Introduction
Biology is intertwined with our mental health. Heredity and environment interact to produce psychological disorders. Treatment options also reflect both environmental and biological interventions—a therapy might address environmental triggers and maladaptive cognitions while a medication might affect your brain's chemistry. Consider how one's brain might help or hinder them in a moment of mental crisis.
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. For this assessment, you'll create a poster based on one of the following false facts:
- 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.
- Another myth of your choice about one of the psychological disorders.
- 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.
- Searching Capella Library for Myth Busting Assignment.
Instructions
Create a poster using one of the following templates:- Poster Template: Portrait [PPTX].
- Portrait Template: Landscape [PPTX].
- Identify the chosen myth about mental health or a specific disorder. (Can be the title of the poster.)
- Identify the flawed source of information related to the myth. (Can be a web link or reference in the footer.)
- Describe the psychological disorder, including the key symptoms. (20–40 words, bullet points are recommended.)
- Relate the actions of the mind and body to psychological health. (20–40 words.)
- 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. (20–40 words.)
- 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.
Submission Requirements
- Format: Submit your poster as a PDF file.
- Written communication: Written communication is in professional style with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
- Resources: Use a minimum of three sources: your flawed source, a textbook, and one peer-reviewed journal article
- APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting.
- Refer to Academic Writer for guidance in using proper APA style. See the Evidence and APA section of the Writing Center for instructions on accessing and using Academic Writer.
- Length: One page.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
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 assessment 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 myths
Bad parenting causes psychological disorders. Focus on anxiety disorders or schizophrenia.
Find one flawed source of information on the internet. To find a flawed source, look for one with a substantial number of errors.
https://www.healthday.com/health-news/child-health/bad-parenting-causes-psychiatric-woes-110623.html
In the Capella library, find one peer-reviewed journal article about the mental health disorder.
For help finding flawed sources and peer-reviewed articles for this assessment, you may want to complete the library instruction activity