Describe depression (40% approx, 400 words), using published evidence compare examples of effective treatments for this disorder (60% approx, 600 words).
This literature Review should be submitted to the above link by 11:59pm on Friday 15th August. If you are unable to meet this deadline you must ensure you contact mitigating circumstances in advance.
Assessment Brief: Assesment 1 Literature Review and Online Learning Module
TYPE
Literature Review (20%) & Online Learning Module (5%)
WORD LENGTH
1,000 words for Literature Review
TITLE
Describe depression, using published evidence compare examples of effective treatments for this disorder.
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OVERVIEW
The Literature Review question is designed to allow you to understand depression; and consider the effectiveness of different types of treatment. This assessment will also focus on your ability to locate relevant academic information and apply this to a given question.
The Online Test is an assessment of your learning in relation to how to accessing a wide variety of academic sources, and how to filter these sources to ensure your find information which is relevant to the literature review.
GENERAL CRITERIA
The below criteria is for the literature review. Assessment of the online learning module will be completed using a number of questions which will be answered as you work through it.
INTRODUCTION
Outlines the information which will be covered within the Literature Review, briefly note the key points which will be discussed in the review.
BODY OF ESSAY
Relevance and understanding
All information in your literature review should be relevant to the question you have been asked. There should be examples that clearly detail the disorder; this should make up approximately 40% of your work. The remaining 60% should address the 2nd part of the question; you should spend approximately 600 words comparing examples of how depression can be effectively treated. Remember “examples” is plural so you are not fully answering the question if you give only one. You must answer both parts of the question to gain full marks
Discussion and Critique
You should include clear discussion when explaining your examples. How are the studies you mention the same or different? Is one type of treatment clearly more effective than others?
CONCLUSION
You should draw the piece of your review together there and link back to what you said you would do in the Introduction. End with a concluding sentence which relates back to the title of the literature review..
ADVICE
The aim of this piece of work is to demonstrate that you are able to locate suitable information on a topic and put that information in your own words to answer a question you are given. Some hints on what is important are given below:
•Work through the online learning module carefully to ensure you can locate sources which will be of use in the literature review. The learning module is also worth 5% of your final grade and so is a good place to start when trying to get a good grade.
•Has your information come from the correct type of sources? Textbooks and journal articles are the best places to find information. Websites should not be used.
•Have you put the information into your own words? Although you are finding the information in other sources this always need to be put into your own words within the assessment.
•Have you acknowledged where you found the information both in the text and in a reference list?
•Is all the information you included relevant to the question you have been





