Major Depressive Disorder in Young Adults Literature Review & Presentation Literature Review on Major Depressive Disorder in Young Adults Note – (focus on

Major Depressive Disorder in Young Adults Literature Review & Presentation Literature Review on Major Depressive Disorder in Young Adults

Note – (focus on stigma surrounding this mental illness/diagnosis)

Course – Introduction to Disability Studies

Social Work

You should choose a disability issue and do a review of literature on this issue. The paper should be 7 pages and include 5 citations. These citations can include policy reports, journal articles, and media reports. The analysis should integrate three disability theories and concepts discussed in the syllabus ( example: medical model, social model, bio-psycho-social model, eugenics, stigma ,these qualify as concepts/theories).

The paper should include the following sections:

Introduction

– Overview of the issue

– Background

Scale and scope of the problem

– Historical context

– Demographics

– Incidence of the issue

Barriers and challenges

– Stigma and attitudinal barriers

– Accessibility barriers

– Resource scarcity

Current approaches and responses to the problem:

– Responses by disability community, family members, and organizations working on disability issues

– Government responses (policies and programs)

– Nature of response (medical model, social model, bio-psycho-social model)

Recommendations for:

– disability community, family members, allies

– policy makers

– social workers and those people implementing programs

Rubric

Sound analysis: 30

Creativity, original thinking: 10

Critical thinking and application of disability concepts and theories: 25

Clear organization, Language, grammar, sentence structure and overall writing skills: 25

Following APA, MLA, or any other formatting standard, both in-text and bibliography: 10

Presentation of 5 to 7 minutes with research topic and key findings, 7-10 slides: 5

(Presentation can follow paper heading sections above. Please upload presentations on Blackboard under Assignments in the Presentation section.

Easy vocabulary, no plagiarism because it will be posted online on a safe assign website. Make sure you make paper and presentation (either google slides or powerpoint) cohesive, and with pictures. Brief summaries.