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Abnormal Psychology: Disorders

School Library Media Outcomes

Outcome 2: Students will be able to locate resources to meet an identified need.

Indicators:
C. Locate appropriate resources to meet information need.

Outcome 3: Students will be able to gather relevant information from appropriate resources.

Indicators:
A. Generate appropriate search terminology and strategies.
B. Evaluate specific resources to determine accuracy and relevance of content.

Outcome5: Students will be able to interpret information to generate new understandings and knowledge.

Indicators:
A. Analyze data and information for meaning.
B. Apply critical thinking and problem solving strategies.

Assignment Objectives

The student will use Media Center resources, print and nonprint, to research abnormal psychological disorders. The disorder is to be defined and classified into one of the following categories: cognitive, psychotic, mood, anxiety, dissociative, and/or somatoform. The symptoms and effects of the disorder are to be explained. The treatment and/or cure are to be discussed. This information is to be included in a poster or other visual aide used to accompany a brief, oral presentation on the disorder chosen. See the list below, or see your teacher for approval to select another disorder not on the list:

Schizophrenia
Alzheimer´s Disease
Delirium
General Anxiety Disorder
Phobic Disorders
Panic Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Hypochondriasis
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Dissociative Amnesia
Major Depressive Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Personality Disorders

Media Center Resources

GHS Online Subscriptions:

From the GHS home page, click on Media Center, then on "Online Resources." The databases are listed in alphabetical order. Passwords for home use are available on a yellow sheet in the Media Center, and on Edline, under News.

Search Tips:

Note that, in any database or with any search engine, you should wrap quotes around any two or more search terms or keywords in order to "grab up" the phrase for searching.
Always check the number of "hits" you search finds. If it is over a hundred be sure to go back and limit your search more.

Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks: Click on Proceed. Choose the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click on "Show All" and scroll down to "Social Science", then search in the sets -- The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, or the Psychologists and their Theories for Students.
Gale Resources in Context: Do an "advanced" search on subjects.

Online Encyclopedias:

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Periodical (magazine) databases:

Proquest Platinum

Here´s how to search in ProQuest:

Choose the "Basic Search" or "Advanced Search" tab at the top of the screen.
Click on "Search".
Note the number of results. You can go back to limit your search with more terms.
Choose your article. Note the icons: the abstract is a half-page icon and the full-text is a full-page icon.