Psychological Disorders Project - Psych 2

UPDATED WITH NEW SITES FOR TREATMENT!!!!!!!! - January 13, 2010 (12 pm)

Our Disorders Project is due on Tuesday, January 18 - Your group needs to be prepared to "teach" your category of disorders in 10-15 minutes, have a visual aid (poster or powerpoint), provide handouts to your students and give Mrs. H your Bibliography. Please see the rubric handed out during class for specific information regarding assessment.

Your presentation should include the following topics, websites that may be useful are linked below. Please note that these are not the ONLY sites you may use, just a starting point.

1) A basic description of the disorder category, including a list of possible symptoms and the history of its diagnosis and any major psychologists related to it.


• All Psych Online: The Virtual Psychology Classroom http://allpsych.com/disorders/index.html

• Discovering Psychology:The History of Psychology http://learner.org/resources/series60.html

2) An explanation of possible causes of the disorders within your category, including support for or against each possibility.

• Psy Web Mental Health Site: Mental Disorders http://www.psyweb.com/Mdisord/jsp/mental.jsp

• Abnormal Psychology http://www.psywww.com/resource/bytopic/abnormal.html

3) An explanation of possible treatment methods for the disorders within your category, including support for or against each possibility.

• Overview of Psychological Therapies http://web.mst.edu/~pfyc212b/Therapy.htm

• Types of Psychological Treatments: http://www.guidetopsychology.com/txtypes.htm

* Psychological Treatments: http://psychologyinfo.com/treatment/

4) A description of social issues faced by those suffering from psychological disorders within your category. Like - How would a person's everyday life be affected by having one of these disorders?

• National Alliance on Mental Illness http://www.nami.org/

• Health 24-Mind, Living with Mental Illness http://www.health24.com/mind/Living_with_mental_illness/1284-1302.asp

• Living with the Stigma of Mental Illness http://depression.about.com/cs/stigma/a/markofthebeast.htm

• Living with Severe Mental Illness http://www.enotalone.com/article/3102.html

**Note** The websites above are listed under which subtopic they are best suited for; however, they are likely to contain information related to the other subtopics, as well. Keep in mind that information you find for your subtopic might overlap with that needed by one of your team members. Keep track of what you find where, so that you can help one another out.

Here are a few additional sites that might be beneficial to all:

• A Beginner's Guide to Abnormal Psychology http://www.purgatory.net/merits/index.htm

• National Mental Health Association http://www.nmha.org/index.cfm

• American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org/