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2 PSY 381 Module 1 Assignment 3 Challenges in Identifying Mental Disorders For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Most mental disorders lie on a continuum with "normal" behavior at one end. For example, nearly everyone has a fear of something, but it does not rise to the level of a phobia. A behavior may seem abnormal in one context but completely normal in another context. These two aspects show why it can be challenging to properly identify mental disorders.

3 PSY 381 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com PSY 381 Module 2 Assignment 2 Case Study Development and Theoretical Explanation For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com In today's world, stress is inescapable. Stress can be a major factor in physical and psychological illnesses. Stress is closely related to fear, panic, and anxiety. A number of relatively common psychological disturbances share symptoms that include anxiety as a central component. The somatoform disorders involve a preoccupation with the body or a medical illness. The dissociative disorders involve an alteration in consciousness or memory such as amnesia or, in an extreme case, the development of multiple personalities as in dissociative identity disorde

4 PSY 381 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com PSY 381 Module 3 Assignment 2 Course Project Part I Interview and Background Research For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Refer to the Course Project Overview in Module 1. Early in the course, you have selected a specific disorder. Research it using your textbook and University online library resources. A minimum of 5 sources in addition to your text book should be used. At least three of those sources should be peer-reviewed journal articles. The remaining 2 sources may be books, journal articles, or reputable web sites (like those from professional organizations or governmental agencies, not Wikipedia or similar sites).

5 PSY 381 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com PSY 381 Module 4 Assignment 2 Personality Disorder Fact or Fiction? For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Personality disorders are chronic and persistent behavioral and emotional disturbances that are often difficult to treat. Some professionals argue that these disorders are not mental disorders at all, but personality styles—that these individuals are just odd or unusual. Review your text book and a minimum of two peer reviewed references and develop an argument for or against the inclusion of personality disorders as a diagnostic category in the next version of the DSM. Be sure to support your position with relevant research on the causation, diagnosis, and treatment of personality disorders.

6 PSY 381 Enthusiastic Study/snaptutorial.com PSY 381 Module 5 Assignment 1 Course Project Part II Practice For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com You have researched the theoretical writings related to your selected mental disorder in the second part of the course project. In the third part, you will examine the practice related to the disorder.

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