Mental Disorders Group Project

Personality Disdramatic/erratic cluster of personality disorders:

Personality Disorders
1. Antisocial Personality Disorder
2. Borderline Personality Disorder
3. Histrionic Personality Disorder
4. Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Psychotic Disorders
5. Schizophrenia
6. Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder
Dissociative Disorders
7. Dissociative Identity Disorder
Trauma & Stress Related Disorder
8. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
9. Body Dysmorphic Disorder
10. Hoarding Disorder

• Presentations should not be longer than 20 minutes.

• Will take place over last three weeks of class (two - three groups per day)
• Can include any presentation aids of your choice, PowerPoint, videos, movie clips, games. Please
make it fun and interesting!
• Each group member must present.
• Must include a citation slide at the end of presentation.
o Must use at least three sources
o Should only use credible sources
o Send potential sources list during the first week of classes.
o Instructor must evaluate all sources before you use the information in your presentation.
o Can use textbook as a source.
• PowerPoint/Project to be submitted on Moodle the day of presentation.

Information to be included in project:

• Definition – explain key terms

• Diagnostic Criteria (signs & symptoms)
o Age of onset
o Patterns of behavior (include minimum necessary for diagnosis)
o Duration
• Prevalence
• Co-morbidity
• Treatment
• One Relevant Research Study
• Cultural factors
• Interesting Facts
• Myths
• Movie Character or Famous Person identified as having this disorder (either officially diagnoses,
identified by others, or by you) and justification (why)