HSC 3015 Week 1 Assignment 3 Technological Trends in Behavioral Health
HSC 3015 Week 1 Assignment 3 Technological Trends in Behavioral Health
As technology plays an ever-greater role in our lives, people naturally worry about the damage it can do to mental health. But tech also can offer solutions, helping people cope with the stress of modern life and live happier lives. Whilst there is no single approach suitable for all, technology can offer a wide range of support services and will have a much more important role to play in the next year as consumers navigate through the fallout of the pandemic.
1. Promoting positive change
The benefits of digital therapy are that they can help remove stigmas around mental health and offer convenience for users. A quarter of UK consumers are planning to use mental health apps/online services more post pandemic. Such services are likely to have greater traction with younger and more vulnerable members of society.
Apps that create structure and routine: Apps and services that take a holistic view of all the inputs that can affect mood such as healthy diets, exercise and sleep can play a crucial role in helping users regulate negative behaviours.
The Flow Depression App, for example, uses behaviour therapy to help users engage with anti-depressant activities and alleviate depression. It is broken down into courses and modules enabling users to develop psychological techniques to manage moods, and incorporates mood trackers and tasks to monitor symptoms as well as receive guidance from a virtual therapist. It comes with an optional companion headset certified for home use that delivers electrical signals to activate and stimulate brain cells. Flow focuses on sleep, nutrition, exercise and meditation.
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or good post, and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
HSC 3015 Week 1 Assignment 3 Technological Trends in Behavioral Health
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone elses work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone elses words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
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Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone elses thoughts more than your own?
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Late Policy
The universitys policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
o Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
o Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.