Explain in a concise professional manner how you would conduct your first meeting with Jennifer.

o 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 psychiatrists 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.
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PowerPoint (57 slides) in which you address the following:

1. 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.
2. Explain how you would proceed with her medical team in terms of advocacy for her as a client believed to have this condition.
3. Explain why you would need to take a biopsychosocial approach to her ongoing care.
4. Explain what social, family, vocational, Internet, and medical supports you would explore to help with her longer-term stabilization.
5. 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.

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1. Presentation fully addresses all instruction prompts.
2. Presentation demonstrates an excellent understanding of all of the concepts and key points presented in the text(s) and Learning Resources. Presentation provides significant detail including multiple relevant examples, evidence from the readings and other sources, and discerning ideas. Presentation demonstrates exemplary critical thought.
3. Presentation is well organized. Students demeanor demonstrates excellent professionalism. Student is articulate and communicates well. PowerPoint slides demonstrate professional writing expectations. Slides contain very few or no writing and/or spelling errors

References:

TED Conferences, LLC (Producer). (2016). What happens when you have a disease doctors cant diagnose [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/jen_brea_what_happens_when_you_have_a_disease_doctors_can_t_diagnose

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