Need help with making a mental health poster.
Overview
Combating low quality information with scientific evidence is a challenge faced by most human services professionals. Posters can be used to provide easy-to-digest facts in a visually appealing way, as an aid to challenging flawed information. The objective of this assignment is to communicate persuasively and succinctly to a general audience. Create a poster debunking a myth about a mental health disorder.
Preparation
Choose
one of the following:
· Bad parenting causes psychological disorders. Focus on anxiety disorders or schizophrenia.
· Depression is caused by personal weakness. Focus on major depressive disorder or bipolar disorders.
· Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) is cruel or barbaric. Focus on major depressive disorder or bipolar disorders.
· Or choose another myth you know about one of the psychological disorders.
Find one flawed source of information on the internet. To find a flawed source, look for one with a substantial number of errors.
· Read what the textbook says about the myth.
· Use the myth you chose and use it as your search word/phrase.
· If you don’t see a flawed source on the first page of results, skip to the 3rd page of results or further.
· Look for sources that are not accurate based on the information in your textbook.
· Tips for finding flawed sources:
· Scroll through your social media feeds.
· Scroll through your results and look for sources that
are not:
· .gov websites.
· News or press websites.
In the Capella library, find one peer-reviewed journal article about the mental health disorder.
Instructions
Create a poster in MS Word that includes:
· Identify the chosen myth about mental health or a specific disorder.
· Identify the flawed source of information related to the myth.
· Describe the psychological disorder, including the key symptoms.
· Relate the actions of the mind and body to psychological health.
· Describe the mechanism and/or actions in the brain that lead to the symptoms of the disorder.
· Explain the research you found regarding the disorder.
· Brief mention of findings and the population the results can be generalized to.
· Explain the actions of a medication used to treat the psychological disorder.
· Describe the biological details of how it works.
· Provide an alternative explanation based on perceived flaws in behavioral claims in the overall message.
Use visual elements that support the main points.
Submission Requirements
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Written communication: Written communication is in professional style with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
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Resources: Use a minimum of three sources: your flawed source, your textbook, and one peer-reviewed journal article
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APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting.
· Refer to
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for guidance in using proper APA style. See the
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section of the Writing Center for instructions on accessing and using Academic Writer.
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Length: One single-spaced, typed page.
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Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
