• Each student will required to write a 4 page paper about a condition from the list below or one that has been cleared with the professor. In other words, if you have personal knowledge or interest in a psychological disorder that you would like to write a paper about, send me an email. I want to okay the topic beforehand to make sure it is appropriate.
• I ask that you follow APA style when referencing your sources. Please use 12 point font Times New Roman (which also follows APA style). The 4 page requirement does not include the necessary Title page and Reference Page.
The paper should:
A. Define the condition (e.g., how does it come about? What are the main issues?)
B. Describe how one might recognize a person with the condition (e.g., what are the symptoms? What does it look like to an outsider?)
C. Possible therapies for the condition. Please do not try and spend a bulk of the paper describing drug therapies for the disorder. Two or three paragraphs describing therapies should suffice.
D. You will need to also turn in typed references (not included in page requirement). You may use any source you can find (i.e., books, internet, magazines), as long as you include them in your references. Preferably articles from peer a reviewed journal. APA citation style is required.
Possible Topics
Agoraphobia
Delirium
Postpartum Depression
Alcohol Dependence
Dementia
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Anorexia Nervosa
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Pyromania
Antisocial Personality
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Rett’s Disorder
Asperger’s Disorder
Foreign accent syndrome
Schizophrenia
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Autism
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Simple Phobia(Specific Phobia)
Bigorexia (work out)
Hyperlexia
Social Phobias
Bipolar Disorder
Hypochondriasis
Stockholm syndrome
Body Integrity Identity Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
Stuttering
Borderline Personality Disorder
Mental Retardation
Stuttering
Bulimia Nervosa
Munchhausen
Tourette’s Syndrome
Capgras’ syndrome
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Tricotillomania(Hair pulling)
Compulsive Hoarding
Panic Disorder
Triskaidekaphobia (fear of ‘13’)
Compulsive Overeating
Pathological Gambling
Williams Syndrome
Cotard Delusion (I’m dead)
Pica
Check the assignments link to view the full rubric details. Below is a short summary of point allocation.