Author: Joyce

Write a letter to Katy’s insurance company why the Provigil is medically necessary for her.

. List 3 non-medical problems Katy Adams is experiencing and corresponding ways you could assist her.

There are two parts to the advocacy project for this course. Both are based on the case study of Katy Adams. The purpose for both of these is provide skills to assist your patients with their medically related needs. No collaboration is allowed for either of these requirements.

The first part is to state the non-medical problems of the patient and then, using course content and other resources, what you can do to advocate for her. Cite when appropriate. 0 points will be given for any response that is directly copied and pasted from a web resource.

The second part of the project is a letter of advocacy for an insurance denial for a medication that you have prescribed for a patient. This is a one or two page letter and the grade will be based on how persuasively you advocate and how professionally

Evaluate the clinicians’ descriptions of the positive and negative outcomes of doing trauma work.

Discuss the qualitative data presented in the article in the form of therapist interviews (p.248-252 of the article).
•Evaluate the clinicians’ descriptions of the positive and negative outcomes of doing trauma work.
•Discuss which, of any, of the positive outcomes surprised you.

Step 3: Personal reaction: Identify how you look at this subject matter differently after reading the research.
•Does your list from before you began reading still hold up given your new knowledge of the research?
•Did you feel that the study discussed in the research article did what it set out to do?
•Very briefly propose an idea for a follow up to this study that could expand our knowledge and intervention in this area.