Collaborating with Outside Providers

Collaborating with Outside Providers

Case Analysis – Collaborating with Outside
Providers
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the PSY650 Week Three Treatment
Plan and Case 9: Bulimia Nervosa in Gorenstein and Comer (2014). Please also read the
Waller, Gray, Hinrichsen, Mountford, Lawson, and Patient (2014) “Cognitive-Behavioral
Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa and Atypical Bulimic Nervosa: Effectiveness in Clinical
Settings,”Halmi (2013) “Perplexities of Treatment Resistance in Eating Disorders,” and
DeJesse and Zelman (2013) “Promoting Optimal Collaboration Between Mental Health
Providers and Nutritionists in the Treatment of Eating Disorders” articles.
Assess the evidence-based practices implemented in this case study. In your paper, please
include the following.
• Explain the connection between each theoretical orientation used by Dr. Heston and
the treatment intervention plans utilized in the case.
• Describe the cognitive-behavioral model of the maintenance of bulimia nervosa.
• Explain why Rita was reluctant to participate in Dr. Heston’s request for her to keep
a record of her eating behaviors. Use information from the Halmi (2013) article
“Perplexities of Treatment Resistance in Eating Disorders” to help support your
statements.
• Recommend outside providers (psychiatrists, medical doctors, nutritionists, social
workers, holistic practitioners, etc.) to the assist Rita in achieving her treatment
goals. Use information from the DeJesse and Zelman (2013) “Promoting Optimal
Collaboration between Mental Health Providers and Nutritionists in the Treatment
of Eating Disorders” article to help support your recommendations.
• Describe some of the challenges and ethical issues that Dr. Heston may encounter
when working collaboratively with the professionals that you recommended. Apply
ethical principles and standards of psychology relevant to your description of Dr.
Heston’s potential collaboration with outside providers.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment interventions implemented by Dr.
Heston, supporting your statements with information from the case and two to three
peer-reviewed articles from the Ashford University Library.

• Recommend three additional treatment interventions that would be appropriate in
this case. The recommended articles for this week may be useful in generating your
response to this criterion. Justify your selections with information from the case.
The Case Analysis – Collaborating with Outside Providers
• Must be 4 to 5 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references
pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing
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• Must include a separate title page with the following:
o Title of paper
o Student’s name
o Course name and number
o Instructor’s name
o Date submitted
• Must use at least two peer-reviewed sources from in the Ashford University Library.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as
outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for
the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

 

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