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Unit 6 Assignment
Evidence-Based Treatment and Ethics
Your theoretical orientation is a large part of your professional identity. As a guiding principle, it provides a foundation for treatment planning and the interventions that you use. Select one evidence-based treatment to research. Please do not use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Using resources such as the Purdue Library, the Elsevier site and the APA Journal of Addictive Behaviors, find at least three research articles on this treatment approach that are from the past ten years. Some helpful search terms include addictive behaviors, substance use disorder, and addiction.
For this assignment, you will use your chosen treatment to conceptualize the information gathered from the
Unit 6 Scenario. Use the structure below to organize facts and recommendations in a PowerPoint presentation.
Please include the following information in your presentation:
Slide 1: Title Slide
Slide 2: Introduction
Provide an overview of the scenario.
Slide 3: Identifying the Issues
Include a description of the issues at each level: personal, social, and organizational.
Slide 4: Evidence-Based Treatment
Identify and describe your recommended evidence-based treatment. Include your rationale for choosing this treatment based on the information provided in the study.
Describe the selected evidence-based theory that supports your selected treatment.
Slide 5-7: Research on Evidence-Based Treatment
In one slide each, identify three recent research articles on your selected evidence-based treatment and illustrate how the research supports your choice of treatment in relation to the scenario.
Slide 8: Interventions
Based on your selected treatment approach, discuss the specific interventions you would use with the client.
Slide 9: Ethical Issues in Practice
Considering the addiction treatment, analyze a potential underlying ethical issue that could occur and discuss how it relates to the NAADAC Code of Ethics.
Considering the case management process, analyze a potential underlying ethical issue that could occur and discuss how it relates to the NAADAC Code of Ethics.
Slide 10: Values in Practice
Discuss how one of the principles in the NAADAC Code of Ethics aligns with your professional values when working with clients in the field. Illustrate an example of how you would apply this principle in practice.
Slide 11: Conclusion with Audio
Imagine you are meeting with your supervisor to recap your client information and treatment plan. Create a 2-4 minute audio summarizing this information. Be sure to provide your supervisor with the main points of the case and briefly discuss your rationale behind your selected approach. Include a suggested follow-up plan.
Slide 12: Reference Slide
Include at least three academic references in APA format.
Assignment Guidelines
Your assignment should be at least 10 slides, not including the title and reference slides, and should include the following elements:
Title page: Provide your name, assignment title, course and section number, and date.
Body: Answer all the questions, reflecting appropriate personal and professional insights.
Reference slide: Sources in APA format
Include at least three academic references.
Use Arial or Times New Roman 18-point font.
Use APA formatting and citation style.
If you need assistance with APA style, please visit the Academic Success Center.
The assignment must be written in Standard English and demonstrate superior organization, including a highly developed viewpoint and purpose. You may use the Notes section below each slide to add any additional information to support the content on your slides. Presentations are visual; therefore, use clear, concise bullet points and avoid crowded slides. Additionally, images and diagrams are wonderful presentation tools, but be sure to include all required citations.
The audio recording should be in Standard English and communicate clear and logical information to your supervisor about your client information and treatment plan. Be sure to convey a professional tone throughout your audio, using clear enunciations and minimizing any background noises or interference. You audio should also include professional insights, displaying proper word choice, oral expressiveness, exceptional content, organization, and style, leading your audience to a dynamic and supported conclusion. The communication of your thoughts must be highly ordered, logical, and unified. The recording should not be read, though you can write it down and practice it.
This assignment assesses the following Course Outcomes:
PS497-4: Application: Apply the appropriate psychological principles, theories, and concepts to personal, social, and organizational issues and problems.
PS497-5: Values in Psychology: Examine the underlying ethical standards, values, and considerations in theory and practice in the disciplines of psychology.
GEL-1.03: Demonstrate college-level communication through the oral delivery of original materials in Standard English.
Rubrics
Unit 6 Assignment
Grading Criteria Points
Possible Points
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Content
Provides an overview of the scenario. 5
Includes a description of the issues at each level: personal, social, and organizational. 15
Identifies and describes recommended evidence-based treatment. Includes rationale for choosing this treatment based on the information provided in the study. Describes the selected evidence-based theory that supports your selected treatment. 15
Identifies three recent research articles on selected evidence-based treatment and illustrates how the research supports choice of treatment in relation to the scenario. 15
Based on selected treatment approach, discusses the specific interventions to use with the client. 10
Considering the addiction treatment, analyzes a potential underlying ethical issue that could occur and discuss how it relates to the NAADAC Code of Ethics. 15
Considering the case management process, analyzes a potential underlying ethical issue that could occur and discuss how it relates to the NAADAC Code of Ethics. 15
Discusses how one of the principles in the NAADAC Code of Ethics aligns with professional values when working with clients in the field. Illustrates an example of how to would apply this principle in practice. 10
Creates a 2-4 minute audio summarizing client information and treatment plan. Provides the main points of the case and briefly discusses rationale behind selected approach. Includes a suggested follow-up plan. 20
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Evidence-Based Treatment and Ethics
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Introduction
The case addresses Tom, a 38-year old who is an alcoholic.
He has been arrested for drinking and driving.
He was arrested two years ago for the same issue.
He only paid a fine and attended a special driving lesson, which he considers a waste of
time.
He fears that his employer will notice that he is on treatment since he is covered by
HMO.
Tom needs evidence-based treatment for his addiction.
Identifying the Issues
relatives.
At a personal level
Tom gets very angry and cannot relate
well with the wife.
His marriage is almost falling apart.
He cannot fall asleep when he has not
taken alcohol.
He feels like suffocating when he stays
away from drinking.
At the Social level
He is distant from the remaining
The wife is getting tired of him.
He is enraged with the sons and the wife.
At the organizational level
He fears that the employer will learn of
the treatment.
Being arrested may make him not to
perform well at work.
He fears the workmates will learn of the
second arrest when he attends treatment.
Evidence-Based Treatment
Motivational enhancement therapy (MET).
Pre-contemplation
Contemplation
Determination:
Action
Maintenance
In case the cycle fails, there will be a relapse and
This is a counseling approach that aims at
increasing the individual motivation to quit a
behavior.
It evokes an internally motivated and rapid
change rather than guiding the patient towards
the process of recovery (Manuel et al., 2012).
The stages include:
the individual will be required to take another
cycle.
Evidence-based Theory Supporting MET
Treatment
Humanistic theory of personality by Rogers.
People
have the capabilities to exercise free choice and change
through self-actualization (Hounkpatin et al., 2015).
The
theory is related to MET in terms of the democratic
relationship between the addiction professional and the patient.
Research on Evidence-Based Treatment
Manuel et al. (2012) Research.
Social network members are likely to have a negative or positive impact on the recovery process of the
drinkers.
Empirical research indicates that family-based interve...
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