PSYC 3004 Week 4: PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

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EATING DISORDERS: ETIOLOGIES & TREATMENT

In this week’s Assignment, you will explore the clinical criteria needed to meet a diagnosis of an eating disorder as well as the currently available treatments. You will also consider the reasons eating disorders have been challenging to treat.

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Submit a 500- to 900-word paper in which you:

Describe the clinical criteria for one of the following eating disorders:

Binge eating disorder Anorexia nervosa Bulimia nervosa

RESOURCES

Bridley, A. & Daffin, L. W., Jr. (2024). Fundamental psychological disorders (3rd ed.). https://opentext.wsu.edu/abnormal-psych/

Module 10: Feeding and Eating Disorders (https://opentext.wsu.edu/abnormal-psych/chapter/module-10- eating-disorders/)

Time Estimate: 26 min

Copyright by Alexis Bridley and Lee W. Daffin Jr. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Konrad, M., Cummings, J. A., Pelz, B., & Herkimer Community College. (2020). Introduction to psychological disorders. College of Southern Idaho. https://csi.pressbooks.pub/introtopsychdisorders/

“Case Studies of Fictional Characters: Eating and Body Dysmorphic Disorders” (https://csi.pressbooks.pub/introtopsychdisorders/chapter/bulimia- nervosa/)

Time Estimate: 6 min

Copyright © 2020 by Michael Konrad; Jorden A. Cummings; Bill Pelz; and Herkimer Community College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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BY DAY 7

PSYC_3004_Week4_Assignment_Rubric

Explain two reasons that contribute to the challenge of treating the eating disorder you selected and support your response with applied examples of each reason. Briefly describe a therapeutic intervention and explain why the treatment is believed to be effective for the disorder you selected.

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Criteria Ratings Pts

Described the clinical criteria for one of the listed eating disorders.

15 pts

Explained two reasons contributing to the challenge of treating the selected eating disorder with applied examples for each reason.

30 pts

Described a therapeutic intervention for the selected eating disorder and explained why the treatment is effective.

Standard Academic English are minor and do not affect clear communication. Communication demonstrates discipline-specific conventions, such as stylistic choices appropriate to an academic audience. Work includes multiple explicit mentions of concepts or ideas from the required sources, if specified by the assignment. These concepts or ideas are correctly cited and formatted in accordance with APA guidelines. A reference page and/or a title page are included, if specified by the assignment, and properly formatted in APA style.

punctuation deviations from Standard Academic English OR these deviations do not affect clear communication.   Work includes one or more explicit mentions of a concept or idea from the required sources, if specified by the assignment/discussion’s directions and an attempt at using APA to cite the source has been made. A reference page and/or a title page are included, if specified by the assignment.

Multiple spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation deviations from Standard Academic English affect clear communication. Work does not include any explicit mention of concepts or ideas from the required resources, OR it contains one or more explicit mention of a concept or idea from the required sources, but without attempting to cite the source.

8 to >7.0 pts Exemplary (Exceeds Expectations)

The assignment was submitted on time unless there was a prior agreement with the instructor.

7 to >5.0 pts Proficient (Meets Expectations)

The assignment was submitted within 7 days of the due date.

5 to >0 pts Developing (Does Not Fully Meet Expectations)

The assignment was not submitted within 7 days of the due date.

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