Unit III Essay

For this essay, 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.

Imagine you work in the criminal justice field, and you are responsible for training your department in either psychotic disorders or mood disorders.

You are to create a handout containing information on the disorder, which should include the following: 

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. Think about what you would find useful and what could help fellow practitioners.

Use APA in-text citations for any statistics/figures. The handout should be a minimum of one page, not including the reference page.

Reference: Schug, R., & Fradella, H. (2015). Mental illness and crime. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

The Mood disorder I pick is: Bipolar I Disorder