Understanding Psychological Disorders and Therapy

2017SP General Psychology (PSYCH-1100) Unit 4 Assignment Understanding Psychological Disorders and Therapy

Chapters
14 and 15 of your textbook describe several disorders and therapies For this
assignment, you are asked to use our textbook and the internet to describe
Major Depressive Disorder and explain which therapies might be helpful to those
suffering with this disorder (by answering questions 1-6 below)

Your
paper should be 3-5 pages, double-spaced describing this disorder and how it
could be treated

When
you use academic sources from the internet and/or the textbook, please provide
the references or the textbook page numbers (after each question)

Please
type the question first, followed by the answer If you do not type
the question followed by the answer, a point will be deducted for each
question Each question is worth 5 points

Based
on Chapter 14 of your textbook and the internet:

1 Provide
the definition for a psychological disorder/mental disorder as described in
your textbook (see pages 560-61)

2 What
determines whether a given behavior or symptom qualifies as a psychological
disorder/mental disorder based on your textbook? (See pages 560-61)

3 Based
on the DSM IV TR or DSM 5 criteria, provide a definition of the
diagnosis and the symptoms for Major Depressive Disorder You can find this
on the Internet, as your textbook only provides a general summary of the
symptoms

Based
on Chapter 15 of your textbook and the internet:

4 Define
psychotherapy

5
Define biomedical therapy

6 What
types of therapy would benefit a person with Major Depressive Disorder, please
be very specific

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