Individuals with somatic symptom disorders tend to have considerable difficulty with how they experience and appraise their bodily symptoms. The illness and the dysfunctional focus and behavior around the illness can assume a central role in the person’s life. Somatic symptom disorders were originally thought of as “hysterical,” without legitimate medical causation, or as hypochondriasis. Though thinking has changed, negative judgments about unfounded illnesses can still be attached to individuals with these disorders. The boundary between medical and emotional problems can be further blurred. In some cases, an individual labeled with one of these illnesses may simply be experiencing a developing medical condition that has not yet been well defined. For all of these reasons, social workers need to take particular care in diagnosing somatic symptom disorders and in providing a fully biopsychosocial and multidisciplinary approach. In this Assignment, you describe what that approach might look like for one client. To prepare: Imagine that Jennifer Brea, whose TEDTalk (TED Conferences, LLC, 2016) you watched, is referred to you for ongoing supportive therapy when her psychiatry consultant decides that she does not have a conversion disorder. Despite the psychiatrist’s opinion, her primary care physician ignores that consult and labels Jennifer with the conversion disorder anyway. Be sure to investigate what the ‘conversion’ diagnosis means when responding. Record your presentation using Personal Capture (record audio, video, and screen). See Kaltura Media Uploader in left-hand navigation menu in course for directions on recording and uploading media. By Day 7 Submit a 5-minute recorded PowerPoint (5–7 slides) in which you address the following: (I will do recording) Explain in a concise professional manner how you would conduct your first meeting with Jennifer. Identify specific steps you would take to understand her circumstance and needs. Explain how you would proceed with her medical team in terms of advocacy for her as a client believed to have this condition. Explain why you would need to take a biopsychosocial approach to her ongoing care. Explain what social, family, vocational, Internet, and medical supports you would explore to help with her longer-term stabilization. Analyze the controversy in diagnosing a mental disorder based on unexplained physical symptoms. Within your analysis, consider how power and privilege influence who provides the diagnoses and which groups are more likely to be diagnosed with certain disorders. Explain your thoughts on this debate. Support your presentation with research and references to scholarly literature. Include a transcript and/or edit closed captioning in your presentation to ensure your presentation is accessible to colleagues of differing abilities. Resources American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Somatic symptom and related disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: Author. doi:10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.dsm09 Axelsson, E., Andersson, E., Ljótsson, B., Finn, D. W., & Hedman, E. (2016). The health preoccupation diagnostic interview: Inter-rater reliability of a structured interview for diagnostic assessment of DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 45 (4), 259–269. doi:10.1080/16506073.2016.1161663 Laureate Education (Producer). (2018d). Psychopathology and diagnosis for social work practice podcast: Feeding and eating disorder and somatic symptom disorders [Audio podcast]. Baltimore, MD: Author. TEDx Talks. (2013b, October 21). An epidemic of beauty sickness | Renee Engeln | TedxUConn 2013 [Video file]. Retrieved from TED Conferences, LLC (Producer). (2016). What happens when you have a disease doctors can’t diagnose [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/jen_brea_what_happens_when_you_have_a_disease_doctors_can_t_diagnose

The creation of intervention plans is the substance of workplace activities designed to enhance individual performance. It is important that you have the opportunity to develop skills in creating intervention plans. To determine whether the intervention was effective and how it can be improved, you must know how to complete the research process in real-world practice. You will also need to enact psychological theories of effective leadership to manage the stakeholders and participants in the intervention. All of these practices are governed by professional guidelines and ethical behaviors that are common to and expected in the performance psychology field and of which you need to be aware in order to create and implement intervention plans. In this assignment, you will discuss the psychological theories of leadership and their applications to the stakeholders and participants involved in the “PSY-839 Case Study,” and you will propose a theoretically sound and ethical intervention plan for the case study that has been provided. You will also identify the specific assessment tool(s) and process you will enact following the intervention to determine whether the intervention waseffective and how it can be improved. Finally, you will describe the expected resolution to the case given the intervention you implemented.General Requirements: Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:Refer to “PSY-839 Case Study.”Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.Refer to Chapters 2-4 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.) for specific guidelines related to doctoral-level writing. These chapters contain essential information on manuscript structure and content, clear and concise writing, and academic grammar and usage.This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.Directions: Write an essay (2,250-2,500 words) in which you propose a plan for the case study provided. Your plan should include the following:A description of the psychological theories that must be applied for effective leadership of the stakeholders and other important participants in the case. (Benchmarks C6.4: Apply psychological theories to promote effective leadership.)A description of a theoretically sound and ethical intervention to the case that applies behavior modification to enhance individual performance. (Benchmarks C6.3: Apply principles of behavior modification to enhance individual performance.)A description of the constructs and theories of psychomotor skill and motor control that will be applied in the intervention to improve learning and performance. (Benchmarks C6.2: Analyze constructs and theories of psychomotor skill and motor control to improve learning and performance.)A description of the assessment tool(s) and process that will be used following the intervention to determine whether the intervention was effective and how it can be improved.A description of the expected resolution to the case that demonstrates potential applications of psychological theories and principles underlying performance and is based on your theoretical perspective, the intervention you implemented, and your assessment of the intervention. (Benchmarks C6.5: Propose applications of psychological theories and principles underlying performance.) Benchmark InformationThis benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:Ph D in Performance Psychology6.2: Analyze constructs and theories of psychomotor skill and motor control to improve learning and performance.6.3: Apply principles of behavior modification to enhance individualperformance.6.4: Apply psychological theories to promote effective leadership.6.5: Propose applications of psychological theories and principles underlying performance.Here is the case study for this assignment:Assume you have started consulting with a large, public university that has experienced considerable athletic success across multiple sports. One of the teams you provide services for is the men’s basketball team, which is considered a revenue-generating sport for the athletic department. The coach has stated that he appreciates your assistance, he welcomed you to watch practice, and he allowed you time to present to the team on performance optimization strategies. You have worked with a few of players on an individual basis, but only to follow-up on the strategies you taught in the team sessions.During one of your practice observations, you notice that the design of practices seems very inconsistent and disorganized. You overheard several players discuss how they never know what to expect in terms of intensity of practice regardless of their upcoming competition or strength and conditioning schedule. You observed one of the assistant coaches attempt to implement more structure and drills that appeared to have a solid theoretical basis for training. The head coach seemed to incorporate some of the suggestions, but when the team loses a game, the practices get even more inefficient and the head coach is much more critical of their performance without giving specific instructions on how to improve. The players’ frustrations are visible as their body language and communication with each other appears to suffer after a loss.Sam is a sophomore on the team. He was highly recruited and has always described himself as a “gym rat” because he devotes so much time training for basketball. During Sam’s freshman year, he averaged 10-12 minutes per game and the coaching staff reported they were very productive minutes. He was not stellar, but they could count on him to score points and play good defense. Sam is now in contention for a starting spot, but his performance is not nearly as good as what it was his freshman year. In particular, his confidence and focus seem inconsistent and he has been rude to his teammates and coaches when they give him feedback. He seems anxious while rushing the plays and committing turnovers. In addition, he has fouled out of several games.The team athletic trainer informs you that Sam would like to meet for an individual session, but he does not want the coaching staff to know he is seeking this assistance. In your first meeting with Sam, he says he has never felt this anxious while playing and seems to “black out” when under pressure. Sam reports feeling misunderstood by his teammates and coaches, which leads him to distance himself from them. Sam tells you that his goal is to make it to the next level and that he feels he must be the top scorer each game if he is going to achieve that goal. Sam tells you he has questions about how to run the offense, but is afraid to ask the coaching staff for fear of losing his starting position.

Case studies provide the opportunity to simulate realistic scenarios involving patients presenting with various health problems or symptoms. Such case studies enable nurse learners to apply concepts, lessons, and critical thinking to interviewing, screening, diagnostic approaches, as well as the development of treatment plans. For this Case Study Discussion, you will review a case study scenario to obtain information related to a comprehensive well-woman exam and determine differential diagnoses, diagnostics, and develop treatment and management plans. Post your differential diagnosis. Include the additional questions you would ask the patient. Be sure to include an explanation of the tests you might recommend, ruling out any other issues or concerns and include your rationale. Be specific and provide examples. Use your Learning Resources and/or evidence from the literature to support your explanations. Elaine Goodwin is a 38-year-old G5 P5 LC 6?presenting to your clinic today to discuss contraceptive options.??She states that she is not interested in having more children?but her new partner has never fathered a child.?Her medical history is?remarkable for exercise-induced asthma, migraines, and IBS.?Her surgical history?is remarkable only for tonsils as a child. Her social history is negative for?alcohol, tobacco, and recreational drugs.? She has no known drug allergies and takes only vitamin C.?Hospitalizations were only for childbirth.?Family history?reveals that her maternal grandmother is alive with dementia, while her maternal grandfather is alive with COPD. Her paternal grandparents are both deceased?due to an automobile accident. Her mother is alive with osteopenia and fibromyalgia, and her dad is alive with a history of skin cancer (basal cell).?Elaine has one older sister with no medical problems and one younger brother with no reported medical problems.? Height 5’ 7”?Weight?148?(BMI 23.1),?BP 118/72 P?68? HEENT:? wnl? Neck: supple without adenopathy? Lungs/CV: wnl? Breast: soft, fibrocystic changes bilaterally,?without masses, dimpling or discharge? Abd: soft, +BS, no tenderness? VVBSU: wnl, except?1st degree cystocele? Cervix: firm, smooth, parous, without CMT? Uterus: RV, mobile,?non-tender,?approximately 10 cm,? Adnexa: without masses or tenderness? QUESTION: What other information do you need?? MORE QUESTIONS: What has she used in the?past?? Why did she stop a?method?? How many partners in past 12?months?? What are her current cycles like?? When was her last gyn exam?and what were the results of?the?tests??? Are her migraines with or without auras?? What method has she considered.? ANSWERS: Elaine relates to you that she has used birth control pills before but “would keep messing them up.”? After that she switched to the patch, which she found worked well but discontinued use for reasons she does not remember.?After that she used?natural family planning but still conceived her last two children unexpectedly.??She has had three partners?in last 12?months and?has been with her current partner for the previous two months. She believes that he is “the one.”??? Elaine relates that her cycles come every 28-32 days, for a duration of 5-8 days, and on her heaviest day she?must?use a super tampon every hour and get up to change?her pad 2-3 times at night.?Her last gyn exam was one year ago and she shows you a copy of the results on her patient portal.?The results?for the pap were?NILM, HPV negative, and her cultures for?GC/CT were negative.? In further questioning, you ask her?about her migraines. She shares that these migraines occur just before her period, or when she’s stressed, and are?preceded?by?a vision change in her right eye.?She takes Excedrin Migraine?for them and rests in a dark room until the migraine is done.? She has heard about?a pill where she?will only?get her period four times a?year and?feels now that she’s older she can remember to take the pill daily and plans on putting a reminder in her phone.?