CRITERIA

 OUTSTANDING

 VERY GOOD

 GOOD

 UNACCEPTABLE

 Integration of Knowledge

25% of the total grade

 
100%

The paper demonstrates that the author understands and has applied concepts learned in the course. Concepts are integrated into the writer’s own insights. The writer provides concluding remarks that show analysis and synthesis of ideas.

Page requirements are met.

 
80%

The paper demonstrates that the author, mostly, understands and has applied concepts learned in the course. Some conclusions, however, are not supported in the body of the paper.

The page requirement is one page below the required amount.

 
60%

The paper demonstrates that the author, to a certain extent, understands and has applied concepts learned in the course.

The page requirement is two pages below the required amount.

 
40%

The paper does not demonstrate that the author has understood, and applied concepts learned in the course.

The page requirement is more than two pages below the required amount.

  
Topic Focus

25% of the total Grade

 
100%

The topic is focused narrowly enough for the scope of this assignment. A thesis statement provides direction for the paper, either by a statement of a position or hypothesis. The topic is consistently well thought out, thorough offers insight into the topic, and includes cited evidence to support the topic.

 
80%

The topic is focused but lacks direction. The paper is about a specific topic, but the writer has not established a position. The topic is somewhat well thought out, offers limited insight into the topic, but does not include cited evidence to support the topic.

 
60%

The topic is too broad for the scope of this assignment.

 
40%

The topic is unclear or unrelated to the discussion topic with little or no supporting evidence.

  
Depth of Discussion and Cohesiveness

25% of the total grade

 
100%

In-depth discussion and elaboration in all sections of the paper.

Ties together information from all sources. Paper flows from one issue to the next with no headings. The author’s writing demonstrates an understanding of the relationship among material obtained from all sources Mostly, it ties together information from all sources.

 80%

In-depth discussion and elaboration in most sections of the paper.

Mostly, it ties together information from all sources. Paper flows with only some disjointedness. The author’s writing demonstrates an understanding of the relationship among material obtained from all sources.

 60
%

The writer has omitted content. Quotations from others outweigh the writer’s own ideas excessively.

Sometimes ties together information from all sources. The paper does not flow. Disjointedness is apparent. The author’s writing does not demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between material obtained from all sources.

 
40%

Cursory discussion in all the sections of the paper or brief discussion in only a few sections

  It does not tie together information. Paper does not flow and appears to be created from disparate issues. Headings are necessary to link concepts. Writing does not demonstrate an understanding any relationship

  
Spelling and Grammar

12% of the total grade

 
100%

Fewer than 5 grammatical, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation errors

The required word count has been met.

 
80%

More than 5 but fewer than 10 grammatical, spelling, capitalization & punctuation errors

The required word count is 25 words below the minimum required count.

 
60%

More than 10 grammatical, spelling, capitalization & punctuation errors

The required word count is 50 words below the minimum required count.

 
40%

An unacceptable number of spelling and/or grammar mistakes.

The required word count is more than 50 words below the minimum required count.

  
Sources

7% of the total grade

 
100%

4 current sources, of which at least 3 are peer-reviewed journal articles or scholarly books. Sources include both general background sources and specialized sources. Special-interest sources and popular literature and acknowledged as such if they are cited. All websites utilized are authoritative.

 
80%

3 current sources, of which at least 2 are peer-review journal articles or scholarly books. All websites utilized are authoritative.

 
60%

Fewer than 3 current sources or fewer than 2 of 3 are peer-reviewed journal articles or scholarly books. All websites utilized are credible.

 
40%

Fewer than 3 current sources or fewer than 2 of 3 are peer-reviewed journal articles or scholarly books. Not all websites utilized are credible, and/or sources are not current.

  
Citations

6% of the total grade

 
100%

Fewer than 5 incomplete citations and/or quotations, and APA format errors

 
80%

More than 5 but fewer than 10 incomplete citations and/or quotations, and APA format errors.

 
60%

More than 10 incomplete citations and/or quotations, or APA format errors.

 
40%

The citation style is inconsistent or incorrect. It does not cite sources.

Psychiatric Diagnosis and DSM 5 Diagnostic Criteria

History of Present Psychiatric Illness

(Presenting signs & symptoms/ Previous Psychiatric Admission / Outpatient Mental Health Services)

General Appearance

Presenting Appearance (nutritional status, physical deformities, hearing impaired, glasses, injuries, cane)
Basic Grooming and Hygiene (clean, disheveled and whether it is appropriate attire for the weather)

Gait and Motor Coordination (awkward, staggering, shuffling, rigid, trembling with intentional movement or at rest),
posture (slouched, erect),
any noticeable mannerisms or gestures

Level of Participation in the Program/Activity (Group attendance and milieu participation, exercise)

Manner and Approach

Interpersonal Characteristics and Approach to Evaluation (oppositional/resistant, submissive, defensive, open and friendly, candid and cooperative, showed subdued mistrust and hostility, excessive shyness)

Behavioral Approach (distant, indifferent, unconcerned, evasive, negative, irritable, depressive, anxious, sullen, angry, assaultive, exhibitionistic, seductive, frightened, alert, agitated, lethargic, needed minor/considerable reinforcement and soothing).
Coping and stress tolerance.

Speech (normal rate and volume, pressured, slow, loud, quiet, impoverished)

Expressive Language (no problems expressing self, circumstantial and tangential responses, difficulties finding words, echolalia, mumbling)

Receptive Language (normal, able to comprehend questions,

Orientation, Alertness, and Thought Process

Recall and Memory (recalls recent and past events in their personal history).
Recalls three words (e.g., Cadillac, zebra, and purple)
Orientation (person, place, time, presidents, your name)

Alertness (sleepy, alert, dull and uninterested, highly distractible)
Coherence (responses were coherent and easy to understand, simplistic and concrete, lacking in necessary detail, overly detailed and difficult to follow)

Concentration and Attention (naming the days of the week or months of the year in reverse order, spelling the word “world”, their own last name, or the ABC's backwards)

Thought Processes (loose associations, confabulations, flight of ideas, ideas of reference, illogical thinking, grandiosity, magical thinking, obsessions, perseveration, delusions, reports of experiences of depersonalization).
Values and belief system

Hallucinations and Delusions (presence, absence, denied visual but admitted olfactory and auditory, denied but showed signs of them during testing, denied except for times associated with the use of substances, denied while taking medications)

Judgment and Insight (based on explanations of what they did, what happened, and if they expected the outcome, good, poor, fair, strong)

Mood and Affect

Mood or how they feel most days (happy, sad, despondent, melancholic, euphoric, elevated, depressed, irritable, anxious, angry).
Affect or how they felt at a given moment (comments can include range of emotions such as broad, restricted, blunted, flat, inappropriate, labile, consistent with the content of the conversation.

Rapport (easy to establish, initially difficult but easier over time, difficult to establish, tenuous, easily upset)
Facial and Emotional Expressions (relaxed, tense, smiled, laughed, became insulting, yelled, happy, sad, alert, day-dreamy, angry, smiling, distrustful/suspicious, tearful, pessimistic, optimistic)

Response to Failure on Test Items (unaware, frustrated, anxious, obsessed, unaffected)
Impulsivity (poor, effected by substance use)
Anxiety (note level of anxiety, any behaviors that indicated anxiety, ways they handled it)

Lab

Range

Value

Reason Obtained

Risk Assessment:

Suicidal and Homicidal Ideation

(ideation but no plan or intent, clear/unclear plan but no intent) Self-Injurious Behavior (cutting, burning) Hypersexual, Elopement, Non-adherence to treatment

Discharge Plans and Instruction: Placement, outpatient treatment, partial hospitalization, sober living, board and care, shelter, long term care facility, 12 step program

Teaching Assessment and Client / Family Education:

(Disease process, medication, coping, relaxation, diet, exercise, hygiene) Include barriers to learning and preferred learning styles