Assignment: Psychopathology
QUESTION I:
Discuss the effectiveness of psychotherapies in the treatment of mental health problems.
For doing this, choose one specific diagnostic category, i.e. major derpresssive disorder or shizophrenia, that we have covered in this term in this course.
Review the literature, and discuss the findings of two outcome studies that assess the effectiveness of specific psychotherapies on the diagnosis you would like to discuss.
Make sure that you critically review the articles and refer to why outcome studies are important.
It is preferable that you present outcome studies that compare outcomes of different psychotherapy approaches
QUESTION II:
The dimensional model of personality disorders in DSM-5 includes 5 higher-order domains (negative affectivity, detachment, antagonism, disinhibition, and psychoticism) and 25 lower-order facets, or constellations of trait behaviors that constitute the broader domains.
Choose one of those higher order domains and discuss the ways a specific psychotherapeutic approach may engage with this domain.
For example, present the ways a clinical psychologist with the cognitive behavioural therapy orientation may help a client with disinhibition problems or the ways a psychodynamically oriented psychologist work with negative affect.
Make sure that you review the basic principles and understanding of the therapy you choose and that your discussion is clear enough for
the reader to see your proposed links between a specific therapeutic understanding and a specific personality domain.
Do not describe the domain or principles of the chosen approach; just refer to issues that are relevant to you arguments.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.