Describe each strategy. Explain how each behavior could cause changes in brain physiology (e.g., exercise can raise serotonin levels).

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Assignment 1: LASA 2: Effects of Stress

Provide a 1-page description of a stressful event currently occurring in your life. Then, referring to information you learned throughout this course, address the following:

  • What physiological changes occur in the brain due to the stress response?
  • What emotional and cognitive effects might occur due to this stressful situation?
  • Would the above changes (physiological, cognitive, or emotional) be any different if the same stress were being experienced by a person of the opposite sex or someone much older or younger than you?
  • If the situation continues, how might your physical health be affected?
  • What three behavioral strategies would you implement to reduce the effects of this stressor? Describe each strategy. Explain how each behavior could cause changes in brain physiology (e.g., exercise can raise serotonin levels).
  • If you were encouraging an adult client to make the above changes, what ethical considerations would you have to keep in mind? How would you address those ethical considerations?

In addition to citing the online course and the text, you are also required to cite a minimum of two scholarly sources. Please see the Academic Resources section under Course Home to use the Argosy University online library to find appropriate scholarly sources. For reputable web sources, look for .gov or .edu sites as opposed to .com sites. Please do not use Wikipedia.

Your paper should be double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, and with normal 1-inch margins; written in APA style; and free of typographical and grammatical errors. It should include a title page with a running head, an abstract, and a reference page. The body of the paper should be at least 6 pages in length.

Save the response as AU_PSY350_M5_A1_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. Submit your response to the M5 Assignment 1 LASA 2 Dropbox by Monday, August 24, 2015.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Described a stressful event.
20
Explained the physiological changes that occur in the brain due to the stress response.
36
Explained the emotional and cognitive effects that may occur due to this stressful situation.
32
Analyzed potential differences in physiological, cognitive, and emotional responses in someone of a different age or sex.
32
Discussed the physical health risks.
28
Provided three behavioral strategies to reduce the effects of the stressor and explained how each could cause changes in brain physiology.
40
Analyzed ethical considerations in implementing behavioral strategies and offered suggestions for addressing these.
40
Integrated at least two scholarly references to support ideas.
8
Organization (16 points): Introduction, transitions, and conclusion.
Style (8 points): Tone, audience, and word choice.
Usage and Mechanics (16 points): Grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.
APA Elements (24 points): In-text citations and references, paraphrasing, and appropriate use of quotations and other elements of style.
64
Total:
300

Why did you eat? Meal time? Stress? Boredom? To be healthy? Socializing? (Sentence form; ex: I ate a bagel because I was hungry; I ate a whole bag of chips because I was stressed.) 

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AS Description: Create a 4-day nutrition and exercise journal followed by a 2-page reflection to explore eating and physical activity habits and their role in contributing to a balanced, healthy, lifestyle.

 

Journal Requirements:

· 4 entries

· Date and Time of food intake/activity (exercise, take the stairs, walk around campus, etc.)

· What did you eat? How much (can be a guestimate; ex: ½ sandwich)?

· Why did you eat? Meal time? Stress? Boredom? To be healthy? Socializing? (Sentence form; ex: I ate a bagel because I was hungry; I ate a whole bag of chips because I was stressed.)

· How did you feel after you ate/exercised? (Sentence form)

· 3-4 sentence summary at the end of each journal entry answering: How did you feel at the end of the day? Bloated? Tired? Energized? Sick?

**The point of this assignment is to learn how food and physical activity affect your overall health and well-being**

Reflection:

§  In a 2-page paper, 12-point Times New Roman font, analyze your journal based on Dietary Guidelines for Americans and ACSM Physical Activity Guidelines.

Discuss the following in your paper:

A) What factors affected your food and activity choices?

B) Where could you make improvements in nutrition and physical activity?

C) Are there any side effects of eating poorly and/or not being physically active?

D) Was your mood/energy level affected by your choices?

E) What was the most important thing you learned about yourself?

Checklist: 

§ Use peer reviewed research to support your responses (Two peer-reviewed or government sources required).

AS Instructions: See attached document

Evaluate the diagnostic value (e.g., applicability, empirical strengths) of each within the context of your diagnosis.  (Empirical supports must come from professional journals from the UMGC library).

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Instructions

This project will be a 6–8 page paper in APA format. You will select a famous person (by reading a biography or viewing a movie) to complete a case study and a diagnosis. The person can be a historical or present-day figure of significance (e.g., has contributed to entertainment, science, industry, politics), or a fictitious character, such as Forest Gump or Anakin Skywalker.

This assignment in no way suggests that you have the education or training to complete such a task in the real world. Moreover, it does not imply that your chosen person truly has the diagnosis and/or has consented to treatment. Therefore, you must write a disclaimer at the beginning of your paper to demonstrate an awareness of ethical practice.  You must also base your diagnosis on information from the course readings and materials in addition to professional resources from the UMGC library.

Please provide the following in your paper:

  • Cover sheet: Provide the ethical disclaimer here (see Assignment Guidelines).
  • Background information: Give the background information of your subject (age, culture, gender, history, etc.) Discuss relevant socio-cultural aspects of his or her life—for example, possible historical influences (e.g., World War II). Discuss these with a focus on etiology.
  • Diagnostic information: Provide a possible diagnosis, framed against the diagnostic possibilities from the course readings.  Use books, journals, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for reference, to help you build your diagnostic summary.  Explain signs and symptoms identified and their coherency with the person’s context (physiology, risk factors).  Discuss bias, assumptions, confounds, and other considerations sound clinical diagnostic practices require.
  • Compare and contrast of at least two theoretical orientations: Find at least two empirical supports for your diagnosis that pull from different theoretical orientations.  Evaluate the diagnostic value (e.g., applicability, empirical strengths) of each within the context of your diagnosis.  (Empirical supports must come from professional journals from the UMGC library).
  • Summary and conclusions: Here, provide a synthesis of data and your conclusions based on a close analysis of the case.

Your paper should be written as a coherent essay. You may include additional insights in your analysis, but you must address these key issues.

Assignment Guidelines

Prepare your Famous Person Diagnostic Paper according to the following guidelines:

  • Structure your paper utilizing APA style; this includes title page, headings, in-text citations, reference page, and general paper format (1-inch margins, double-spaced, 12-point font, etc.). An abstract is not required.
  • Submit as a single document in either Microsoft Word, PDF, or RTF format.
  • Your final Famous Person Diagnostic Paper should be approximately 6 to 8 pages (excluding title page, cover page, and reference page):
    • Title page (does not count page towards paper length requirement)
    • Cover sheet (This is Page 2 of your document and will stand alone, with the ethical disclaimer typed at the top of the page.  Do not count this page towards paper length requirement).
    • Body of paper (6 to 8 pages)
    • References page (do not count page towards paper length requirement)

Post two assessment approaches for assessing an individual’s addiction and explain why they are effective. Next, explain one model to addiction treatment and explain why it may be effective in treating addiction

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Discussion: Assessing Addiction and Models of Addiction Treatment

As a helping professional, identifying and applying appropriate assessment approaches to client treatment is essential to the treatments of addiction. After assessing clients with addiction problems, helping professionals must use and apply a treatment model to address the addiction. Identifying the right treatment model will be critical. The goal of any treatment program or approach is to stop abnormal, destructive addictive processes and replace them with healthy, constructive processes. There are many approaches available, but during the last 50 years, the Minnesota Model has dominated the field. It was the first formal approach to the treatment of any addiction and is now used to treat an array of chemical or behavioral addictions.

Although the Minnesota Model approach to treatment is still one of the most well-known and common treatment approaches, there are many other approaches found in the field. As a helping professional, you need to be acquainted with many treatment approaches as well as being familiar with trends in the assessment of addiction.

By Day 4

Post two assessment approaches for assessing an individual’s addiction and explain why they are effective. Next, explain one model to addiction treatment and explain why it may be effective in treating addiction. Support your response using the Resources and the current literature.