Assignment
Select 1 of the following disorders:
a) Oppositional defiant disorder
b) Conduct disorder
c) Antisocial personality disorder
d) Kleptomania or pyromania
Provide the following details about the disorder:
a) What are some of the symptoms?
b) What would this disorder look like in person? Make sure you relate this back to the DSM criteria.
c) Based on your research, do you think the media has portrayed the disorder you selected in an unbiased manner, or is it sensationalized?
In the DSM-IV; Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Kleptomania, and Pyromania were spread out over a few chapters.
o Why do you think the DSM-5 has placed Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Kleptomania, and Pyromania into a chapter called Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders? Support your answer with research.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Reference
o Beidel and Bulik: Ch. 4-5, Ch. 12 pp. 458-460, & Ch. 14 pp. 516-520.