Discuss pertinent psychiatric information related to patient’s chief complaint and include only • pertinent significant events, • psychiatric medication(s), • past psychiatric history, • family history, and • social history.
The purpose of this assignment is to examine the process of choosing an
appropriate theory, model, and psychotherapy treatment plan with intervention(s)
to achieve expected therapeutic outcomes for a patient (pt) with a well-diagnosed
DSM diagnosis.
In this assignment, students should choose one (1) pt from their clinical site(s).
Grading:
While the point system below is used to objectively grade your Psychotherapy
paper, emphasis will be on your ability to clearly present pertinent information
and integrate what you have learned through readings, class materials, and other
scholarly sources.
• Writing in APA is a requirement in this paper and also a requirement of
. See APA rubric.
• Page limits are included in this paper to assist students in writing
parsimoniously and including required information.
Psychotherapy
Paper
Criteria Levels of
Achievement
APA See APA Rubric 0 – 10 Points
Title
Abstract
Add title of your paper
Example: NURS 526: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
in A Person with Depression
One (1) page in length – See APA book.
0 – 5 Points
Abstract is in paragraph form and includes one (1)
Summary sentence of each of the following
sections:
• Introduction,
• Presenting Chief Complaint,
• Pertinent History,
• DSM Diagnostic Analysis,
• Psychotherapy Treatment Plan,
• Theory and Model Application,
• Specific Interventions, and
• Expected Outcomes.
Be parsimonious – 1 page in length.
Psychotherapy Paper Rubric 2
Introduction Introduces the paper by discussing a brief
overview of the psychiatric diagnosis, which
includes
• global, national, and state prevalence
information to support your discussion.
Be parsimonious – 1/2 page in length.
0 – 10 Points
Presenting
Chief
Complaint
Discusses the basics of what brought the patient
into treatment at your clinical site.
• The focus should be both from the pt’s
perspective (one sentence with quotes) and
the PMHNP perspective.
Be parsimonious – 1/2 page in length.
0 – 10 Points
Pertinent
History of
Present
Mental-Illness
Discuss pertinent psychiatric information related to
patient’s chief complaint and include only
• pertinent significant events,
• psychiatric medication(s),
• past psychiatric history,
• family history, and
• social history.
Be parsimonious – 1/2 page in length.
0 – 10 Points
DSM
Diagnostic
Analysis
Explores the primary DSM diagnostic features and
discusses how you ruled-out differential diagnoses
to obtain the primary DSM diagnosis.
• This analysis discusses how this patient’s
symptoms met the diagnostic criteria for
your final primary DSM diagnosis, and how
your ruled-out other differential diagnoses.
• The primary diagnosis needs to include
disorder subtypes and/or specifiers as
appropriate.
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