PLEASE NOTE — IMPORTANT:
You are responsible to be familiar with and use APA style in referencing your articles. If you don’t use APA format, points will be deducted
You are responsible to use PEER-REVIEWED journals. Use links to the UC Library for information if you are not familiar with what Peer-Reviewed journals are. These are professional publications, not random articles found on the internet, in popular magazines, popular websites, pop psychology magazines, etc. Understanding what peer-reviewed journals are is an important component of this assignment.
GUIDELINES for ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
When working in the field of substance abuse counseling, drugs, behaviors, causes, prevention, intervention and treatment are continually expanding and changing. To ensure that our practice is both effective and current, it is necessary that we examine and integrate new research, knowledge, interventions, and methods.
Reading and integrating current information on drugs and behavior will be critical to your professional practice. In this assignment, you will select 3 journal articles from peer-reviewed journals focused on a topic related to drugs or alcohol published within the past five years. The articles should be related to one another, based on an overall theme. You will then read and develop annotations for each. For each article you are to: cite the article using APA format, provide annotation, summarize and critique the article using approximately 150 words/article.
REVIEW: the Suggested Format and rubric below. Use peer reviewed journals and APA format for citing your articles. Please use library or online references if either “peer reviewed” or “APA format” is unfamiliar to you
Possible Themes: Your annotated bibliography should contain research based on a specific theme in the field of substance use/abuse. Here are some examples:
A specific drug(s) and its effects
Theories on causes of addiction
Treatment methods
Prevention
Intervention
Issues pertaining to family
Co-occurring disorders
Stigma
Relapse
Legalization of marijuana
Suicide and substance abuse
Age specific issues related to drugs/alcohol
Trauma and drugs/alcohol
Homelessness and drugs/alcohol
Suggested Format for submission: Please use the format below to cite, summarize and critique each article independently. Conclude with a summary of the overall benefit of the research to you personally and to the field of counseling.
Cite peer reviewed article #1, in APA format – Provide summary/annotation and critique of Article #1 — approximately 150 words.
Cite peer reviewed article #2, in APA format – Provide summary/annotation and critique of Article #1 — approximately 150 words.
Cite peer reviewed article #3, in APA format – Provide summary/annotation and critique of Article #1 — approximately 150 words.
SUMMARY: overall summary of how the research and articles benefitted your learning in particular and the field of substance abuse in general. Approximately 150 words
