Problem
Step I: Pick one of the disorders you read about this week. Visit the National Institute of Mental Health and look through the health topics to find a disorder of interest, read through the information, then scroll to the section on "Research and Statistics" or "Journal Articles or Reports" to find helpful links to credible outside information. Use your textbook as well for details about the prevalence, signs, symptoms, details, and research related to the disorder. Keep track of all of your sources as you investigate.
Step II: Imagine you are creating a quick 1-page flyer to post around campus to give people basic information about the disorder of your choice. We want this to be visually pleasing to entice students to look and read through it!! In a format of your choosing (Infogram, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Google Doc, etc.), create a "Quick Facts" page that includes the following information about the disorder:
i. Description
ii. Symptoms/Diagnostic criteria
iii. Prevalence
iv. Causes and Risk Factors
Step III:
i. Write a summary of TWO sources of recent research studies on your disorder of choice. In this summary, you should give a brief summary of why the research was done, the main conclusions, and the implications (why do we care about this in our everyday lives?) of the work. How does this research move the current understanding of the disorder further?