Imagine you are a psychopathology instructor tasked with creating content for a new online course. You know that it is one thing to talk and read about mental health symptomology, but that it is an altogether different thing to see it live and in action. You’ve decided that to bring these conditions to life for your learners, you need to locate video or audio clips that demonstrate the hallmark symptoms of the disorders you cover in class. You’ll want to provide them with context, too, explaining the clip so that your learners can make connections between what they read and what they are seeing and hearing on the screen.
And, because you are also taking a hopeful, treatment-focused approach in your course, you’ll also want to make sure students are aware of current best practices in treatment for these conditions as well. So, for every clip you choose, you will also provide your students with a current article that speaks to how a clinician would treat that issue therapeutically.
Your Task:
Step 1: Choose three (3) mental disorders we have covered (or will cover through Unit 8). Choose three that you are interested in or have always been curious to learn more about (you may need to read ahead in Unit 8 if you are most interested in neurodevelopmental disorders or gender dysphoria, given we haven’t covered those yet).
The three mental disorder are Personality disorder, anxiety disorder, and schizophrenia