Topic:
anxiety disorders/panic attacks Directions For this project, you will write a 5
page paper that examines your chosen research topic (anxiety disorders/panic
attacks) and how it affects individuals and society. In the paper, you will
describe your topic, present a thesis statement, perform a critical analysis,
and reflect on how your topic informs your personal life and experience. You
will demonstrate your ability to think critically, investigate, and communicate
clearly. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
1. Evidence: You will use evidence to support your analysis throughout the A. Integrate reliable evidence from varied sources throughout your paper to support your analysis. your own research using the Shapiro Library.
i.It is important to draw from a more diverse pool of perspectives from varied sources to support the analysis, which is different from the Citations and Attributions rubric criterion.
ii.Reliable evidence from varied sources should be interwoven throughout the paper itself. Citing and attributing sources will be represented as APA in-text citations and a reference list at the end of your work.
iii.You
will be evaluated on both criteria.
2. Topic
Description: In this section, you will identify and discuss the factors that
shape your thesis statement.
A. Describe a social or global issue or
event that is related to issues of wellness. Include information such as the
origin of the issue and what it is about.
B. Describe a population significant to your
topic. Include information such as demographics, cultural practices, social
identity, and key challenges.
C. Assess how
society impacts the chosen issue or event.
D. Explain your choice of general education
interdisciplinary lens for analyzing your topic.
E. Construct a thesis statement that combines
your topic, population, cultural situation, and choice of general education
interdisciplinary lens
. 3. Critical
Analysis: In this section, you will analyze your topic using one of the general
education lenses and recommend strategies for using this kind of analysis to
meet your personal and professional goals.
A. Analyze
your chosen issue or event through one of the general
education interdisciplinary lenses to determine its impact on various
institutions.
B. Analyze how
social practices have been shaped by issues and events in wellness in modern
culture
.C. Describe at
least one specific element that could benefit from change within your topic.
D. Explain how at least one potential obstacle
could interfere with the population’s engagement with your topic.
E. Assess at
least two significant factors that could impact your topic, such as biases,
beliefs, assumptions, and/or values.
F. Assess the
benefits and challenges of addressing issues in wellness.
G. Recommend strategies for using this kind of
critical analysis for meeting your personal and professional goals. i. What
might this look like in your everyday life? Consider how wellness can be used
to address the day-to-day responsibilities or questions faced by practitioners
in your field or discipline.
4. Reflection:
In this section, you will describe how using critical analysis tools influences
your personal experience, your field of study or profession, how you interact
with others.
A. Describe how critically analyzing your
issue/event in wellness has informed your individual framework of perception.
i. Consider how your analysis has altered the way you perceive the world
. B. Describe
how examining your bias has altered the way you perceive the world. i. Reflect
on your own bias and then consider how an awareness of one's bias can change
our perceptions.
D. Explain at least one way in which your
analysis might have been different if you had used one of the other general
education lenses to analyze your topic.
E. Explain how analyzing wellness can help
interactions with people with a different viewpoint, culture, or perspective.
What to Submit To complete this project, you must submit a Word document of 5
pages in length (plus a reference page) with 12-point Times New Roman font,
double spacing, and one-inch margins.Use at least two resources from course
materials and two resources from the library. Sources should be cited according
to APA style.
Anxiety disorders differ from normal
anxious or nervous feelings as they constitute excessive anxiety or fear. They
are common mental disorders and impact almost 30% of adults at a point in their
lifetime. The risk factors for the condition include stress, past childhood
trauma, drugs and medication, and physical and mental health conditions (Bhandari,
2023). Racial discrimination and
microaggressions increase the rates of anxiety disorders among the Black
community (Williams & Etkins, 2021). Racism results in increased vigilance,
which worsens anxiety symptoms. The Black population is diverse, and its
members have differing histories. In 2022, they constituted 13.6% of the total
population (Census, 2023). They are the second largest minority group in the
country, with only 55.1% having insurance coverage (OMH,
2023). Societal stigmatization of people with
anxiety disorder diminishes their confidence and self-worth and increases their
disconnection from peers (Lynch et al., 2021). In analyzing this topic, the social
science lens will be utilized. This lens has been chosen because of its focus
on society and the association between people. As such, it will help explore
the social aspects that impact or are affected by anxiety disorder. Analyzing
anxiety disorders through a social science lens highlights its origin and
impacts on populations, highlighting the areas that need intervention.