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Diagnosing Depression, Schizophrenia, Dementia, and PTSD

  1. Critical Essay (3500 words)

Choose a diagnosis (such as depression, schizophrenia, dementia etc) and critically discuss and analyse mental health provision in both primary and secondary services and the interface between the two.

Pathways of care and intervention options should also be included.

This essay will discuss and demonstrate a clear understanding of mental health legislation and policy, the role of both statutory and non-statutory agencies in mental health care, service user involvement and address the key aspects of the learning outcomes.

The assignment will include exploring aspects such as ethical considerations, care throughout the lifespan, stigma, social inclusion, quality of life, carers needs etc.

Students are expected to link theory and practice by a thorough referencing of the assignment to an appropriate range of literature derived from the best available evidence base.

Depression and Anxiety

The essay parts are as follows:

Part 1:

Choose a mental health condition from any of the mental illnesses covered in the module or any other recognised mental health condition and discuss its key features.

E.g Depression

  • Discuss integrated care provision for that diagnosis

e.g stepped care approach

Part 1: Evidences learning outcome A

  1. Demonstrate advanced understanding of common mental health conditions
  2. Demonstrate advanced understanding of strategies to facilitate integrated care across primary and secondary care services

Part 2:

Discuss how mental health policy and Law impacts on your chosen condition and how this shapes service delivery for the specific condition.

Part 2: Evidences learning outcome B

  1. Appraise and apply policy and legislation that influences mental health services in primary and secondary care.

Part 3:

Discuss the assessment and treatment options available for the condition

  • Identify how relapse is detected and prevented; and how physical health is managed.

Part 3: Evidences learning outcome C

  1. Critique a range of intervention options within primary and secondary care
  2. Critique strategies for identifying individuals at risk of relapse and physical ill health

Part 4:

Discuss how mental health promotion and social inclusion has developed and influenced services in relation to the condition or more generally.

  • Identify what more needs to happen to continue improvements in mental health and inclusion.

Part 4: Evidences Learning Outcome D

  1. Critically explore and challenge; ethical practice, mental health promotion, service user involvement, Quality of life and inclusion.

eam Collaboration and Performance Management

WEEK 5’S ASSIGNMENT: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE

Objective: This week’s assignment has you write an APA formatted essay that describes individual work-life balance issues and applies OD processes to offer suggestions.

Preparation Task: Review Week 5’s textbook chapters that cover the topics of performance management, wellness management, career planning, and development interventions.

Reviewing these chapters will help you start the research needed to draft your essay. Moreover, the concepts in these materials are crucial to successfully completing this assignment.

Assignment

Step 1. Read the case Employee Benefits at HealthCo in your textbook (p. 519-522). Be sure to take notes on the approaches taken toward performance management and organizational work-life balance.

Step 2. Using your notes and what you have learned this week, answer the following questions:

· Apply the OD processes, such as diagnosis and change management, to issues related to performance management, employee and organizational work-life issues, benefits, and programs.

· Describe some of the issues related to individual work-life balance, and analyze related organizational support for it. How can Healthco become a top work-life balance company?

Step 3. Time to produce an essay that should meet the following requirements:

Requirement 1. Your essay must address the questions from Step 2 using the concepts and the topics covered this week. Be sure to support your claims and assertions using citations.

Requirement 2. It must be an APA formatted 3-5 page long (1000-1500 words) essay. You might find it helpful to use the APA template available at the CIU Writing Center.

Requirement 3. It must contain at least three scholarly sources (peer-reviewed journal articles) and a minimum of five in-text citations. Requirement 4. It must have a title page and a references page (not included in the word count).