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 50points 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.
b.
c.
History
How many people are living with this mental disorder?
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.)
MENTAL DISORDER PROJECT
Name: ________________________________ Date: ___________ Period: _______
GRADE RUBRIC (Outline & Presentation):
REQUIREMENTS
POINT VALUES
POINTS RECEIVED
RESEARCH: 50pts
Title / Outline Form
VI. Prevention
VII. Useful Information &
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VIII. Work Citied
5
I.
Description
II.
History
III.
Diagnosis
IV.
IV.
V.
Causes
Signs & Symptoms
Treatment
Statistics/
People who are living with the disorder
PRESENTATION: 50pts
Prepared & Organized
Demonstrated Professionalism
Included Title
Disorder Description
Disorder History
Who and/or How Disorder is diagnosed
Disorder Signs & Symptoms
Disorder Treatment
Disorder Prevention
Useful Information & Statistics/ People
who are living with the disorder
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FINAL GRADE: ________/100PTS.
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Acute stress disorder
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Adjustment disorder
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Adolescent antisocial behavior
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Adult antisocial behavior
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Agoraphobia
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Alcohol dependence
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Amnestic disorder
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Anorexia nervosa
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Anterograde amnesia
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Antisocial personality disorder
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Anxiety disorder
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Asperger syndrome
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Attention deficit disorder
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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Autism
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Avoidant personality disorder
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Binge eating disorder
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Borderline personality disorder
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Brief psychotic disorder
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Bulimia nervosa
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Bipolar disorder
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B
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C
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Caffeine-related disorder
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Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
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Caffeine-induced sleep disorder
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Cocaine dependence
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Cannabis dependence
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Cognitive disorder
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Claustrophobia
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Communication disorder
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Catatonic disorder
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Conduct disorder
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Catatonic schizophrenia
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Cotard delusion
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Childhood amnesia
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Cyclothymia
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Childhood antisocial behavior
D
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Delirium tremens
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Depersonalization disorder 
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Depressive disorder
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Dispareunia
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Derealization disorder
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Dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder)
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Dyslexia
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Dysthymia
Desynchronosis
Diogenes Syndrome
E
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EDNOS
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Encopresis
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Ekbom's Syndrome (Delusional Parasitosis)
F
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Factitious disorder
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Fregoli delusion
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Frotteurism
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G
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Generalized anxiety disorder
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General adaptation syndrome
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Grandiose delusions
H
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Hallucinogen-related disorder
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Hypomanic episode
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Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder
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Hypochondriasis
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Histrionic personality disorder
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I
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Impulse control disorder
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Insomnia
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Impulse-control disorder not elsewhere classified
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Intermittent explosive disorder
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K
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Kleptomania
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Korsakoff's syndrome
L
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Lacunar amnesia
M
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Major depressive disorder
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Misophonia
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Major depressive episode
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Mood disorder
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Melancholia
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N
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Narcissistic personality disorder
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Nicotine withdrawal
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Night eating syndrome
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Nightmare disorder
O
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)
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Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
P
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Pain disorder
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Panic disorder
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Paranoid personality disorder
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Parasomnia
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Pathological gambling
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Perfectionism
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Persecutory delusion
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Personality disorder
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Phobic disorder
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Phonological disorder
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Post-traumatic embitterment disorder (PTED)
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Psychotic disorder
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Pyromania
R
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Reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood
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Residual schizophrenia
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Recurrent brief depression
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Retrograde amnesia
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Relational disorder
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Rett's disorder
S
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Schizoaffective disorder
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Sleep terror disorder
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Schizoid personality disorder
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Sleepwalking disorder
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Schizophrenia
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Social anxiety disorder
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Schizophreniform disorder
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Social phobia
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Seasonal affective disorder
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Somatoform disorder
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Separation anxiety disorder
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Specific phobia
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Sleep disorder
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Substance-related disorder
T