1) Problem description: Identify a psychosocial problem of interest, i.e., a phenomenon of
psychosocial pain or distress, experienced in a particular population group, in particular
individuals, families, society or community. As you do research you may well find you
need to narrow your problem down to a specific population, age group, individual,
community. For example, a wider psychosocial problem might be severe mental illness
and a more specific would be parenting for individuals with schizophrenia. Another
example, a wider psychosocial problem might be bullying, and a more specific choice
would be cyberbullying of LGBTQ youth.
2) Identify and describe the critical literature including articles, interviews, etc., relevant to
the psychosocial problem. Using this literature, discuss:
a. The problem’s scope and severity,
b. Ramifications of the problem, and
c. Current intervention strategies related to the problem.
Format
Please use headings and subheadings in your assignment.
Need to incorporate appropriate references to course-relevant literature. Please make sure these references are academic references. For the purposes of assignment, please don’t use non-academic references (newspaper articles, blogs, social media etc.)
In-text citations following APA style guidelines are required for all written assignments, with the specific source including authors’ last names and year of publication, regardless of whether you are paraphrasing or using specific quotes. Direct quotes must have the specific source as above but with page number(s).
