About this Assignment
In this course, you learned that accurate diagnosis is required for accurate and effective treatment of any disorder. Using course materials and peer-reviewed research articles, you will explain how one of the disorders presented in DSM-5 could be fabricated. You will analyze how easily the symptoms of the disorder could be faked and determine whether you think someone could fake a disorder in a credible enough fashion to go undetected. After considering multicultural research, you will propose reasons why someone would have the motivation to fake the disorder, including secondary gains associated with acquiring the diagnosis. Your analysis and propositions should be presented in a 1,500-word paper that addresses each bullet point in the following prompt.
Prompt
Choose one of the diagnoses in the DSM-5 to use as an example for this writing assignment.
- Write a brief introduction that identifies the diagnosis, symptoms, and general recommended treatment options.
- Describe how someone could possibly fabricate the symptoms of this diagnosis.
- Identify the reasons why someone might be motivated to fake the chosen disorder.
- If applicable, identify multicultural implications.
- State whether or not you believe that someone could go undetected with a fabricated diagnosis. Give an example.
- Summarize how the misdiagnosis and faking of a disorder could impact those with accurate diagnosis and the stigma associated with mental illness.
Related Lessons
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Formatting & Sources
As part of your research, you may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must also use at least four credible, outside sources and cite them using APA format. Please include a mix of both primary and secondary sources, with at least one source from a scholarly peer-reviewed journal. If you use any Study.com lessons as sources, please also cite them in APA (including the lesson title and instructor’s name).
- Primary sources are first-hand accounts such as interviews, advertisements, letters, speeches, company documents, statements, press releases, and original empirical research (including standardized sections and usually published in a journal).
- Secondary sources come from journal reviews or scholarly articles, textbooks, and encyclopedias. Secondary sources may also come from reputable websites with .gov, .edu, or .org in the domain. (Wikipedia is not a reputable source, though the sources listed in Wikipedia articles may be acceptable.)
You may use sources like JSTOR, Google Scholar, and Social Science Research Network to find articles in journals.
If you’re unsure about how to use APA format for your paper and sources, please see the following lessons:
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