Analysis of osteoporosis

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Analysis of osteoporosis,The greatest value in this course is from applying the information, concepts, and principles learned to your area of personal and focused interest. This assignment gives you an opportunity to choose the pathology that you want to investigate and analyze or to choose a patient/client you are or have worked with and analyze in a case report. See rubric in the syllabus for grading criteria.

1. Comprehensive case report based on a patient/client under your care. The content will include a summary of the patient's past medical history, current medical and physical therapy issues, and medication regimen. Your analysis of the pathophysiology and medication interventions should include the following:

Introduction and thesis statement
Pertinent overview of relevant patient/client information (please keep your patient's identity confidential) such as reason for referral to PT, past medical and surgical history, medications, apply to disablement model – be specific
Review of the pathophysiology of main medical diagnoses, supported by the literature review
Review of medications, mechanism of action, and adverse effects, supported by a literature review and discussion of relevant research
Identification of response/progression of the medical and physical therapies
Recommendations, with emphasis on relevance and importance to the physical therapist (must include discussion of the implications and role of PT in pharmacological management)
Conclusion
2. Analysis of a unique pathology of particular interest to you and your practice that includes:

Introduction and thesis statement
Overview of the pathophysiology, incidence and etiology, clinical manifestations, medical diagnosis, prognosis, brief overview of medical management
Review of drug therapies/class used in treatment of the disorder
Common generic/trade names
Indications/common uses
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics; mechanism of actions
Adverse drug effects
Relevant Research
Analysis of effects of special concern to the physical therapist; must include discussion of the role of PT in pharmacological management
Conclusion
References

The final project should not exceed 8-10 pages (not including title page, appendices, and references), should be double-spaced, adhering to APA format and style, and include a minimum of 8 references (12 preferred), at least 6 of which must be from journals. No more than 3-4 quotations per written assignment. All citations in the paper must appear in the reference list, and all references must be cited in the text of the paper.

It is required that both your midterm paper/project and final paper be posted for your classmates so that they may benefit from your research and analysis

Know Differentiation of Self and who introduce it to the family therapy field?

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There will be 64 questions from chapter 10-14. You will have exactly 1 hour 45 minutes to answer these questions. Again, please be reminded that you need to do your reading a head of time as you will not have time to look up for information while you are taking the exam. Best wishes,

•Know the name of the main person(s) associate with each theory.

•Know what category each theory belong to, if any (e.g., psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive, behavioral etc).

•Know REBT concept of “irrational thought”.

•Know what “must”, should” and “blaming” do to people thought process.

•Know human’s basic need (e.g., food, water, oxygen, shelter).

•Know the therapeutic goal of REBT

•Know Meichenbaum Stress-inoculation program

•Know REBT technique that involves having clients imagine themselves in situation where they feel inappropriate feelings.

•Know in cognitive therapy, therapy techniques are designed to do what.

•Know the difference between the REBT and Beck’s Cognitive Therapy where Beck emphasis on what.

•Know the definition for the following concept, overgeneralization, arbitrary inferences, selective abstraction and personalization.

•What does Reality Therapy emphasis(short term, long term, past, present, future) and what kind of therapy is it?

•Know the role of insight in choice therapy and what Glasser thinks of role of transference?

•Know the psychological needs of clients according to Glasser.

•What does William Glasser think of depression?

•Know the basic need of clients according to William Glasser

•Know the Feminists’ perspective on women’s socialization, the concept of oppression and the nature of the therapist relationship with client.

•What do all feminists theorists (liberal, cultural, radical, and socialist) have in common?

•Know the characteristic of gender-biased theories, what they think of a person, the goals for therapy and gender role analysis?

•What does narrative therapist think of clients’ problem, clients’ role in their own therapy and goal of the therapy?

•How does narrative therapy intervene? Know their method of interventions.

•What is role of client story in therapy?

•What is involved in solution focus therapy. How do they approach and think of the therapy.

•Know what is “miracle question” according SFT.

•Who was the first modern therapist who did “family therapy”?

•Who are (is) the family therapist who made most use of innovative interventions such as metaphor, reframing, rules for interaction, parts party, family reconstructions, family sculpting, communication stances, family life-fact chronologies, and family maps?

•Who talks about birth order and what does it mean in family therapy?

•Know Differentiation of Self and who introduce it to the family therapy field?

•Know the definition of triangulation and genogram.

•Family atmosphere, family constellation, and mistaken goals/key concepts.

Using these principles, design a strategy or set of strategies to change the frequency of the behaviour.

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Additional assignment information can be provided via email.

This is a research report. You will attempt to modify your own behaviour. This will involve recording your behaviour for a minimum of 28 days, and writing a report on what you have done. It is therefore important to start this assignment at least six weeks before the due date which is May 9 (i.e., start the assignmment in March).

Research Report 2000-2500 words

Worth 35%

Behaviour modification has been applied in a wide variety of areas to assist people in changing theirbehaviour. For example it is one of the key treatments underlying cognitive behavioural therapy usedwidely in clinical psychology. Self management is one area where behaviour modification has been applied. Individuals can usebehavioural modification techniques to control personal habits, health behaviours, professionalbehaviours and personal problems.

The aims of this assignment are to:

•Teach you about behavioural self management techniques, by giving you an opportunity to modify your own behaviour.
•Consider and discuss some of the different dimensions that influence the target behaviour.
•Explain the way that learning contributes to behaviour.
•Apply learning theory to modify behaviour.
•Develop skills in writing a research report.
•Gain experience in the use of APA format.

Choose a target behaviour that you would like to modify. Examples include:

• Increasing the number of hours of study.
• Increasing the occurrence of a healthy habit (e.g. exercise).
• Decreasing unhealthy food consumption.
• Decreasing the occurrence of an unhealthy habit (e.g. smoking).

To do this you will:

• Identify and precisely describe the behaviour.
• Choose an appropriate method to monitor the behaviour
• Monitor and record the behaviour for a minimum of 14 days
• Identify some principles which should lead to changing the behaviour in the desired direction.
• Using these principles, design a strategy or set of strategies to change the frequency of the behaviour.This is called the intervention.
• Implement the intervention for 14 days while continuing to monitor and record the behaviour.
• Write a report based on what you have done.

Using the information in the texts and internet sources on cognitive behavioral therapy and generalized anxiety and panic disorder, what are some of your thoughts about Debbie?

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VIGNETTE ONE
Gertrude is a 27 year old woman from a strong Irish-Catholic background with borderline intellectual functioning. She comes into therapy upon the ultimatum of her new husband because of her spending money and obsession with the home shopping channel, which she watches all night. Gertrude says, “since we got married he is such a pinch penny and let me tell you about the awesome deal I just got. I have this special ability to be in the right place at the right time. Did you know that tomorrow there are half-off sales at the mall and by the way, I can’t help it if I like having a good time”. During the interview, Gertrude appears relaxed but keeps shifting her position in her chair. When you ask her if she has ever been depressed, she tells you, “sometimes the world seems dark and heavy and did you know that your picture frames are crooked?”

1. Using the information in the texts on cognitive behavioral therapy and bi-polar disorder, what are some of your thoughts about Gertrude?

2. Devise a behavioral experiment for Gertrude.

VIGNETTE TWO
Debbie is a 32 year old Hispanic female with mild mental retardation who enters treatment for what she calls “anxiety attacks”. She tells you that, “What if I have one of those awful attacks when I am at the store? What if it happens at a restaurant? Oh my gosh, what if I faint at work. I know I will just die of embarrassment”. She describes a recent incident in the grocery store where she was standing in line and became sweaty, nervous, and dizzy. She just knew that “everyone was staring at me and I had to drop my groceries and run before they locked me up”. She tells you that “no one seems to understand how I feel. Not even my medical doctor believes me when I complain about how awful it is”. Debbie wants to know if you can cure her forever.

1. Using the information in the texts and internet sources on cognitive behavioral therapy and generalized anxiety and panic disorder, what are some of your thoughts about Debbie?

2. Devise a behavioral experiment for Debbie.