March Additional Blog

http://t.usnews.com/Z7eq3d

Lately I have been coming across issues that have to do with most of people's everyday lives and psychology. 

This article goes into depth on how smart phones (ironically I'm using one to do this post) can lower intelligence. 

Blog 18: Fourth Interview Preperation

1.) Do you think medicine can help out a person with a mental illness?
2.) What are your opinions on people doing marijuana in order to "get away" from their problems?
3.) After a patient is done with with their treatment, how often do you see them to see their progress?
4.) Do you think that depending where a person is raised it affects they're way of thinking?
5.) Do you like the way psychology is evolving?
6.) What do you consider unusual behavior?
7.) Can a way parents raise their child prevent them to have mental issues?
8.) At what age is it the hardest to be treated?
9.) If a patient commits a crime, can you tell on them?
10.) How do you prevent judgement when listening to a patients "story"?
11.) Do you believe that once a teen turns 18 they should be left alone to make decisions?
12.) When is it correct to "let your child be"?
13.) If parents don't want to help their child face their mental problem who else do you seek for?
14.) Can your mood affect your patient drastically?
15.) Do you believe it is important parents should be well educated or have some type of knowledge about their child's mental problem?
16.) What is the best way to promote yourself as a self-employed psychologist?
17.) What is something you recommend to me as an incoming college student in this career field?
18.) Is their anyone in specific you go to when you need some type of advice with a patient?
19.) What is up to this day a resource that helps you throughout your job?
20.) Do you think it is better to collaborate in a treatment with the parents and patient or the patient alone?

Blog 17: Third Answer

1. EQ

What is the best way for a psychologist and parents to collaborate about the treatment of a teenage patient?

2. Answer 3 

A psychologist should be able to offer collaborative, team-based programs for adolescents -- from initial evaluation to follow-up treatment. They should represent a broad range of specialties and bring an comprehensive approach to treatment planning and continuing care.

List 3 reasons why answer is true: 

1. A psychologist should be able to know how to recommend a type or treatment that fits with the patient according to the type of situation they are facing. 

2. They should be trying to use new types of treatments that are having to do with collaborative work. 

3. They should know how to guide a patient through the treatment & know how to explain throughly or else the treatment will fail. 

Source:

http://psychiatry.duke.edu/patient-care/child-and-adolescent-services

February Additional Blog

Press, Cell. "How does the human brain tackle problems it did not evolve to solve?." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 27 Feb. 2015. Web.
5 Mar. 2015. <>

I found this article very interesting. It was a study that was recently finished. It explains the trial & error in tackle problems in the human brain. My mentor shared this link with me because she found it very interesting. 

Blog 16: Answer 2

1. What is your EQ?

What is the best way for a psychologist and parents to collaborate about the treatment of a teenage patient?

2. What is your first answer?

The best way for a psychologist and parents to collaborate about the treatment of a teenage patient is to first of all be understanding. The teen is facing something something in their lives that is affecting them in various ways. It is imporant to evoke the teens prespective on the situation so that they have a say in their treatment.

3. What is your second answer?

The best way for a psychologist and parents to collaborate about the treatmet of a teenage patient is for the parents to be educated about how the teenage brain works. It is obvious that a teenage brain is not fully developed. The brain appear to undergo a growth spurt of its own, and this changing brain may in part explain why teengers turn into a walking army of emotional loose cannons

4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

1. The problem the teen is undegoing is mental therefore the parent should be able to know why the brian is working the way it does. 
2. For comparison's sake, think of the teenage brain as an entertainment center that hasn't been fully hooked up. There are loose wires, so that the speaker system isn't working with the DVD player, which in turn hasn't been formatted to work with the television yet.
3. Scientists have found is that teenagers experience a wealth of growth in synapses during adolescence.

5. What printed source best supports your answer?

http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/teenage-brain1.htm

6. What other source supports your answer? 

The psychologist that I interviewed helped the what scources I should search within to find this answer. 

7. Tie this together with a concluding though.

Overall I still believe me first answer is stronger that my second one. The second one has to do more with the knowledge the parent should have therefore the treatment can work better. 

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

a.) I, Susie Pinon, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 33 hours of work.

b.) The scources that helped me where:
NREPP Evidence- Based Therapy (website)
Tic-City Mental Wellness Center
Mentor, Michelle Mejia

c.) Updated

d.) For my independent component, other than doing additonal hours with my mentor and her colleagues, I had the chance to help her run a class with adults who suffered with schizophrenia. Even though I am basing more on teenagers, I got to experience people who have had to live with this mental illness longer.

Interpretive

I am not allowed to take pictures of the classes going on due to confidencial issues with the teens/adults at the center but the top picture is the room where most teens meet up. We usually have tables set up so they can do homework or have a chat with one of the psychologist/counselers. We also have a ping pong table so that we can play after a stressful day or session. The bottom picture is of the outside the the front office of the wellness center, More adults go into this office. 

Applied

Spending more time around my mentor and mentorship helped me have more of a connection with psyhology. It gave me more insite on teenagers, even though I am a teenager I got to experince teens that are more troubled and the ways they face them. I had more chances to ask my mentor why she treats certain patients they way she does and how she goes about her day due to the fact that she has to help people deal with problems that are really complex.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1. What I am planning to do is to go to a differnt clinic that my mentor is going to recommend me too. They specialize more on one to one therapy sessions that I can sit in and observe. I will also contiune doing hours with my mentor and helping her run classes at the mental wellness center.

2. My goal is to go there at least once a week for about 3 hours and observe the other psychologist. I will try to take pictures and feedback from the psychologist running the therapy session.

3. This will help me with my component because I will be observing teens in a session with a person who is an expert in the field. It will show me how encounter the teen without pushing them away. It will also help me see how the psychologist treat the paitent so that they will be open with her.

4. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1riEOQ_SSLTliFLyZhifGuGrmCOAITXl7G06njAe3dSQ/edit?usp=sharing