Mental Disorder Project - Pace

Mental Disorder Project

Directions:

Select a disorder from the list provided. Research the disorder and prepare a presentation for class. Approved media center websites must be used for research. Your research is worth 50 points and should be turned in as a word document in an outline form before your presentation. The presentation is also worth 50 points and must include all information from the rubric below in sequential order.

Research: (50pts.)

Include the following in your outlined research:

I.                   Title

a.        Include full name, date, class period, and disease.

II.                Description & overview of the disease

a.        History

b.        How many people are living with this mental disorder?

c.        Are there other forms or types of the mental disorder?

III.             Incidence

a.        How many people does this mental disorder affect?

b.        Does it affect a certain age group?

c.        Does it affect a certain ethnic group?

IV.             Diagnosis

a.        When was the mental disorder first diagnosed?

b.        What tests do the doctors run to determine whether a person has the mental disorder?

V.                Causes

a.        Can the mental disorder be inherited and passed down from parents?

b.        Can lifestyle have an effect on the mental disorder?

c.        What is the primary cause?

VI.             Signs, Symptoms, Behaviors

VII.          Treatment

a.        What are the treatment options?

b.        Is there a cure?

VIII.       Prevention

a.        Are there any ways to prevent the disorder?

IX.             Add any additional information that is useful and informative.

X.                Work Cited Page:

a.        Must include at least 2 references.

Prezi or Power Point Presentation: (50pts.)

1- Students should be prepared, organized, and demonstrate professionalism.

2-       The presentation should include all information from the outline in sequential order.

(TOTAL 100 pts.)

WebMD

MayoClinic

NIMH

Findit
lbhs
library

Acute stress disorder Adjustment disorder Adolescent antisocial behavior Adult antisocial behavior Agoraphobia Alcohol dependence Amnestic disorder Anorexia nervosa Anterograde amnesia Antisocial personality disorder Anxiety disorder Asperger syndrome Attention deficit disorder Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Autism Avoidant personality disorder

B

Binge eating disorder Borderline personality disorder Brief psychotic disorder Bulimia nervosa Bipolar disorder

C

·         Caffeine-related disorder ·         Caffeine-induced sleep disorder ·         Cannabis dependence ·         Claustrophobia ·         Catatonic disorder ·         Catatonic schizophrenia ·         Childhood amnesia ·         Childhood antisocial behavior

·         Circadian rhythm sleep disorder ·         Cocaine dependence ·         Cognitive disorder ·         Communication disorder ·         Conduct disorder ·         Cotard delusion ·         Cyclothymia

D

·         Delirium tremens ·         Depersonalization disorder ·         Depressive disorder ·         Derealization disorder

·         Desynchronosis ·         Diogenes Syndrome ·         Dispareunia ·         Dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder) ·         Dyslexia ·         Dysthymia

E

·         EDNOS ·         Encopresis

·         Ekbom's Syndrome (Delusional Parasitosis)

F

·         Factitious disorder ·         Fregoli delusion ·         Frotteurism

G

·         Generalized anxiety disorder ·         General adaptation syndrome ·         Grandiose delusions

H

·         Hallucinogen-related disorder ·         Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder ·         Histrionic personality disorder

·         Hypomanic episode ·         Hypochondriasis

I

·         Impulse control disorder ·         Impulse-control disorder not elsewhere classified

·         Insomnia ·          Intermittent explosive disorder

K

·         Kleptomania

·         Korsakoff's syndrome

L

·         Lacunar amnesia

M

·         Major depressive disorder ·         Major depressive episode ·         Melancholia

·         Misophonia ·         Mood disorder

N

·         Narcissistic personality disorder

·         Nicotine withdrawal ·         Night eating syndrome ·         Nightmare disorder

O

·         Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ·         Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) ·         Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)

P

·         Pain disorder ·         Panic disorder ·         Paranoid personality disorder ·         Parasomnia ·         Pathological gambling ·         Perfectionism ·         Persecutory delusion ·         Personality disorder ·         Phobic disorder ·         Phonological disorder ·         Post-traumatic embitterment disorder (PTED) ·         Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ·         Psychotic disorder ·         Pyromania

R

·         Reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood ·         Recurrent brief depression ·         Relational disorder

·         Residual schizophrenia ·         Retrograde amnesia ·         Rett's disorder

S

·         Schizoaffective disorder ·         Schizoid personality disorder ·         Schizophrenia ·         Schizophreniform disorder ·         Seasonal affective disorder ·         Separation anxiety disorder ·         Sleep disorder

·         Sleep terror disorder ·         Sleepwalking disorder ·         Social anxiety disorder ·         Social phobia ·         Somatoform disorder ·         Specific phobia ·         Substance-related disorder