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Select a neuropsychological disorderfrom the following list. Your selection of topic should be based on your personal or professional experience, or your own academic or personal interest in the topic. Be sure to use current terminology from the American Psychiatric Association's (2013) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 (DSM-5) if this disorder is discussed in that resource. Please note that Substance Use Disorder (SUD) (drug abuse, substance abuse) is not the emphasis of the course. Critical Reviews focusing on SUD or drugs of addiction will not be accepted.

Please select your topic from the following list:

Schizophrenia

Choose and focus on one of the anxiety disorders (g., generalized anxiety disorder or social anxiety disorder).

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Choose and focus on one of the neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorder or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)

Personality disorder

Choose and focus on one of the personality disorders (e.g., borderline personality disorder).

Neurocognitive disorder

Choose and focus on one of the neurocognitive disorders (e.g., one of the dementias).

Neurological disorder

Choose and focus on one neurological disorder (e.g., multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, seizure disorder, Parkinson's disease or any other movement disorder, chronic pain, traumatic brain injury or other acute brain injury, stroke, infectious brain pathology such as meningitis or encephalitis, migraine headache).

Other neuropsychological disorder found in the DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) but not on the list above

This option must be approved in advance by the instructor before your assignment is submitted.

In keeping with the focus of this class, the emphasis of your paper should be on the neurobiology of the disorder and the related drug treatment that is used in clinical management. Other modes of treatment are not the focus of our class.For instance, papers that discuss psychotherapy, other than in passing, will not be given credit.This week, please focus on the neurobiology of the disorder (in Week 2, you will continue to elaborate on the disorder from the perspective of drug treatment). In your paper, please be sure that the following aspects of your topic are discussed:

Explain the theories of etiology (causes) with a focus on the neurobiology of the disorder (the pathology of the disorder with an emphasis on the abnormalities of nervous system structures and function, including those neurotransmitter systems involved).

Describe the symptomatology of the disorder and its relationship with the neurotransmitters involved.

Discuss any anatomical changes seen with this disorder, and explain the relationship between such changes and the symptoms seen in the disorder.

Close your paper with a summary how the dysregulation of neurotransmitter(s) and any anatomical changes would explain the physical signs and behavioral symptoms displayed by the individual diagnosed with this disorder

Please research your topic and obtain a minimum three scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 to 10 years. These sources should provide evidence-based information to help support your analysis, focusing on the aspects described above. Be sure to cite your sources in your paper and include them on your References page. You may utilize required or recommended course materials in your work, but these will not count towards the reference requirements; however, you may cite and reference the American Psychiatric Association's (2013) DSM-5 as one of your sources used for the grading credit.

The paper:

Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.