psy 101 Week 5 discussion

week 5 

 Week 5 Discussion

In this week’s discussion, we get to explore psychological disorders that we may not have a deep understanding of (yet). When we learn about and discuss mental health, we can reduce the stigma associated with these conditions.  

• STEP 1: Select ONE disorder that you have never heard of before or do NOT know about from this list:
  • Agoraphobia
  • Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
  • Dissociative Disorder
  • Eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, etc.)
  • Factitious Disorder (FD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)
  • Pica
  • Selective mutism
  • Somatic  (Psych Central Staff, 1).
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• Step 2: Learn more about the disorder you selected by visiting either: https://psychcentral.com/disorders/disorders OR https://www.verywellmind.com/a-list-of-psychological-disorders-2794776
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• Step 3: Respond to the discussion by
  • Identifying what disorder you selected,
  • Describing the symptoms and
  • What you find interesting about this condition. 

To earn full credit, your response must be at least 5 sentences with appropriate in-text and source citations.

• Step 4: Use in-text citations to acknowledge the author’s ideas that you wrote about in your discussion response.
• Step 5: Provide a source list with the source(s) that you used for the discussion post.