4 page mental health disorder paper

Assignment Name

Understanding Mental Health Disorders in Children

Course Learning Objective

B. Assess the impact of environmental, cultural, and religious influences to the healthy development of children.

D. Evaluate different theoretical approaches to child therapy.

Purpose of the assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student the opportunity to demonstrate the ability to discuss a specific mental health disorder in general and as it relates to a specific child/case.

Description of the assignment

Choose a case from Jones and colleagues (2016). Identify the mental health disorder being presented in this case. Find at least 5 academic sources related to the diagnosis that you identified. These should not include your textbooks. At least one of these references should include a discussion of the impact of socio-economic factors related to the disorder.  Create a 3 to 4 page summary of how the diagnosis presents specifically in children. 

Your thesis statements should read: 

· Specific symptoms as they relate to children.

· Specific symptoms within the case from Jones and colleagues that support your thesis statement.

Points Assigned

100 points

Grading Criteria

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