Respond to the post bellow  by comparing your assessment tool to theirs. 

NOTE: my assessment tool: The patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9

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According  to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1995),  children and adolescents are evaluated due to psychiatric disorders that  impair emotional, cognitive, physical, and/or behavioral functioning.  The child or adolescent is evaluated in the context of the family,  school, community, and culture. The purpose and aims of the clinical  diagnostic assessment are to determine whether psychopathology is  present and, if so, to establish a differential diagnosis and tentative  diagnostic formulation, to develop a treatment recommendation and plan,  or to communicate the above findings in an appropriate fashion to the  parents and child. In addition, the aims of the assessment process are  to identify the stated reasons and factors leading to the referral, to  assess the nature and severity of the child’s behavioral difficulties,  functional impairments, subjective distress, and to identify individual,  family, or environmental factors that may potentially account for,  influence, or ameliorate these difficulties. When assessing children,  parents’ interviews and school functioning reports are necessary.

The  assessment tool I will discuss in this post is the Screen for Child  Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED). Per the University of  Pittsburg (2019), SCARED is a child and parent self-report instrument  used to screen for childhood anxiety disorders including general anxiety  disorder, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social  phobia. In addition, it assesses symptoms related to school phobia. The  SCARED consists of 41 items and 5 factors that parallel the DSM-IV  classification of anxiety disorders. The child and parent versions of  the SCARED have moderate parent-child agreement and good internal  consistency, test-retest reliability, and discriminant validity, and it  is sensitive to treatment response

Target population: Children ages 8-18 years

Intended users: Clinicians and Psychiatrists

Time to Administer: 10 minutes

Completed by: Children and Parents

How to Use SCARED:  SCARED is a questionnaire with scales that describes how people feel.  Clients read each phrase and decide if it is “Not True or Hardly Ever  True” or “Somewhat True or Sometimes True” or “Very True or Often True”.  Then, for each sentence, they fill in one circle that corresponds to  the response that seems to describe them for the last 3 months. After  each phrase and circles, there are abbreviations of the various  disorders. Therefore,

a total score of >25 may indicate the presence of an Anxiety Disorder.  Scores higher than 40 are more specific.

A score of 7 for items 1, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22, 24, 27, 30, 34, 38 may indicate Panic Disorder or Significant Somatic Symptoms (PN).  

A score of 9 for items 5, 7, 14, 21, 23, 28, 33, 35, 37 may indicate Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GD).  

 A score of 5 for items 4, 8, 13, 16, 20, 25, 29, 31 may indicate Separation Anxiety Disorder (SP).  

A score of 8 for items 3, 10, 26, 32, 39, 40, 41 may indicate Social Anxiety Disorder (SC) 

A score of 3 for items 2, 11, 17, 36 may indicate Significant School Avoidance (SN)

(see the attached document or link, it’s the SCARED assessment and how the score is calculated: source http://www.shared-care.ca/files/SCARED_Child_Updated_June_2015.pdf)

Psychometric Properties:  There are accumulating studies that have shown the SCARED to have good  psychometric properties for children and adolescents from various  cultures, so SCARED can be utilized in various countries as a  cross-cultural screening instrument for DSM-V anxiety disorders. The  psychometric properties of the SCARED are strong because females scored  significantly higher than males, and that age had a moderating effect on  male and female score differences. Studies have demonstrated that girls  run a higher risk of developing anxiety disorders than boys. The  moderating effect of age on anxiety symptoms, particularly generalized  anxiety disorder symptoms increases for older girls that may highlight  the importance of early interventions for them to help reduce the risk  for later developmental maladaptation (Crocetti et al., 2011)

Diagnosis for a Client Receiving Psychotherapy: Possible diagnoses for these clients under Anxiety Disorders are Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia (fear  of places and situations that might cause panic, helplessness, or  embarrassment), Separation Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder  (formerly Social Phobia), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (American  Psychiatric Association, 2017).

Legal and Ethical Implications of Counseling Children: The four  ethical/ legal issues that arise when counseling children are counselor  competence, informed consent, confidentiality, and mandatory reporting  of child abuse. Counselor Competence–  that is knowledge and skills of the counselor (e.g. use of play  therapy), knowledge of mental disorders, understanding human  development, understanding family structure, culture/ diversity, and a  more talked about topic (transgender). Informed Consent–  It is formal permission that allows treatment. The counselor and client  fall under legal jurisdiction of contract law. Minors can only enter a  contract by parental / guardian consent, involuntary at parent’s  insistence, or ordered by juvenile court. Through informed consents,  clients are given voluntary knowledge of treatment, must understand  consequences of treatment, and if not obtained, counselors are held  responsible, and sued for battery, failure to gain consent, & child  enticement. Confidentiality  must be maintained so it will not cause lack of trust and  communication, child not seeking treatment, or early termination of  psychotherapy. Mandatory Reporting:  mental health professionals must report in all States. It’s the duty of  health care providers to report and failure to report breaches legal  and ethical standards (Garnsey, n.d.)

References

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1995). 

            Practice Parameters for the Psychiatric Assessment of Children and Adolescents.

            Retrieved March 2, 2020, from 

https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/practice_parameters/psychiatric_asse

American Psychiatric Association (2013). 

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. 

Retrieved March 2, 2020, from 

https://dsm-psychiatryonline-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/doi/book/10.1176/appi.books.97

American Psychiatric Association (2017). What Are Anxiety Disorders?

            Retrieved March 3, 2020, from 

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/anxiety-disorders/what-are-anxiety-disorder

Crocetti, E., Meeus, W. H. J., Raaijmakers, Q. A. W., William, W. H. (2011). 

            A meta-analysis of the cross-cultural psychometric properties of the Screen for Child

Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED). Retrieved March 3, 2020, from

https://eds-a-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&sid=de03210f-a792-44d7-bb

Garnsey, E. (n.d.). Legal and Ethical Issues When Counseling Children. 

            Retrieved March 3, 2020, from

https://eportfolio.pace.edu/artefact/file/download.php?file=112508&view=76785

Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED)- (2012). 

CHILD Version—Page 1 of 2 (to be filled out by the CHILD)

            Retrieved March 3, 2019, from 

http://www.shared-care.ca/files/SCARED_Child_Updated_June_2015.pdf

University of Pittsburg (2019). Instruments- Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional

            Disorders (SCARED). Retrieved March 2, 2020, from 

https://www.pediatricbipolar.pitt.edu/resources/instruments

SCARED_Child_Updated_June_2015.pdf 

  

Discussion Question 

With a society that is so diverse in its own nature, issues pertaining to cultural diversity are bound to occur in the process of team management and leadership. Using the University Online Library or the Internet, research about cultural diversity. Based on your research and understanding, answer the following questions:

· How does having members of different cultures on a team affect the team’s performance?

· How would you incorporate a person from a culture of your choice into your team, keeping in mind communication differences within your and the chosen culture?

Citations should conform to APA guidelines

 

Look up the top ten ongoing humanitarian crises around the world.  Select one and write your discussion post on that crisis. 

For example:

One of the major ongoing international crises is the humanitarian  crisis in Yemen that has been fueled by war, political, economic, and  other social upheaval in the region.  The  focus of the assignment is to bring attention to an ongoing crisis that  appears to get little attention in the west but is considered one  of the worst humanitarian crisis in our time. We are concerned about the  humanitarian issues as it relates to the global health related issues. Read  up on current news reports on what is happening in the crisis you  selected.  For example if you selected the Yemen situation you would:

1. Discuss in what ways this complex humanitarian crisis is both a  local and an international event and your views on how various nations  have responded.
2. Look for a publicly available photo that depicts this man-made disaster.  Share the photo and give appropriate credit.
3. Briefly discuss what you think are the most urgent needs of the residents and citizens of nation
4. Do you think adequate attention is being paid to this crisis?  Why or why not?
5. Make an original post (290) that includes the photo, your  commentary on the photo, and that addresses the above questions  at least 2 scholarly references that includes the citation for the  photo. 

40-year-old man with a history of 4 weeks of cluster headache once each year. These began when he was 35 years old. His cluster periods occur in the fall. The cluster period begins slowly, increasing over 1 week, reaching a peak where patient has two or three severe cluster attacks each day. They occur from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Each cluster headache lasts from 40 to 90 minutes, and the headaches are severe. The pain is always on the right side, with eye tearing and nasal congestion. 

Patient are increasing in intensity, and he is miserable with the pain.

Please complete the following questions: 

• 1 ) Describe Cluster Headache and its epidemiology.
• 2) What would be your goals for therapy for Richard? Give rationale with evidence from articles. 

Please limit your posts to the above 2 questions.

Use APA 6th ed. Work must be supported by peer-reviewed article published within 5 years.

 Fall Prevention Program Project

Students will research and develop a Fall Prevention Program for the safety of the elder. The project will outline the goals and interventions, marketing plan, and estimated cost of the program.

You will work in groups of two and create a Falls Program for an imaginary institution. The choice of institution is yours to decide. You will be given the latest industry clinical standards, that are based on evidence-based evidence such as studies from peer-reviewed journals and a program on Powerpoint that will help clarify the important risk factors. From this material, and any other evidence-based, peer-reviewed, recent journals (within the last three years), you will create a Falls Prevention Program incorporating all the factors that you can find and creatively utilize them to use as interventions in your program.

The due date is on the calendar and students will select a partner and notify me by the date posted who their partner will be. If this turns into a chaotic scramble, I will assign the students that do not have a partner.