Annotated Bibliography in APA Style

This post contains my Project 1 annotated bibliography in APA style. The style guide I used was the APA Style Guide on pages 533-595 of The University of Arizona Rules for Writers, 7th Edition.

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References

 

Breel, K. (2013, September 27). Why We Need to Talk About Depression | Kevin Breel | TED Talks. Retrieved September 6, 2015.

             In Kevin Breel's TED Talk, Breel discusses his personal battle with depression and calls for the need to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental illness in order to better treat it. The purpose of this TED Talk was to raise awareness for depression and to reduce the stigma of mental illness. The audience of this TED Talk was the general population, as it was published on Youtube. Kevin Breel is an author, comedian, and mental health activist. This TED Talk was published on 9/27/13, and has 303,328 views, indicating it was not as popular as other TED Talks. I predict I will use this source to indicate the serious and debilitating nature of depression.

Florence, C., Emmanuelle, L., Florence, B., Mathilde, H., & Viviane, K. (2015). Bereavement-related depression: Did the changes induced by DSM-V make a difference? Results from a large population-based survey of French residents. Journal of Affective Disorders, 182, 82-90. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2015.04.039

             Florence, Emmanuelle, Florence, Mathilde, and Viviane researched whether the new criteria for diagnosing Major Depressive Disorder increased the prevalence of depression significantly. They found that overall depression diagnoses only increased slightly. The purpose of this research was to investigate how significant of an impact the recent revisions to the DSM would have on the prevalence of depression. The intended audience for this article was other scholars in the field of psychiatry. This is fairly new research as it was published 8/15/15. I predict I will use this source to illustrate the minor implications that the revisions to the DSM actually had.

Hamilton, Jon. "Why Is Psychiatry's New Manual So Much Like The Old One?" NPR. NPR, 16 May 2013. Web. 12 Sept. 2015.

             This article explains the reasons why psychologists must rely on symptoms to make diagnoses instead of lab tests. It explains that scientists haven’t made enough progress in understanding the human brain. Research has not advanced enough to find the biological indicators needed to develop a lab test to diagnose a mental disorder. The purpose of this article is to inform the public why the DSM is a limited tool in diagnosing mental disorders, which would explain the complications surrounding the recent revision, DSM-5. This article was written in 2013, around the time the DSM-5 was published, and its intended audience of this article is the general public. I predict I will use this source to explain the limits of the DSM to my audience and why there is currently no better diagnostic method available.

Hamilton, Jon. "Experts Agree: 'Psychiatry's Bible' Is No Bible." NPR. NPR, 17 May 2013. Web. 12 Sept. 2015.

             This article explains that the DSM is continuously evolving with expanding medical knowledge and is therefore not perfect. The purpose of this article was to respond to critics who say that relying on one cookie-cutter description of a mental illness is problematic and that psychiatrists should have a more individualistic approach to diagnosing disorders. This article explains that most of the doctors who create and use the DSM see it as a guide and not a “bible” that is the absolute truth to diagnostic criteria. This article was published in 2013, around the time the DSM-5 was published, and its intended audience of this article is the general public. I predict I will use this source to demonstrate how most doctors do not see the DSM as a “bible,” as the media portrays it, but as a dictionary and guide to help standardize diagnoses.

Lane, C. (2013, May 4). The NIMH Withdraws Support for DSM-5. Retrieved September 6, 2015.

             In Lane's article, he illustrates opposition to the revision to the DSM by reporting that the National Institute of Mental Health has decided not to support the DSM any further. The purpose of this article was to attack the credibility of the DSM by pointing out a professional organization that has withdraw support for the DSM-V. The intended audience was readers of Psychology Today magazine, which are members of the general public that are interested in psychology. This article was published in May, 2013, soon after the DSM-V was published. I predict I will use this source to further illustrate professional opposition to the DSM's recent revisions.

Maccallum, F., Sawday, S., Rinck, M., & Bryant, R. (2015). The push and pull of grief: Approach and avoidance in bereavement. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 48, 105-109. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.02.010

            Maccallum, Sawday, Rinck, and Bryant researched the approach and avoidant behaviors in individuals who have been recently bereaved. They found that Prolonged Grief was associated with "slower avoidance than approach behavior towards grief-related stimuli." The purpose of this article was to investigate the behavior of those who have been recently bereaved. The intended audience of this article is other scholars in the psychology field. This is a fairly new article, published in September, 2015. I predict I will use this source to help my reader understand the behavior of those recently bereaved and what that means in accordance with the new depression diagnostic criteria that now includes those that have recently been bereaved.

News analysis: Controversial mental health guide DSM-5. (2013, August 15). Retrieved September 6, 2015.

            This article by the NHS from the UK analyzes the different sides to the controversy surrounding the recent revisions to the DSM. It also contributes information that the revisions will not affect the NHS a lot. The purpose of this article was to inform the public about the recent revisions to the DSM. The intended audience was the general public. This is a relatively old article, published in 2013, and is slightly biased in favor of the NHS. I predict I will use this to illustrate both sides of the argument for and against the recent revisions to the DSM.

Pies, R. (2012, December 11). Bereavement and the DSM-5, One Last Time. Retrieved September 6, 2015.

             In Pies' article, he explains the reasons for the recent revisions to the DSM, citing research to back up his claims. The purpose of Pies' article is to answer questions regarding why certain changes were made to the DSM. The intended audience is opponents of the DSM revisions. This is a fairly old article, published in 2012, and it slightly biased in favor of the revisions to the DSM, as Pies is an editor of the DSM himself. I predict I will use this source to illustrate the reasons the editors of the DSM provided for the recent revisions made.

Tanner, Lindsey. "DSM-5: Mental Health Professionals, Critics Face Off Over Upcoming Psychiatric Manual." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 15 May 2013. Web. 12 Sept. 2015.

             This article explains the controversy surrounding the DSM. It also clarifies why some of the recent revisions are such a big deal. This article gives context on the time in which the DSM-5 was published; it explains that the health field has grown increasingly influenced by pharmaceutical companies and how these circumstances are affecting the argument and possibly increasing backlash to the DSM-5. This article tends to be critical of the DSM revisions but still includes a pro-DSM viewpoint at the end of the article. The purpose of this article is to explain to the DSM-5 controversy to the reader and provide possible explanations for its cause. This story was published in 2013 and its intended audience is the general public. I predict I will use this source to give context to the story and provide possible explanations as to why these DSM revisions have become such a large controversy in the modern medical field.

Yale, Kathleen. "Psychological Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #28." YouTube. Ed. Blake De Pastino. Youtube, 25 Aug. 2014. Web. 12 Sept. 2015.

             This YouTube video educates the audience on the basics of mental disorders and the DSM. It also explains that the DSM is a work in progress that evolves with science’s growing understanding of the brain. This video is from the Crash Course channel on YouTube, meant to help tutor and teach students about different topics in school. For that reason, this source is pretty neutral and unbiased. The purpose of this video is to tutor psychology students in understanding the basics of mental disorder diagnosis techniques. This video was published in 2014 and its intended audience is psychology students. I predict I will use this source to help introduce what the DSM is and explain the basics of mental disorder diagnoses.

Here is an example of an annotated bibliography in APA style.