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katsterI'd like folks to comment on this and tell me if it seems reasonable to you, especially if you've gotten, or are working towards, your bachelor's degree. It seems unreasonable to me, and I've been fighting with the prof on this point all semester...it's to the point that I'm getting panic attacks every time I contemplate the assignment. So...please read and comment?
The Biographical Case Study
Your project for this semester will be a biographical case study. This paper is based on your reading of a biographical book on a mental illness, as described in the DSM-IV. You will be responsible for describing the symptoms, the causes, and the treatments of the illness you choose. The Case study paper must be a mininmum of 8-10 pages in length, typed and double-speaced. This paper will be assigned in 3 parts
The First phase of the Case Study is to consist of the disorder you chose to do you paper on, the name of the book (author, publisher, date, etc.). Begin with how this disorder is diagnosed and, if possible, the prognosis of the disease. The first phase of the paper should also include a history and possible causes of the illness (etiology). This information may come from the biographical perception, as well as the text and any other clinical references you may want to incorporate. This paper should be 3-4 pages in length.
The Second phase of the Case Study shall include a current look at the disorder and the treatments availiable. This information would include the symptoms, the pathogenesis (course of development) suspected of the disorder (some disorders run in families, others are genetically transmitted, initiated by psychosocial or biological forces, etc.). Discuss the treatment plans that your biographical figure may have used and also others that may be availiable for this particular disorder. Include clinicial, as well as, psychosocial treatment modalities. This paper should also be 3-4 pages in length.
The Final phase of the Case Study will be your personal synopsis. You may use specific, cited examples from the book if you wish. In some cases, the character in your book may die before seeking treatment, or may choose only one form of treatment. In those cases, speculate or propose outcomes using other methodologies. Please express how you felt the author portrayed this disorder and if the information given was valuable to you, if so how? The conclusion to this paper should be 3-4 pages in length.
THE PRESENTATION
For your Final Presentation, you may use the information you have gleaned from this paper. Explain why you chose the particular topic of interest. Along with your personal Case Study review, please also put part of yourself, your creativity and interest into the presentation. You may use poems from the perspective of the character, drawings, interviews from a local psychologist, a collection of news clippings, statistics of interest with regards to this disease, interviews (audio/visual) with people who have been through similiar experiences, photos of the home, school, and business of the main character. This part of the project will perhaps be the most valuable as you add your personal perspective, interest and understanding. God speed on your personal journey.
The Biographical Case Study
Your project for this semester will be a biographical case study. This paper is based on your reading of a biographical book on a mental illness, as described in the DSM-IV. You will be responsible for describing the symptoms, the causes, and the treatments of the illness you choose. The Case study paper must be a mininmum of 8-10 pages in length, typed and double-speaced. This paper will be assigned in 3 parts
The First phase of the Case Study is to consist of the disorder you chose to do you paper on, the name of the book (author, publisher, date, etc.). Begin with how this disorder is diagnosed and, if possible, the prognosis of the disease. The first phase of the paper should also include a history and possible causes of the illness (etiology). This information may come from the biographical perception, as well as the text and any other clinical references you may want to incorporate. This paper should be 3-4 pages in length.
The Second phase of the Case Study shall include a current look at the disorder and the treatments availiable. This information would include the symptoms, the pathogenesis (course of development) suspected of the disorder (some disorders run in families, others are genetically transmitted, initiated by psychosocial or biological forces, etc.). Discuss the treatment plans that your biographical figure may have used and also others that may be availiable for this particular disorder. Include clinicial, as well as, psychosocial treatment modalities. This paper should also be 3-4 pages in length.
The Final phase of the Case Study will be your personal synopsis. You may use specific, cited examples from the book if you wish. In some cases, the character in your book may die before seeking treatment, or may choose only one form of treatment. In those cases, speculate or propose outcomes using other methodologies. Please express how you felt the author portrayed this disorder and if the information given was valuable to you, if so how? The conclusion to this paper should be 3-4 pages in length.
THE PRESENTATION
For your Final Presentation, you may use the information you have gleaned from this paper. Explain why you chose the particular topic of interest. Along with your personal Case Study review, please also put part of yourself, your creativity and interest into the presentation. You may use poems from the perspective of the character, drawings, interviews from a local psychologist, a collection of news clippings, statistics of interest with regards to this disease, interviews (audio/visual) with people who have been through similiar experiences, photos of the home, school, and business of the main character. This part of the project will perhaps be the most valuable as you add your personal perspective, interest and understanding. God speed on your personal journey.
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Date: 2002-05-07 11:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-05-07 12:03 pm (UTC)I've made two attempts at the the paper, first time writing part 1, and she said there wasn't enough info there when I wrote 4 1/2 pages and couldn't cram any more in.
The second time, I tried just to write and turn in the whole paper and got told it was much too long at (about) 12 pages...
Third try is do tomorrow. Dunno what I'm going to do. :P
-kat
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Date: 2002-05-07 12:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-05-07 12:17 pm (UTC)And yeah, each of my papers will be on a different topic. I'm not sure what the mental block is here, if this seems reasonable, except that I could easily make each of those sections ten pages on its own, and a bio touching on possible causation of mental illness needs to be longer than a page, IMHO.
But I'm not a psych major, I'm a history/info science geek that likes learning things, so maybe that's what the whole problem is.
Thanks,
-kat
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Date: 2002-05-07 12:07 pm (UTC)Ask her if she has any examples you can see so that you can get an idea of what she's looking for.
no subject
Date: 2002-05-07 12:20 pm (UTC)She says she liked my first attempt, except that I didn't include other people with schizophrenia (in a paper about one specific person). But she gave me a 32/40 on it.
So no, I have no clue as to what she wants.
-kat
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Date: 2002-05-07 06:35 pm (UTC)i think your prof doesn't know wtf she wants, that or she has this ideal paper in her head and isn't capable of or willing to explain what she wants in a way that the class can understand. are you the only person having problems with her and this assignment or is this turning into an issue for others as well?
no subject
Date: 2002-05-07 07:33 pm (UTC)yeah, she's really disorganized, and you can't teach a class like this without some organization.
-kat
Oh that sounds like fun!
Date: 2002-05-08 08:37 am (UTC)Re: Oh that sounds like fun!
Date: 2002-05-08 01:36 pm (UTC)Yeah, it sucks.
btw, welcome! :)
-kat
Re: Oh that sounds like fun!
Date: 2002-05-08 02:09 pm (UTC)*writewriteskribbleskribble*
Wow, this is late...
Date: 2002-05-13 01:46 pm (UTC)Okay, this may be late, but I'm cruising, okay? :)
I guess, when I first read the assignment, my first reaction was "oh, for a semester project, that's *all* you have to do?" and then wondered why this was giving you great problems. Heck, you even got suggestions on each section: what should be included, how long each is expected to be, etc. That's infinitely better than the "write a ten page paper on blah, due in two weeks, and no, I won't tell you what I'll reward and what I'll penalize." Your assignment, unlike this one, is not a case study on the professor's psychology.
But, even after such an outline, if it's not clear what the prof wants, then that just gets hairy, and groping in the dark has been pleasureable to only a select few. Every department has to make their courses (and their instruction) credible.