Wednesday 14 October 2015

PSY 496

PSY 496 WEEK 3





PSY 496 WEEK 3,
DQ 2
Review at least three websites of professional organizations for mental health and related fields provided in this week’s list of Recommended Websites. Compare and contrast the key features of three mental health-related disciplines.
Address the following questions in your initial post:
What are common themes found among each of the professional organizations represented in the websites?
What are the distinctive themes for each organization?
How might a professional from each of the disciplines represented in the websites you selected answer the following question “How would a professional in your organization contribute to the treatment of depression?”
Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ posts. Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers. Do you agree with their analyses of the professionals’ contributions to the treatment of depression? Would you have selected different common or distinctive themes for any of the organizations?





DQ1
n this discussion, you will create a presentation from the point of view of two specific professionals who are experts on the topic you selected in Week One for your Final Project. For this discussion:
Consider the psychological career alternatives available and determine from which fields of expertise your two points of view will come.
Select the two professionals you will use with expertise on the topic you selected. Your professionals’ identity may be based on a real person that you know, or they may be made-up based on the job description of a professional in the field. The titles of your professionals should represent actual jobs (based on job descriptions) from categories in two different areas of mental health (e.g., psychiatry and psychology, social work and counseling).
In one or two sentences, briefly introduce your experts by describing their current careers as well as their backgrounds. The experts will be providing scholarly information on your selected topic based on the point-of-view of their respective professions.
Provide evaluations from the experts in the course of the presentation, regarding contributions of psychological research on the chosen topic in an applied context.

PSY 496 WEEK 3

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