Reaction Paper - 2
Please write about any of the topics covered in Chapter 15, or Chapter 16 as it relates to a current event topic in the media. (Current events should be within the last month if possible). You can choose from a variety of media sources, including but not limited to newspapers, online media sources, and television. In the paper, discuss the event and how the topic you learned about relates to it, incorporating information from the lectures and readings.
This paper should be three pages in length, double-spaced, with one-inch margins. You should also use 12-point font.
MLA format and citated
Learning Objectives
By the end of the week, you will have the opportunity to:
- Discuss the various goals and techniques of psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapies
- Identify the goals and techniques utilized in humanistic therapies
- Describe and apply classical and operant conditioning models
- Discuss examples of cognitive distortions
- Describe group, family, and couples therapy
- Criically analyze the effectiveness of psychotherapy
- Identify the various drug treatments available to treat mental health disorders
Learning Objectives
- By the end of the week, you will have the opportunity to:
- Define psychological disorders
- Discuss implications of labeling and stigma associated with mental illness
- Describe the symptoms associated with anxiety disorders
- Explain theories associated with anxiety disorders
- Describe the various types of mood disorders
- Discuss the biological and social-cognitive theories of mood disorders
- Identify the symptoms of schizophrenia
- List the subtypes of schizophrenia
- Explain the theories of schizophrenia
- List the types of dissociative disorders
- Explain the symptoms of DID
- Discuss personality disorders
- Explain antisocial personality disorder