Section: Module 12: Lesson 2: Classification of Psychological disorders | Introduction to Psychology | NextGenU.org
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Learning objectives:
- Describe the major anxiety disorders, including their main features and prevalence.
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Describe the main features and prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and hoarding disorder.
- Describe the nature and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and the risk factors.
- Describe the symptoms of major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, and the differences between major depressive disorder and persistent depressive disorder, and identify two subtypes of depression.
- Discuss Statistics related to mental health disorders.
- Discuss the nature of schizophrenia, addressing the misconception that it involves a split personality.
- Identify and differentiate the symptoms of dissociative disorders, amnesia, depersonalization/ derealization disorder, and dissociative identity disorder.
- Identify and differentiate the symptoms of dissociative disorder, amnesia, depersonalization/ derealization disorder, and dissociative identity disorder in childhood.
- Describe the nature of personality disorders and how they differ from other disorders.
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Students mustMark as done
Required Learning Resources and Activities
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Read the entire webpage. (25 minutes)
Rice University - 2016
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Rice University - 2016
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Rice University - 2016
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Rice University - 2016
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John Hopkins Medicine - 2019
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Read the entire webpage. (20 minutes)
Rice University - 2016
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Students mustView
Read the entire webpage. (8 minutes)
Rice University - 2016
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Students mustView
Read the entire webpage. (25 minutes)
Rice University - 2016
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Read the entire webpage. (18 minutes)
Rice University - 2016
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In this activity, you will design an infographic on schizophrenia prevalence statistics, its nature, and any other important related information.
Step 1. Review (45 mins)
Review learning resources for this lesson.
Step 2. Explore (60 mins)
Explore Our World in Data’s Mental Health Statistics. Upon access, you will see a summary table that shows some mental health disorders and their global statistics. Each mental health disorder has a hyperlink that directs you to specific statistics for the chosen mental health disorder. Explore each hyperlink from the summary table. Give particular attention to schizophrenia by considering the following statistics upon access:
- Top 10 countries with the lowest number of recorded schizophrenia cases
- Top 10 countries with the highest number of recorded schizophrenia cases
- Top 5 countries with the lowest prevalence of schizophrenia among men
- Top 5 countries with the highest prevalence of schizophrenia among men
- Top 5 countries with the lowest prevalence of schizophrenia among women
- Top 5 countries with the highest prevalence of schizophrenia among women
Step 3. Design (240 mins)
Design a simple infographic (1-2 A4 pages) that will present and discuss the interpretation of the specific statistics in Step 2.
Additionally, include the following information in the infographics:
- The nature of schizophrenia
- Diagnosis: signs and symptoms
- Causes and risk factors
- Prevention and treatment
- The misconception that schizophrenia involves a split personality
Recommendations
You may use one of the free following software for your work:
- Powerpoint, Google Slides, Canva, Word
Step 4. Share (10 mins)
Share your complete work by clicking on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and pasting your work into the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).
Step 5. Interact (10 mins)
Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - E of the rubric below. Provide a rationale for the grade you have provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:
Item A is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
Item C is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
Item D is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
Item E is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….OPTIONAL Step 6: Interact (10 minutes)
If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”
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Quiz: Module 12
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TO PASS THIS QUIZ YOU MUST OBTAIN A SCORE OF 80%.