Assignment: Co-occurring Disorders
Assignment: Co-occurring Disorders
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Assignment: Evidence-Based Approaches and Co-occurring Disorders
Read the Discussion Participation Scoring Guide to learn how the instructor will evaluate your discussion participation throughout this course.
The assigned reading by Burnett, Porter, and Stallings (2011) emphasizes the advantages of an integrated treatment approach for co-occurring disorders (dual diagnosis). Discuss the advantages of integrating treatment compared to treating each disorder separately. What are some of the barriers to implementing an integrated approach and how can they be addressed?
Response Guidelines
Respond to the main discussion posts of two learners. What reactions do you have to the ideas they have presented? Include examples from the course readings or your own experience to support your perspective, and raise questions to continue the dialogue.
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Assignment 1: Weighing Chief Concerns
Cadet Selection Procedure and FFDE
Click to study a vignette.
Dr. Johnson is entrusted with the evaluation of the police’s cadet selection procedure.
Tasks:
On the basis of the vignette you read, analyze the vignette and respond to the following questions regarding the PEPE process:
· Should the department attempt to select individuals who will be good officers, or should the department simply try to weed out potentially bad officers?
· How should this selection process be conducted, and what psychological testing instruments, if any, should be included?
Now, let’s look at a procedure that may be necessary following employment—an FFDE:
· Explain how informed consent and the limits of confidentiality should be handled by the forensic examiner.
· Explain how an FFDE is conducted. Include discussion of psychological tests that might be administered in an FFDE.
· Present the possible outcomes of an FFDE. In other words, what might the examiner recommend to the police department?
All responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.
