Subject Code : HPS308
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In this unit, there are two assignments: (1) A literature review, and (2) An assignment that consists of tasks related to the depiction of a mental illness in a movie (e.g., discussing stigma).  For ease of load, beginning in a previous year we have split these into two submissions, but you should pick the film before doing both assignments and use the matching film/disorder.  This will enable the information you learn generally in the literature review to inform your formulation and knowledge of the disorder depicted.  

 

Movie Choices and Disorders Depicted  

For the movies provided below, there is one central character in the movie that has symptoms of a psychological disorder. Select one of the films and the matching specified disorder. You don’t have to watch both movies unless you want to, either is sufficient for the assignments.

 

Assessment Task 1: Literature Review 

Overview  

A 1,500 word (10% leeway) assignment worth 40% of the overall unit grade (in HPS308)  (35% for HPS788).  

One of the general goals that diagnostic classification systems are intended to serve is that knowledge of what kind/type of disorder a person is experiencing should allow you to gather additional knowledge from the literature regarding potential causes/maintaining factors/etc.  Such knowledge of causes is a key-learning objective for this unit (Unit Learning Outcome  1). Therefore, you are required to: 

 

The task: Critical Literature Review  

Perform a critical literature review discussing factors from the biological, and one of either the psychological or social areas, that are most strongly linked to the etiology and/or maintenance of the disorder in your chosen film (either Schizophrenia or  Bipolar Disorder). In so doing, you should clearly evidence whether an integrative approach is superior to unidimensional models (e.g., better than models with only biomedical, psychological, or social causes).

 

Please ensure that you read and work with the marking rubric when planning and writing your assignment. Note that the movie should not be discussed in the literature review (save  that for assignment 2!)  

Suggested Structure  

1) Title Page (not included in word count)  

2) Introduction (generates interest, overview of what will be discussed, including a brief  description of the clinical features of the disorder and why it is important to  understand its causes, and what this review will do)  

3) A major factor from the biological area that contributes to the etiology and/or maintenance of the disorder.  

4) A major factor from the psychological or social areas that contributes to the etiology and/or maintenance of the disorder.  

5) Discussion of potential ways in which the factors could add to each other in  causing/maintaining the mental illness (e.g., do they interact, is a single factor by  itself sufficient to explain all cases of the disorder; you should also briefly touch on  this throughout the review), leading to:  

6) Short conclusion (summarise main points from the body of essay, including overall limitations in the literature and future directions, and clearly address whether an integrative model is useful for this disorder).  

 

 

A Whole Bunch of FAQs!  

1) Why did you pick these films? These films are terrible! The point of this  assignment is not necessarily about picking the best films (we are psychologists, not  movie critics), but rather films that are suitable for the assignment (although, we are  not deliberately trying to pick awful ones!) Specifically, the films must depict mental illness in some way and have some information regarding the origin of that illness.  Additionally, many mainstream movies have been extensively analyzed online and so  are not suitable (e.g., Girl Interrupted, The Cable Guy; Adaptation), or alternatively  are just not available to us (e.g., many Warner Brother’s films are hard to license for  streaming, so we can let you all watch them without purchasing!) That said, we hope that this is a more interesting and more useful assignment than would be e.g., a lab report, which you get in other units.

 

2) Should I mention the film in the literature review? No, you shouldn't! Only discuss the film in the second assignment.  

3) Can I use headings? Yes, please do use headings (e.g., biological, psychological,  social, conclusion) to clearly structure the sections.  

4) But there are so many possible factors? Choose one for each dimension that is prominent in the literature (e.g., genetics, stress, etc.).  

5) Is it like a laboratory report introduction? Think macro not micro. A literature  review is different from a laboratory report as it seeks to give “the big picture” to the reader. Therefore, the focus of the literature review should not be walking the reader through 1-2 papers in a lot of depth, but synthesizing information from a wide variety  of sources.  

6) What is a “critical” literature review? The purpose of a critical literature review is to carefully evaluate the literature and not present it as though it is fact. To do this,  you can discuss limitations, gaps in the literature, controversies, differing opinions, etc. You are not expected to discuss these for individual studies, but for areas as a  whole (as the limitations of one study are often accounted for by another in the area).  For example, if you focused on domestic violence as a factor that contributes to the maintenance of Major Depressive Disorder then you might be critical of this area by  alerting the reader to a gap in the literature concerning same-sex relationships, the literature being predominantly based on Western cultures, etc.  

7) Referencing questions (type, number, date)? We will not specify a minimum number of references as this varies widely based on the factors you choose, the disorder, and the type of argument you choose to make. While we encourage you to use the textbook and review papers (e.g., literature reviews and meta-analyses) as a  starting point, you will not receive more than a passing grade if you do not go beyond this to the original literature. You should be citing peer-reviewed and *not* be using non-scholarly web-pages to source information (i.e., don’t copy Wikipedia!). Age of references should be within the last 10 years (unless it is a landmark paper in the area -  e.g., still being cited as the most credible paper or the only paper on the issue).  

8) Will we get some help with this assignment? Of course! Week 3 of the seminars will go through how to find literature (using EBSCOHost) and write a review. There 

is also a library resource on the Cloud site. There will be a discussion in a narrated  PowerPoint, and there will also be example HD assignments.  

9) Help – What type of factor is this? We get asked frequently if a factor is biological,  psychological, or social.  

Some factors are clearly within one factor; for biological this might be genetics,  neurochemistry (neurotransmitters), the endocrine system, brain structure, and brain functioning. For psychological, this might be beliefs, schemas, thinking styles (also called cognitive distortions), coping beliefs, appraisals, threat biases, memory, locus of control, etc. For social, this might be the social support one actually receives,  trauma, SES, living situation, culture, gender roles, etc.  

However, some factors are not so clear. For example, social support can be psychological (i.e., perception of the availability of support) or social (actual support one receives). Gender might be referring to a biological difference (i.e., biological sex; differences in hormones) or a cultural/social societal role (social), or internalized beliefs related to this (psychological).  

 

 


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