you will continue differentiating between the various categories of mental illness. You can pick either a psychotic disorder or a mood disorder discussed in Chapter 5 or Chapter 6 of the textbook. The disorder selected will be used in the Unit Eight research paper.

Imagine you work in the criminal justice field, and you are responsible for training your department in either psychotic disorders or mood disorders. Think about what you would find useful and what could help fellow practitioners. You are to create a handout containing information on the disorder, which should include the following:

• Introduction,
• symptoms and onset,
• different disorders within that category and how they are different from each other,
• suggestions on working with these disorders in the field, and
• prevalence rate.

You will be required to use at least one outside source. Please adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary. Include APA in-text citations for any statistics/figures. The handout should be a minimum of one page, not including the reference page.

Instructions

For your research project, you will choose one disorder from the textbook and focus on its interaction in the criminal justice system.

You may look ahead or choose from one of the disorders that has already been covered in the course. Your proposal should be submitted in a Word document, and it should be at least one page in length.

Explain which disorder you are researching, your interest in picking this disorder, and your initial belief on the disorder’s link to criminal justice.