Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
·
Review
the Decolonizing Mental HealthLinks to an external site. video.
·
Review
the following webpages:
o
Continuum of Mental Health Care.
§ Understanding the Levels of
Psychiatric Care is Key to Treatment Success.
·
Explore
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders.
·
Explore
the manual International
Classification of Diseases.
For this assignment, you are tasked with selecting a mental
health disorder and exploring the relationship between symptoms, intervention
response, and the level of care for a specific mental health disorder of your
choice. The objective of this assignment is to deepen your understanding of how
symptoms inform the selection of appropriate interventions and determine the
level of care required for individuals with the disorder.
In your paper,
·
Describe
the selected mental health disorder by identifying core symptoms and
manifestations.
o
Choose
a disorder that interests you and that you would like to explore further.
Examples could include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder, or any other mental health disorder of your choice.
·
Describe
the specific criteria and diagnostic features outlined in the diagnostic
manuals (e.g., DSM-5-TR or ICD-11) that are relevant to the disorder.
·
Determine
an appropriate level of care (outpatient therapy, intensive outpatient
programs, inpatient hospitalization, or residential treatment) based on the
severity of the identified symptoms.
o
Explain
the significance of assessing the severity, duration, and functional impairment
associated with the symptoms of the chosen disorder.
o
Discuss
the efficacy and appropriateness of these level of care interventions based on
current research and clinical guidelines.
·
Discuss
the rationale behind selecting the appropriate level of care based on the
severity and functional impairment associated with the symptoms.
In your paper, be sure to integrate relevant scholarly
sources, research findings, and clinical literature to support your analysis
and arguments. You may also include real-life case examples or hypothetical
scenarios to illustrate your points but be mindful not to disclose information
that someone may not want to be shared.
The Evaluating Symptoms for Intervention Response and Level
of Care paper
·
must
be four to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and
references pages) and formatted according to the 7 Edition APA Style
·
must
include a separate title page with the following in title case:
o
title
of paper in bold font
§
Space
should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title
page.
o
student’s
name
o
name
of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
o
course
name and number
o
instructor’s
name
o
due
date
·
must
utilize academic voice.
·
must
include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
o
Your
introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that
indicates the purpose of your paper.
·
must
use at least five scholarly, peer-reviewed, credible sources in addition to the
course text.
·
must
document any information used from sources in 7th Edition APA Style.
·
must
include a separate references page that is formatted according to 7th
Edition APA Style.
