 2018 Laureate Education, Inc. 2
If you have difficulty locating or understanding your instructor’s feedback, contact
them. Your instructor is here to support you in your scholarly development.
Thank you, and good luck.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
COUN 6743 Psychopharmacology
Academic, Scientific, and Professional Sites for Researching Medications
1. U.S. National Library of Medicine: MedlinePlus: https://medlineplus.gov/medicines.html
2. WebMD: Drugs and Medications: https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/index
3. RxList: https://www.rxlist.com/
4. Drugs.com: https://www.drugs.com/
5. National Institute of Mental Health: Mental Health Medications: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/mental-health-medications/index.shtml
6. Mayo Clinic: [Medication Research]: https://www.mayo.edu/research/search/search-results?q=medications&topics=Drugs%20%26%20Supplements and https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/drug-list
7. International OCD Foundation: Medications for OCD: https://iocdf.org/about-ocd/ocd-treatment/meds/
8. Children and Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: [ADHD Medications]: https://chadd.org/?s=medications
9. Anxiety and Depression Association of America: What Medications Are Used to Treat Anxiety Disorders?: https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/what-medications-are-used-treat-anxiety-disorders
10. Mental Health America: Building a Dialogue for Recovery With Your Doctor: https://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/sites/default/files/AntipsychoticMedicationChecklist.pdf
11. U.S. National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal: https://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/
12. MedicineNet: Medications Index: https://www.medicinenet.com/medications/article.htm
13. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Drug Information for Consumers: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/resources-you/drug-information-consumers
14. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Drugs: https://www.fda.gov/drugs
15. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Medication and Counseling Treatment: https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/treatment
16. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Medication Safety Program: https://www.cdc.gov/medicationsafety/index.html
17. National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): Mental Health Medications: https://www.nami.org/learn-more/treatment/mental-health-medications
18. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for Teens: Prescription Drugs: https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/prescription-drugs
19. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25310/medications-for-opioid-use-disorder-save-lives (download free PDF e-book)
20. National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Herbs at a Glance: https://nccih.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htm
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