Depressive Disorders Assignment General Instructions Write a 3-5 page paper (length does not include the title page or reference page) that includes the following information: Identify the diagnosing criteria for M
Depressive Disorders Assignment
General Instructions
Write a 3-5 page paper (length does not include the title page or reference page) that includes the following information:
• Identify the diagnosing criteria for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
• Identify the diagnosing criteria for Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD).
• Discuss the primary differences between MDD and PDD
• Identify and discuss at least one evidenced-based intervention used in therapy to treat depressive disorder AND provide scholarly support for the intervention.
o Does the treatment for MDD differ from the treatment for PDD in therapy?
• For each disorder, identify one well known TV character that might be diagnosed with MDD and one character that might be diagnosed with PDD. Explain your rationale for picking each character. (Tip- an old cartoon that was released in the 1920's but was popular in the late 1980's has a character that is an animal and reflects PDD. This cartoon was recently made into a movie and was recently in theatres.)
Paper must include a title page and reference page. Format paper using APA style only. Use
Times New Roman font size 12, double spaced
• Only Microsoft Word documents will be accepted for grading. Any other program used to complete this paper will be returned without a grade.
• Review the attached grading rubric for this assignment BEFORE you submit the paper for grading.
Scoring Guidelines
Points available: 100.
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Component |
Unacceptable |
Acceptable |
Target |
|
Identifies the diagnosing
criteria for both Major Depressive Disorder and
Persistent Depressive Disorder. (CACREP 5C.2.d) |
Did not identify the
diagnosing criteria for either disorder. (0 points) |
Only identified the
diagnosing criteria for one disorder OR did not identify all the
criteria for one or both disorders. (10 points) |
Identified the diagnosing criteria for both
disorders. (20 points) |
|
Discusses the differences between major depressive disorder
and persistent depressive disorder. (CACREP 5C.2.d) |
Did not discuss the
differences between the two disorders. (0 points) |
Discussion was extremely
brief and provided very little distinction between the two
disorders. (10
points) |
Discussed the differences
between the two
disorder. Discussion was thorough and clearly explained the differences. (20 points) |
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Component |
Unacceptable |
Acceptable |
Target |
|
Identified one
evidencedbased intervention AND |
Did not identify an
evidenced-based intervention. (0
points) |
Identified an
evidencedbased intervention but did not provide scholarly
support for the intervention.
(10 points) |
Identified one evidencedbased
intervention AND provided scholarly support for the intervention. (20 points) |
|
provided scholarly |
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support for the intervention. (CACREP 5C.3.b) |
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Identified one TV character
that might be diagnosed with major depressive disorder and one
TV character that might be diagnosed with
persistent depressive disorder AND explained
rationale for choice of characters. |
Did not identify a TV character that might be
diagnosed with major depressive disorder or
persistent depressive disorder. (0 points)
|
Only identified a TV for
one disorder OR did not provide a rationale for choice of character for one or both disorders. (10 points) |
Identified one TV character
that might be diagnosed with major depressive disorder and one
TV character that might be diagnosed with
persistent depressive disorder AND explained rationale
for choice of characters. (20 points) |
|
Structure
& Organization |
Missing thesis; confusion
about or misunderstanding of topic; no sense of purpose; no paragraph
structure; or single, rambling paragraph; or
series of isolated paragraphs (0 points)
|
Simplistic and unfocused
ideas; limited sense of purpose; organization is confusing or disjointed;
weak paragraph structure; transitions are
missing or inappropriate (5 points) |
Developed thesis;
represents sound understanding of assigned topic; focused;
clear organizational structure; easily followed;
included transitions; structured format (10 points) |
|
Professional
presentation (grammar, mechanics, spelling) |
Writing involves many
errors (more than 3). (0 points) |
Writing involves few errors
(no more than 2). (5 points) |
Writing is free of all
writing errors. (10 points) |
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