Depressive Disorders Assignment General Instructions Write a 3-5 page paper (length does not include the title page or reference page) that includes the following information: Identify the diagnosing criteria for M

Component

Unacceptable

Acceptable

Target

Identifies the diagnosing
criteria for both Major

Depressive Disorder and
Persistent Depressive

Disorder.         

(CACREP 5C.2.d)

Did not identify the
diagnosing criteria for either disorder. (0 points)

Only identified the
diagnosing criteria for

 one disorder OR did not identify all the
criteria for

one or both disorders.

(10 points)   

Identified the diagnosing criteria for both
disorders. (20 points)

Discusses the differences between major depressive

disorder
and persistent

depressive disorder.

(CACREP 5C.2.d)

Did not discuss the
differences between the two disorders. (0 points) 

Discussion was extremely
brief and

provided very little

distinction between the two
disorders.         (10
points)   

Discussed the differences
between the

two
disorder. Discussion

was thorough and clearly

            explained the

differences. (20 points)

Component

Unacceptable

Acceptable

Target

Identified one
evidencedbased intervention AND

Did not identify an
evidenced-based

intervention. (0
points)  

Identified an
evidencedbased intervention but

did not provide scholarly
support for the

intervention.
(10 points) 

Identified one evidencedbased
intervention AND provided scholarly support for the  intervention. (20 points)

provided scholarly

support for the

intervention.     

(CACREP 5C.3.b)

Identified one TV character
that might be diagnosed with major

depressive disorder and one
TV character that

might be diagnosed with
persistent depressive

disorder AND explained
rationale for choice of characters.  

Did not identify a TV character that might be
diagnosed with major

depressive disorder or
persistent depressive disorder. (0 points)    

Only identified a TV for
one disorder OR did not provide a rationale for

choice of character for

one or both disorders.

(10 points)  

Identified one TV character
that might be diagnosed with major

depressive disorder and one
TV character that

might be diagnosed with
persistent depressive

disorder AND explained rationale
for choice of characters. (20 points) 

Structure
& Organization

Missing thesis; confusion
about or

misunderstanding of topic; no sense of

purpose; no paragraph
structure; or single,

rambling paragraph; or
series of isolated paragraphs (0 points)

Simplistic and unfocused
ideas; limited sense of

purpose; organization is

confusing or disjointed;
weak paragraph

structure; transitions are
missing or inappropriate

(5 points)

Developed thesis;
represents sound

understanding of

assigned topic; focused;
clear organizational

structure; easily followed;
included transitions;

structured format      

(10 points)

Professional
presentation (grammar, mechanics, spelling)

Writing involves many
errors (more than 3).    

(0 points)

Writing involves few errors
(no more than 2).

(5 points)

Writing is free of all
writing errors. (10 points)