An Analysis of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as it Pertains to the treatment of Anxiety Disorder

An Analysis of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as it Pertains to the treatment of Anxiety Disorder. Paper on a Psychological Disorder (Research Paper: Analyzing 2 Websites and 2 Research Articles) Paper on a Psychological Disorder The paper should be a focused effort to analyze two research-based journal articles and two websites pertaining to your topic. We are looking for an analysis of the two articles that are experiments and an analysis of two credible websites. As you will see from the start, psychology is more than just the study of psychological disorders. However, many students find the study of psychological disorders fascinating so here is your opportunity to explore this area of psychology. Your paper should be from 1,000 - 1,200 words (or about 2 to 2 1/2 single-spaced typed pages, and you should follow APA style. Choose at least two Web sites that contain information about the topic. Both sites need to be credible and one site should represent a national organization that has formed because of the topic. For example, if you choose depression as a topic, then you should use as one of your sites, any national organization devoted to researching and/or providing information about depression. You are to analyze this website. What does it tell you about your topic? Does it have all the information you would need? What do you find useful? Who would use this website? Is the website credible? etc. Next, choose at least two journal articles from credible sources, using one of the Psychological databases to find more in-depth information than what is listed in your textbook. Note that Psychology Today, Wikipedia, or the Bible cannot be counted as one of your articles from a credible journal. However, as long as you have 2 credible journal articles, you may also use other sources of your choosing, if you wish. You are to analyze and critique each of the journal articles that you find. Make sure the articles are research-based, i.e., that they are experiments. An experimental study will have participants, methods, results and a discussion section. Tell us 1) the purpose of the research, 2) the hypothesis, 3) the number of participants, their characteristics and how they were selected, 4) the procedures or methods, i.e., did they give the participants questionnaires, interview them, etc.? 5) What were the results? 6) Now, critique the study. How could it have been improved? For instance, was the sample too small? Can we generalize the findings to other populations? Could they have used a different procedure? etc. 7) And finally, what are the implications of the study? How will it advance science or the field? How will it help? etc. Begin your paper with an overall introduction telling the reader the purpose of the paper and what you will review. Next, you may wish to start with how the topic is presented in the textbook or module and why you chose it as your topic of interest (keep in mind that you should avoid being too personally revealing in discussing your topic). Then spend most of your paper writing about the information you discovered in your research. Next, summarize your findings and any limitations of the research that you may have noted. End your paper with a concluding paragraph that tells the reader what they should know from reading your paper and the importance of this information. Make sure your paper flows logically and is not a patchwork of bits and pieces of information.