W5 fin | Psychology homework help

For your Final Paper, you will demonstrate your knowledge of psychopathology and apply your skills to a realistic scenario. Throughout this course, you have developed unique knowledge and skill sets that will allow you to critically analyze depictions of psychopathology in popular media and historical case examples from an informed point of view.

Your Final Paper will be a psychological report that may be based on a character from a movie or a historical case study. Review the provided lists of movies and historical case studies that are approved for use in this assignment.  You must choose from these lists. You may not use examples from your personal life in the psychological report since doing so would be unethical (see Standards 2.04 and 9.01a in the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct).

As you create this report, you will be taking on the role of a clinician who is conducting an assessment and providing treatment recommendations for a patient (a character from your selected film or historical case study). Please note that a psychological report does not follow the same structure for reports you may have used in other courses. Your report must follow the format below and it must include each of the sections and their headings listed in this order:

1. Identifying Information
   Within this section, you will describe basic information on your patient, including the person’s name, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, race, occupation, and location of residence (country, state, and region).
2. Chief Complaint/Presenting Problem
   Within this section, you will include the patient’s primary complaint verbatim to identify the main source of his or her distress and/or concerns. If there is no verbatim complaint, include observable information to create an overall picture of the presenting problem.

   Typically, this section within a psychological report seeks to address the following question (further elaboration within this section is encouraged where possible):

• What are the patient’s complaints? (e.g., the patient might complain about “feeling on edge” or experiencing stress)

• Where did the patient grow up?
• What cultures did the patient experience throughout life?
• What was the patient’s school life like?
• What were his or her grades? What is his or her highest level of education?
• What is the patient’s interpersonal relationship history?
• What was/is the patient’s romantic relationship history?
• What was/is the patient’s friendship history?

• How old were the patient’s parents when the patient was born?
• Who were the patient’s primary caregivers?
• What was/is family life like? (Include any information relevant to your diagnostic impression.)
• Did the family move often?
• What was/is the patient’s relationship with their siblings (if applicable)?
• What culture did/does the family come from?
• What belief systems are attached to that culture?

• Who was the previous therapist (if applicable)?
• How long did the previous therapy/therapies last?
• What was the patient’s diagnosis?
• What interventions did the therapist(s) use?
• Were those interventions appropriate for the patient’s culture?
• Was treatment successful?

• Which substances does the patient use? (Include any over-the-counter, herbal, and/or prescription medications.)
• For how long has the patient used the substance?
• What is the patient’s quantity and frequency of use?

• What do other people have to say about the patient’s behavior?
• Are there any commonalities between the collateral sources’ reports?
• Do the collateral sources have any psychological issues that might exacerbate the patient’s problems?
• Are there any police reports?
• Are there any personality testing or intelligence testing reports available?

• Based on the information you gathered in the previous sections, what led to the patient’s current state?

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must follow the report outline provided above with the requisite headings and be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
1. Title of paper
2. Student’s name
3. Course name and number
4. Instructor’s name
5. Date submitted
3. Must address the assessment with critical thought.
4. Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources that were published within the last ten years, in addition to the text, a minimum of four must be from the Ashford University Library.