Course Project Part 1: Identifing A Researchable Problem

IDENTIFYING A RESEARCHABLE PROBLEM
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Identifying a Researchable Problem
Researchable Problem: Major depressive disorder (MDD)
P: What is the population of patients?
I: What are some of the potential interventions in this area?
C: Aare there some comparative interventions in this area?
O: What are some of the desired outcomes?
T: (Time) Specified period of time
Summary of Problem
Major depressive disorder (MDD) remains one of the impairing, recurrent, and common ailments that detail an individual’s attempt to commit suicide, abuse drugs, and encounter interpersonal problems. The diagnosis and management of this disease among adolescents in America remains a health concern that affects the health industry (Davies, 2011). CBASP remains an effective treatment processes developed in the management of MDD among the adolescents. In this case, the client who is chronically depressed for a period of two years is taken through the process of CBASP treatment.
The first phase of the process starts when the care provider obtained the patient’s psychiatric history, an aspect that was followed with the collection of interpersonal history (Davies, 2011). Next, the care-giver provided a situational analysis that aided in establishing past situations, with the aim of determining the patient’s copying strategies that would be incorporated in the process. The inclusion of a situational analysis in the process critically helps the patient to establish effective approaches of copying with some of the stressors and increase the patient’s capacity to increase their self-efficacy in such cases. This evidence-based process enabled the patients to cope with their situations effectively.
Significance of This Problem for Nursing Practice
It is imperative to note that there are several approaches and procedures that are used by nurses in handling patients who suffer from Major depressive disorder (MDD). As determined by Polit & Beck (2012), the element of evidence-based practice (EBP’s) remains a treatment approach that is academically and scientifically researched, proven effective, and replicated in more than a single investigation.
In the application of the CBASP method in managing depression among the adolescent population clearly proves the extent to which the care provided was criti...