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Final Project Directions and Submission

For your final project you will be writing a paper in APA format. (See details below.) Your paper should be approximately 4-5 pages or 1200 words.In your paper you will choose from one of the topics listed in
Chapter 14: Adolescent Stress and Alienation or Chapter 15: Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Dependency. This will be a two-part paper. In part one, you will choose a topic and describe how it relates to adolescents.

In part two, you will choose a movie or book which portrays this issue through one or more of its characters. Compare the movie/book to your research. How well, does the movie/book compare to what you have learned in research about how these issues affect adolescents? Do you agree or disagree with the way the character’s issue , mental illness, issue, is portrayed when comparing the actual research that you have studied? Explain giving cited research.

Here are some of the ideas for topics:

  • Runaways
  • Teen Depression
  • Suicide
  • Self-Injurious Behaviors
  • Eating Disorders
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Conduct Disorder, ODD
  • ADD, ADHD in adolescence
  • Juvenile Gangs
  • Drug Use and Abuse
  • Tobacco and Smoking
  • Alcohol and Excessive Drinking