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Assignment 2: Personality Disorders
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Personality disorders are chronic and persistent behavioral and emotional disturbances that are often difficult to treat. Some professionals have argued that these disorders are not mental disorders at all, but personality styles—that these individuals are just odd or unusual. Review your textbook and a minimum of two peer-reviewed references and discuss the diagnostic and measurement challenges and issues related to personality disorders. What classification approach is currently used in the DSM? Explain this approach. Identify and discuss relevant research on the causation, diagnosis, and treatment of personality disorders.
Your assignment should be at least a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources and include a cover page and reference page. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.doc.
By Wednesday, November 23, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox.
| Assignment 2 Grading Criteria |
Maximum Points
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| Discussed the diagnostic and measurement challenges related to personality disorders. Identified and explained the classification approach currently used in the DSM. |
40
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| Discussed the causation, diagnosis, and treatment of personality disorders. |
20
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| Supported statements with reasons and research information from your text and a minimum of two peer-reviewed references. |
20
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| Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. |
20
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| Total:
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Assignment 1: Course Project Part II—Practice
You have researched the theoretical writings related to your selected mental disorder in the second part of the course project. In the third part, you have examined the practice related to the disorder.
You have conducted field research on practice related to the disorder, an interview with a mental health professional. Based on all of the information you have gathered, develop a paper that includes the following:
- Describe the cause, extent, and nature of the disorder, such as number of people diagnosed and under treatment, demographics, and other factors of interest.
- Explain how the selected disorder is diagnosed.
- Explain how the selected disorder is treated. Be sure to include all the views on appropriate treatment and comment on diversity of views or dissent.
- Differentiate the diagnosis of this disorder from those of the other disorders within the same diagnostic category.
- Comment on culturally bound syndromes, cultural biases, or the interplay between assessment and diagnosis and culture.
- Provide data from the professional interview completed relevantly and substantively integrating this information into the body of the paper. Provide the name of the interviewed professional with his/her credentials. Written transcripts of the interview should be recorded and submitted with the assignment (e.g. in paper as an appendices).
Write a 4–5-page paper in Word format. Make sure to review the rubric so as to address all necessary criteria. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.
By Monday, November 28, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.
| Assignment Criteria |
Max Points
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| Describe the cause, extent, and nature of the disorder, such as number of people diagnosed and under treatment, demographics, and other factors of interest. |
40
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| Explain how the selected disorder is diagnosed. |
35
|
| Explain how the selected disorder is treated. Be sure to include all the views on appropriate treatment and comment on diversity of views or dissent. |
60
|
| Differentiate the diagnosis of this disorder from those of the other disorders within the same diagnostic category. |
40
|
| Comment on culturally bound syndromes, cultural biases, or the interplay between assessment and diagnosis and culture. |
35
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| Professional interview completed and interview data relevantly and substantively integrated into the body of the paper. Name of the interviewed professional with his/her credentials are included. Transcripts of the interview were also submitted (e.g. in paper as an appendices). |
30
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| Organization (16 points): Introduction, Thesis, Transitions, Conclusion
Usage and Mechanics (15 points): Grammar, Spelling, Sentence Structure
APA Elements (22 points): Attribution, Paraphrasing, Quotations
Style (7 points): Audience, Word Choice |
60
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| Total: |
300
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100
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