Depressive Disorders (Include Major Depressive Disorder and Persistent Depressive Disorder)
After receiving your topic, you will write an 8-10 page paper (200 points) covering the following topics:
• Describe the disorder(s). What age group can be affected by this disorder(s)?
• Symptoms
• Describe how its affect the individual (physically and psychologically) and how can it affect their families and loved ones.
• Describe how the disorder(s) diagnosed.
• How is the disorder(s) treated? (Chapter 15 of your textbook)
• You can also include any other pertinent information about your psychological disorder that you find in your research, but you MUST include what is mentioned above.
The final paper must include information from the textbook andat least two other scholarly resource (be sure to use a current resource, information that is dated within the last five years).
Scholarly resources are professional journals, such as the American Psychological Association, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Social Science, Journal of Clinical Issues, Journal of Adolescent Psychology, or articles written by psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, sociologists, etc. See weblink below for information and scholarly resources: https://www.rcsj.edu/Library/Gloucester/databases – Look for databases under the subject of Psychology.
