Category: Psychology

focus on one of the developmental theories discussed in the text. Choose a theory or topic that has been covered in class and do more research on this topic.  Areas you found interesting, the information you learned, and how this theory can be used today.

Post to the Week 8 Discussion Board link above.
Read the abstract of each of the articles from Chapter 8 (Provided)
Select ONE (1) article that interests you the most.
Here is the very important part. Write a summary of the article you selected. You should summarize (a) the introduction, (b) the methods section, and (c) the results. Your summary should accurately reflect what the author(s) thought (the introduction), what they did (the methods section), and what they found (the results). Your summary should be a minimum of 300 words. (10 points)
Following your summary, state why you think the article is important OR why the study you selected is important in terms of the real world. This part is purely your personal opinion, but saying that you simply “like” or “dislike” the study is not acceptable. There is a reason for why you selected that article. Tell me why it is is important. (5 points)

TOPIC:
• Identify an addiction-related need in your community. How can you, as a citizen of your community, be
part of a solution or become more involved in a current solution? You are encouraged to reach out to
addiction professionals, city council members, Human Service Departments, and substance abuse
programs to gain better insight on what the needs are and if there is anything currently in place.
• WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE?
• Part 1 of your paper should be an examination of the community you live in and the research you have
done to describe that community. What evidence exists that supports your perception of your
community? (this is where speaking to community partners is important).
• Part 2 should look at what is either a) already happening in your community, or b) what you think would
be a good activity to start in your community AND how you (or anyone) could be involved in those
activities.
• Part 3 should include some research on the activity; what supports the action that an agency is taking, or
the activity that you propose? What evidence would lead you to believe that this is a feasible or
appropriate step to take? You do not have to prove it will work, but you do need to present evidence that
supports it.

What is a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM V)? What are the pros and cons of formal diagnostic classification of mental disorders? Give an example or explain how someone being diagnosed with a mental disorder can be simultaneously hurtful as well as helpful.
Please post 3 times during the week.First posting should be posted by Wednesday.  
150 word each post.

Do we have a duty to assist?
This discussion is based on Chapter 12: Helping.  There are two questions, very similar.  You may comment on one or both.
1)  Good Samaritan Laws, including the one in Texas, protect passers-by from civil and criminal prosecution when rendering aid in an emergency situation. Support for that protection is fairly universal. However, at least ten states, including Vermont, Minnesota, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Washington have gone further. In those states, if you are aware of an emergency and DO NOT, at least, “summon assistance,” i.e., call 911, you are guilty of a violation or a misdemeanor. Punishments range from a $100 fine to jail time. These duty-to-rescue or duty-to-assist laws were passed after it was discovered that groups of people had stood and stared at victims in need of help, but did nothing . . . not even call for an ambulance. Some of these people had come back for a second look, this time bringing their friends!
In the summer of 2018, Florida officials ruled they could not charge a group of people who watched, and jeered, as a man drowned. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-florida-teens-who-mocked-and-recorded-drowning-man-avoid-charges-jamel-dunn-2018-06-24/
This discussion does NOT involve standard Good Samaritan Laws, but involves the added provision that failure to call 911 or render aid (if able and without endangering yourself) is a punishable offense. Does that go “too far” or would that result in more lives saved?
As an example, here is a summary of Minnesota’s law:
Duty to assist. A person at the scene of an emergency who knows that another person is exposed to or has suffered grave physical harm shall, to the extent that the person can do so without danger or peril to self or others, give reasonable assistance to the exposed person. Reasonable assistance may include obtaining or attempting to obtain aid from law enforcement or medical personnel. A person who violates this subdivision is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

Duty to Rescue/Report Statutes

While simply expressing your own opinion is great, relate what you say to the factors that influence helping, mentioned in Chapter 12 and my chapter notes

I need an introduction for a research paper. The paper is about if women prefer older man 
with money or a younger man with money. Please include sources from peer reveiwed 
articles online. Please include a reference page with all the sources cited in APA format. 
The topic of the paper is “What is the association between age, economic status, and mate preferences of females in men?”

Select and read one of the following articles for this week’s Discussion: 
Kroon, E., Kuhns, L., Hoch, E., & Cousijn, J. (2020). Heavy cannabis use, dependence and the brain: A clinical perspectiveLinks to an external site.. Addiction, 115(3), 559–572. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14776
Lees, B., Debenham, J., & Squeglia, L. M. (2021). Alcohol and cannabis use and the developing brainLinks to an external site.. Alcohol Research : Current Reviews, 41(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.35946/arcr.v41.1.11
Ramaekers, J. G., Mason, N. L., Toennes, S. W., Theunissen, E. L. & Amico, E. (2022). Functional brain connectomes reflect acute and chronic cannabis useLinks to an external site.. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 2449. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06509-9  
Sehl, H., Terrett, G., Greenwood, L.-M., Kowalczyk, M., Thomson, H., Poudel, G., Manning, V., & Lorenzetti, V. (2021). Patterns of brain function associated with cannabis cue-reactivity in regular cannabis users: A systematic review of fMRI studiesLinks to an external site.. Psychopharmacology, 238(10), 2709–2728. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-021-05973-x  
Waissengrin, B., Leshem, Y., Taya, M., Meiri, D., Merimsky, O., Shamai, S., Wolf, I., & Rubinek, T. (2023). The use of medical cannabis concomitantly with immune checkpoint inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer: A sigh of relief?Links to an external site. European Journal of Cancer, 180, 52–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2022.11.0222
To prepare:
Review the Learning Resources for this Discussion. 
Assess your positions, and your justifications for those positions, on the following:
The medicinal value of cannabis 
The addictive properties of cannabis 
How cannabis affects the brain 
Select and read one of the articles about cannabis from the Cannabis Article Choices in the Learning Resources to inform your post. 
Select at least two of the issues below for your post:
1. Therapeutic Properties
Evaluate the evidence for and against the pain relief and other medicinal or therapeutic properties of cannabis. 
2. Addiction Considerations
Evaluate the evidence for and against whether the changes that cannabis produces on neurophysiology and brain functioning can produce addiction and how addiction to cannabis compares to addiction to other drugs. 
3. Cognitive Considerations
Evaluate the evidence for and against how cannabis affects neurophysiology and brain functioning and how these alterations may impact cognitive processes such as memory, learning, and intelligence. 
4. Effects on Brain Development
Evaluate the evidence for and against the effects of cannabis on brain development.
Note: The arguments you make should focus on the neurobiological effects of cannabis rather than any legal, religious, or moral arguments.
Post the following:
In the first line of your post, state which two issues you selected. 
Explain your evaluation of the evidence for and against each of the issues you selected. 
State and support your position regarding the use of cannabis for medical and recreational use.
Note: Your initial response should be substantive and supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources and properly cited in APA format. You may state your opinion and/or provide personal examples; however, you must also back up your assertions with evidence, including in-text citation(s) and reference(s) in APA style. 

You must read the article assigned in the files (Tankard & Paluck). You need to create a research methods section for this article. Do not take direct quotes from the article. You need to paraphrase and put it in your own words. You can use the two examples for reference. However, you need to do the research methods section, that is all.

Week 5 Assignment POW Review Paper
The experience of captivity carries stresses that are unique in the broad discussion combat and combat related trauma. Examining the conditions endured and methods used to survive such conditions is necessary to gain context of the POW experience.
In a your paper, examine the psychological and physiological stresses endured by POWs and the resulting long-term physical and mental health implications based upon the course materials and other available scholarly publications, including each of the following areas.
Discuss the commonly held understanding of captivity in war experienced by POWs.
Include a discussion outlining the common forms of treatment experienced and reported by POWs.
Discuss the conditions in which POWs were held during captivity.
Examine the psychological and physiological stresses that POWs experienced during captivity.
Discuss the coping mechanisms used in captivity.
Provide details discussing the reasons these reactions are more or less adaptive in captivity.
Additionally, discuss the long-term and short-term physical and mental health implications of captivity. 
Work should be submitted in a Word document (doc. or docx.) or other compatible word processing document (.rtf), and be 5 to 6 pages in length, excluding the required title and reference page.
Scholarly sources should be cited both in-text and on the reference page of the submission. A minimum of five academic, scholarly sources are required to be cited in the work, four of which must be peer-reviewed journal articles.  Course materials may not be used.
Submissions should be formatted per APA standards.  Headers are required throughout the submission.  For assistance and resources on APA formatting style, contact the APUS library and/or the APUS writing center.
The basic parts of a paper should also be included; these are the introduction section, with a precise thesis statement, the body of the paper with clear, discernable headings formatted to APA style levels of heading where appropriate, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and summarizes the major points of the entire paper.

To prepare for this assignment:
Review Chapter 17 in your course text, Crisis Intervention Strategies,
focusing on systems overviews and the Principles of a Crisis
Intervention Ecosystem. Consider the value of ongoing plan evaluation.
Review the Appendix and Chapters 5 and 9 in your course text, Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape, focusing on organizational learning and evaluation of crisis management plans.
Review the article, “Program Evaluation: The Accountability Bridge
Model for Counselors.” Consider how counselors can use program
evaluation to enhance accountability to stakeholders.
Review recent crises and/or disasters online and think about what can be learned about crisis management from them.
The assignment:
Provide an analysis of the role and value of evaluation as part of a
crisis management plan. Provide specific examples to illustrate your
arguments.
Please utilize 2 of these resoureces and one you find that isn’t listed
Links to an external site.. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Retrieved from http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11470&page=8
Chapter 5 Summary http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11470&page=210
James, R. K. & Gilliland, B.E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. 
Chapter 17 (for review)
Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape
Appendix, “Sample Outline of Items to Include in the Crisis Management Plan”
Chapter 5, “Forming the Crisis Management Team and Writing the Plan”
Chapter 9, “The Importance of Organizational Learning”
Astramovich, R. L, & Coker, J. K. (2007). Program evaluation: The accountability bridge model for counselors
Links to an external site.. Journal of Counseling and Development, 85(2), 162-172.
Crepeau-Hobson, M. F., Filaccio, M. L., & Gottfried, L. (2005). Violence prevention after Columbine: A survey of high school mental health professionals
Links to an external site.. Children and Schools, 27(3), 157-165.  
Lusky, M. B., & Hayes, R. L. (2001). Collaborative consultation and program evaluation
Links to an external site.. Journal of Counseling and Development, 79(1), 26-38.
Office of Governor Haley Barbour. (2010). Five Years After Katrina: Progress Report On Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal
Links to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.gulfcoastnews.com/images/NewsPdf/Five%20Years%20After%20Katrina.pdf
Institute of Medicine (Eds.). (2006). Improving the quality of health care for mental and substance-use conditions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press
Links to an external site.. Retrieved from http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11470&page=8
Institute of Medicine (Eds.). (2006). Improving the quality of health care for mental and substance-use conditions
Links to an external site.. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Retrieved from http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11470&page=8
Summary http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11470&page=1
Institute of Medicine (Eds.). (2006). Improving the quality of health care for mental and substance-use conditions
Links to an external site.. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Retrieved from http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11470&page=8
Chapter 3 Summary http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11470&page=77
Institute of Medicine (Eds.). (2006).Improving the quality of health care for mental and substance-use conditions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press
Links to an external site.. Retrieved from http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11470&page=8
Chapter 4 Summary http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11470&page=140
Institute of Medicine (Eds.). (2006). Improving the quality of health care for mental and substance-use conditions