Psychology 2 - Disorders Project

Your Disorders Project is due on Tuesday, January 10 - BE PREPARED TO PRESENT!!!
1. Your group needs to be prepared to "teach" your category of disorders in 10-15 minutes.
Requirements:

• 10 -15 minutes in length (3 points)
• Film clip (less than 3 minutes) OR skit presented about the disorder (2 points)
• 4 sources used (not including textbook, 1 must NOT be internet) (3 points)
• Definition of the disorder (4 points)
• Sample case study (4 points)
• 5 items – books, movies, songs about the disorder (ie – Beautiful Mind for Schizophrenia) (4 points)
• Symptoms of the disorder (4 points)
• Potential causes of the disorder (4 points)
• Disorder effects on the brain (4 points) (Specific neurotransmitters/brain parts)
• Treatment (4 points)
     o Medications? How do the affect neurotransmitters/brain?
     o Non-medical treatment (types of therapy)
     o Effectiveness of treatments
• Two multiple choice quiz questions (4 points)
2. Give Mrs. H your Bibliography. Use http://www.bibme.org/ to create your annotated bibliography in APA format.

Your presentation should include the previous 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.

• All Psych Online: The Virtual Psychology Classroom
• Discovering Psychology:The History of Psychology
• Psy Web Mental Health Site: Mental Disorders 
• Abnormal Psychology
• Types of Psychological Treatments:
* Psychological Treatments:
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• Health 24-Mind, Living with Mental Illness
• Living with the Stigma of Mental Illness



**Note** 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
• National Mental Health Association
• American Psychological Association: