critically analyze the information that you have studied during the semester.

Your Journal Article Review Paper is designed to provide you with an opportunity to apply and critically analyze the information that you have studied during the semester. You will be asked to describe and apply the Multipath Model of Mental Disorders to the professional journal articles you review. This model can be found throughout your textbook. Chapter 2 of the textbook covers this model in-depth.
Begin by identifying and selecting two (2) psychological topics (psychological topic A, B, C, D, or E) from the list below that interests you the most. You will use your textbook to learn about the psychological topics/disorders that you choose.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TOPIC A PSYCHOLOGICAL TOPIC B PSYCHOLOGICAL TOPIC C PSYCHOLOGICAL TOPIC D
PSYCHOLOGICAL TOPIC E
Any disorder covered in Chapter 5 –
Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Any disorder covered in Chapter 6 –
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
Any disorder covered in Chapter 8 –
Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
Any disorder covered in Chapter 13 –
Neurocognitve and Sleep-Wake Disorders
Any disorder covered in Chapter 16 –
Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
Next, you will need to search for two (2) journal articles on the psychological topics that you chose – one (1) article for each psychological topic. I do not want you to review websites, and if I see that you based your paper on a website, I will not accept your paper. A source you may obtain your journal articles from is the OSU/Rhodes State Library (either on campus or online). This is the link: http://osu.campusguides.com/rhodes/home (Links to an external site.). Click HERE Download HEREfor instructions on how to access the Library database. If you have trouble with the Library website, you may try this resource as an alternative: https://www.longdom.org/psychological-abnormalities.html (Links to an external site.).
There are two things to keep in mind when you search for and select your articles. First, be mindful of your psychological topics, be sure to search for and select journal articles that are related to your psychological topics. Second, journal articles often have many sections. You only need to read the Introduction/Background (the beginning) and Discussion/Conclusion (the end) sections. Once you read those sections, you will need to summarize what you read. I am not looking for direct quotes, but you will need to provide enough information to allow me to understand the issue that the articles are addressing.
Make sure that you double-space your paper with 12-point font, indent the first line of each paragraph, limit your paragraphs to about 7-9 sentences, and include a reference page. You may refer to the following link for examples on how to format a reference page: APA Style reference examples (Links to an external site.). Do not, under any circumstances, give me a cover page. Make a header with your name; make a footer with page numbers; and then be done with the “fancy” stuff! Please note that I will be grading your grammar, spelling and so forth, so make sure that your paper has been edited and proofed before submitting it. Write your paper in sections, and identify each section with a heading in bold, for example, Introduction. The title of your paper will be “JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW PAPER FOR ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY (PSY 1730).” Please use the following outline for your paper. I have included some general thoughts, hints, and suggestions for each section.
I. Introduction
Write this section last. Keep it to about 4-5 sentences. Briefly tell me what I should expect to read in your paper, for example, the title of the journal articles that you reviewed, what year they were published, your two psychological topics, what you found, and so forth. Basically, give me a one-sentence preview of each section of your paper.
This section will have only one (1) paragraph!
II. Multipath Model of Mental Disorders
Provide a summary of what this model is.
This section should be at least four (4) paragraphs long – one (1) paragraph for each of the model’s 4 dimensions.
III. Psychological Topic 1
This section will have two (2) sub-sections. In the first sub-section, I want you to summarize your journal article. Pretend that your reader does not have any background in psychology and it is your job to make him or her understand your journal article.
Try to keep this sub-section to about three (3) paragraphs (21-27 sentences). Much more than this, and I think that you may have written too much.
In the second sub-section, use the Multipath Model of Mental Disorders and tell me how it might be applied to (or help to explain) the psychological topic/disorder. It’s important to note, the Multipath Model of Mental Disorders is a comprehensive approach to understanding psychological occurrences. It can be used to gain a complete picture of what’s influencing a person’s mental health – which includes your topics as well.
Do not get carried away here. Just do a good job. If you write more than three (3) paragraphs (21-27 sentences), then you may have written too much. Now, if you give me three paragraphs of three sentences each, then we will have a problem!
IV. Psychological Topic 2
Using your second journal article, do the same thing in this section as you did in the previous section.
V. Conclusion
The conclusion is to be a short (4-5 sentences) summary of your paper.
There is to be no new information in this section. Basically, I want a one sentence summary of each of your previous sections.
Think of your conclusion as your introduction in reverse (i.e., past tense). For example, in your introduction, you will write, “I will…” and in your conclusion, you will write, “I did…”

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