Psych 650 Research-Based Interventions on Mood Disorders - Week 2

Select one of the mood disorders—major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, double depression, cyclothymic disorder, or bipolar disorder—from the Film List.

Use the Research Analysis to complete this assignment.

Prepare a 1,050- to 1,500-word paper that discusses research-based interventions to treat psychopathology.

Review and differentiate the characteristics of the selected disorder and discuss the research about intervention strategies for the disorder by completing the following:

• Evaluate three peer-reviewed research studies using the Research Analysis.
• Conceptualize the disorder using the biopsychosocial or diathesis-stress models.
• Discuss the treatments or interventions that have been shown to be the most effective for your selected disorder. Why?

Cite at least five peer-reviewed sources.