Instructions:
▪ Research your approved topic by reading several current resources. You are required to use at minimum, 5 recently published (i.e., since 2013) books or journal articles, plus the DSM 5 + 1 current and reputable Internet source.
They must be properly cited in text and on the References page using the APA formatting style..
▪ It will be helpful for you to refer to the rubric for this assignment as you are writing it. Report Headings,
Sub-headings and Information to Cover:
Use only the following bolded headings to organize your report.
Section A: Diagnostic Features Section B: Discussion of Topic
1. Causes
2. Impacts
3. Treatments
Citations of Sources:
Use citations in appropriate places frequently throughout. Whenever you are using information or ideas that are not general public knowledge and that originate from sources you have read, you must cite them in text: usually each source will be cited several times in this report.
Failing to cite your sources whenever you refer to information that is not common knowledge may constitute plagiarism and result in a report that is unmarkable.
Detailed Instructions:
This is a 2 section Report. Section A will likely be 1-3 pages and vary for everyone, depending on their topic and the length of their corresponding DSM section. Section B will be 6-7 pages
Section A: Diagnostic Criteria
Cut and paste the Diagnostic Criteria section on your topic from the DSM 5 chapter on your topic;
Instruction:
1. Go online to the DSM 5 (from a Humber computer or with the Library proxy
server (contact the library for assistance, not your professor) to
“PsychiatryOnline”;
2. Click on the entry PsychiatryOnline at psychiatryonline.org;
3. Click on the image of the purple book, then
4. Click on “Section II: Diagnostic Criteria and Codes”;
5. Select a chapter that contains your topic’s diagnosis;
6. Scroll to the chapter’s specific section of your diagnosis of interest and
locate the pink background insert entitled “Diagnostic Features”;
7. Select, cut and paste this entire Diagnostic Criteria section (it usually will
be 1-3 pages single spaced / 12 pt. font) into Section A of your report
(single spacing required for this report section only).
Section B: Discussion of Topic
1. Causes
• Detail all the currently known main causes of the mental health challenge / diagnosis that you have found in your research. (6 marks)
2. Impacts
• Given your Section A – Diagnostic Criteria information and the other information in the Diagnostic Features section of your diagnosis of interest, comment on several specific issues that you believe are likely to arise for a client with the mental health challenge you are discussing.
• Explain why you think these issues are likely to occur; what the research says about them.
This information is based on what you have learned through your research, what has been taught in class or through your work in the field. If relating your comments to your experience in the field, you must clearly identify this as the source of your information. (6 marks)
3. Treatments
• From your research, discuss the main treatments commonly used, and why they are used such as medical (e.g., medications / surgeries or other medical treatments), psychological (e.g., the main types of therapies or other interventions), and social, family, alternative treatments.
• You must discuss treatments that address at least 3 of the different areas / issues noted in your Impacts section. (6 marks)
4. Interventions
• Provide several specific and detailed examples of how you, as an SSW, might intervene with specific SSW activities / roles that are part of the SSW Standards of Practice with your client(s) who have the mental health challenge you are discussing.
Be sure to back up your ideas in the above sections with researched information from RELEVANT literature that you cite.
Formatting Marks and Requirements (5 marks)
You will also be graded on the appearance, style, and APA format of your report.
• Is there a cover page and title?
• Is your report well organized using only the headings noted in these instructions?
• Are in-text citations frequent and completed correctly?
• Is there a complete References page with only resources cited in-text listed?
• Are your spelling and grammar correct?
Ensure the following is done:
• References /In-text Citations must be APA style:
o Use at least 5 books or journal articles + 1 reputable Internet source
o Sources MUST be current – published in year 2013 or later
o See: http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/apa.php (APA style) or
check with the Humber librarians for assistance.
o Listed alphabetically on a final page – double spaced tiled: “References”. o Never name the article or book title in in-text citations and ensure that you
have the correct author.
o Do not use or cite your class PPT slides
• Total Length: 5-7 pages, plus the pasted in DSM Symptom section and a Title and a References page
• Font: New Times Roman only, Font Size: 12 pt.
• Margins of 2.5 centimeters only (i.e., left, right, top and bottom)
• Justification: Left only
• Line Spacing: Double
• Page Numbers: Footer, Right
• Absolutely no figures, tables or charts or photos are allowed
• Absolutely no bulleted lists allowed
• Quotations: up to 3 short (i.e., less than 39 word) quotations are allowable and must be
relevant and necessary and cited properly in-text with page numbers
• You submit the final report to Turnitin (see below) and on Blackboard
