Coursework 1 : Literature Review Word Limit : 2000 word Topic: Anorexia Nervosa in females Your are required to write: 1) 500 words identifying the psychological needs of individuals diagnosed with anorexia nervosa based on relevant research. 2) 1500 word Literature review of FIVE (5) research articles ( directly related to chose topic) critically examining the utility/ effectiveness of psychological interventions/ therapies (minimum of 2) to address needs of chosen client group. Articles should be dated maximum 5 years back (2009-2014 Literature review should systematically describe, summarise and evaluate the use of psychologically-based assessments, interventions and therapies appropriate to the specific population Literature review should include the following: a) Describe the focus of your review - eg that you will be critically reviewing (at least) 2 different interventions/ therapies relevant to your client group (eg CBT & Family Therepy) b) Briefly describe the search strategy used to retrieve the research articles to be reviewed (eg Key terms used for search, databases used for search, range of years searched -eg 5years) c) Briefly outline the organisation of the literature review -eg, if there is a major controversy in the literature, briefly describe it and state that you will present research supporting first one side, then the other. Or, if three different methodologies have been used to examine the effectiveness of CBT for anorexia nervosa, briefly describe them and then state that you will compare the results obtained by the 3 methods d) Provide a critical evaluation of five primary (original) research articles (ensure you review the original research articles- DO NOT include meta-analyses or systemetic reviews in your five chose articles e) your critical evaluation must attempt to synthesise the research articles (eg. draw together the articles, highlighting similar and sometimes contradictory ideas, findings etc) you should NOT just discuss each article in turn in a "list" fashion f) Provide a brief discussion and conclusion. Draw your arguments together in relation to the utility of the two psychologically-based interventions you have discussed. Recommend future studies (specify how future work would add to that already done) g) include a list of all references referred to in the literature review

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