You will complete one paper on a mental health diagnosis of your choice. Topic must be approved by instructor
APA Stuff
Papers must be in APA format (6th edition)
You must include a reference page and title page and both must be in APA format.
This is a research paper so the entire paper should be from peer reviewed journals. Citations must be used.
This is a research paper therefore all information must be cited. Even the implications section
Citing once at the end of a paragraph is not enough. For a 10-15 sentence paragraph you should have at LEAST 3 citations. Paragraphs with only one citation at the end will be considered to be plagiarized.
Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated, any acts of plagiarism will result in a failing grade for class and a report to the Office of Student Conduct
Copying and pasting and not rewriting in your own words is plagiarism (even if it is cited). Papers found to be “copied and pasted” will be receive a failing grade.
I have provided APA requirements. You are required to follow these requirements. If you fail to follow these requirement, you will lose substantial points.
Do not cite my (or any other) class notes or slides (or your father, local MD or pharmacist)
The entire paper needs to be double spaced. Nothing should be tripled or quadruple spaced. Not even between paragraphs. Not even between references.
You must use headings (in APA format) that are provided below.
You must use Arial font or Times New Roman
You must have one inch margins all the way around
General Requirements (please see the APA guidelines for requirements)
Using papers from other classes without changing the majority of the content is not permitted. You may have 10 sentences from former papers.
The finished paper will be approximately 5-7 pages in length (not including title page and references).
You must use a minimum of 5 peer reviewed sources.
I am not a stickler for number of pages. If your paper is longer than 7 pages it is FINE, if it is shorter than 5 pages you may want to go back and double check that you have addressed all of the required elements.
Do not use direct quotes. Papers with more than one direct quote (maximum 2 sentences) will have points deducted
The textbook or recommended text may not be used as a reference for this paper. You may use the DSM sparingly.
At least four of the peer reviewed sources must be empirical.
Websites are not permitted unless National Institutes of Health (NIH, NIMH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), FDA or other national government web sites. These web sites may be cited in ADDITION to the peer reviewed. No more than 10 sentences can be from websites.
Wikipedia is NOT an appropriate source for this paper, any papers found to use Wikipedia will not receive credit for those sections
All papers must be submitted by 11:59 PM on due date
No assignments will be accepted after the last day of class.
This assignment is due on the last day of class, therefore, NO Late papers will be accepted, regardless if how many minutes late.
Papers must be uploaded to turnitin.com in Microsoft Word format (NOT Wordpad, pages, PDF or Works). Papers submitted in a format other than Word will need to be resubmitted and will be considered late.
You may of course hand in your papers early.
Hand in ONLY your final draft, you will only be permitted to hand in one paper; make sure it is your best work.
No rewrites will be granted.
This assignment is due on the last day of class, therefore, per syllabus policy, no late papers will be accepted. No exceptions will be made.
HEADINGS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS PAPER. PAPERS NOT USING HEADINGS WILL NOT BE GRADED AND A RE-WRITE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.
The required sections are as follow, the required headings are in Bold
Please see the APA manual for the correct use of headings.
Abstract (1 point)
Overview of the disorder (3 points)- explain the disorder, is it common or uncommon. This is the Etiology and Epidemiology section- this means the cause of the disorder or theories about what causes it and how many people are diagnosed with it, is it more popular in some countries as compared to others.
Current research (4 points)- what does the current research say? Are we making progress in curing it or figuring out what causes it? Is the disorder in the news lately?
Evidenced Based Treatments used with this population (5 points)
Implications for social work practice on micro, mezzo and macro levels (4 points)
Conclusion (1 point)
APA, Grammar, Spelling (2 points)
Your reference list and title page must be in APA format and you must follow the APA manual guidelines or the information I have posted.
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