Individual Project 3 for PSYC 337

Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

Keep in mind that in your final Key Assignment, you will be identifying an appropriate Employee Assistance Program to implement at your workplace. You need to have some base knowledge on the disorders that affect workers in the organization.

Define the different categories of mood disorders.

Select 1 type of mood disorder that you studied, and provide the following detail about it:

• Descriptive characteristics
• Prevalence in the U.S. population
• Risk factors and prevention
• Your perception of potential impact on workplace performance
• Accepted treatment approaches
• Long-term prognosis (i.e., can it get better?)

A minimum of 1–2 APA cited references should be included. One reference must be from a peer-reviewed journal, and the other reference can be from a reputable Web site (Wikipedia is not acceptable).