Chronic Pain and Trauma: The Mind-Body Connection

Phillips, Maggie. “Reversing Chronic Pain.” Psychotherapy Networker Magazine, vol. 33, no. 4, Jul./Aug. 2009, pp. 63-67. nuls.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=43749109&site=ehost-live. Above is the Primary Response Article and must be used. Two Scholarly peer reviewed or professional journals are required of the five sources. The links are below. The remaining three sources are open to your choice. Wasserman, M. (2017). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma: by Bessel van der Kolk. New York, NY: Viking, 2014, 441 Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 43(6), 594–596. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2017.1348102Justice, L., Brems, C., & Ehlers, K. (2018). Bridging Body and Mind: Considerations for Trauma-Informed Yoga. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 28(1), 39–50. https://doi.org/10.17761/2018-00017R2attached annotated bibliography for reference only, thesis statement need to be more direct. Final Paper100 points. Due by Saturday, 11:59 pm (your time zone), final day of class.Your final paper will be a 5-6 page double-spaced research paper written in response to one or more of the class readings. This paper will be an argument. This means it will make an arguable claim on a debatable subject. The library guide for this class has readings in every undergraduate major that requires this class, so everyone in the class should be able to find a reading on a subject in their major.If you don’t know what your major will be or are pursuing general studies, you may choose whichever subject interests you. Your job in this paper is to find a research/argument niche. This means you will be responding to the conversation at hand. As we mentioned in the class, most paper will primarily be responding to one Primary Response Article. This is simply the article you feel you are responding to most directly, but you will likely position your paper in the broader conversation using other articles from the class readings or articles you find in your own research. All the assignments in this class have helped you prepare for the final assignment, so you should have a lot of the work completed already. Now it is time to assemble it all into a coherent whole.Citation StyleYou will cite your paper in the citation style preferred by the discipline in which you are writing. Include a works cited page in the same citation style. If you are using a rather obscure citation style (not MLA or APA) please let your instructor know which citation style you are using.Sources:Academic writing is a conversation. You final paper must use five credible sources that support your argument or add to the conversation around your main point. Two of your sources must be peer reviewed journals. Two of your sources must be sources not listed on the library guide that you found through your own research.Acceptable credible sources include:Books/ebooksScholarly or Professional JournalsMagazinesNewspapersThe paper should keep in mind all of the basic conventions of academic writing learned in ENG 100 and 101. The paper should be thoroughly edited and proofread.Final papers should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document (doc or docx.)