This project is similar in nature to the essay exams, although you will have more information about the case to think about that person in a three dimensional way and the time to do so. This paper should be done with a literary or historical figure with one or more identifiable Axis I or Axis II disorders. The attached bibliography is one place to start looking for a figure. Your paper will be approximately seven to ten pages in length.

Be careful about accepting the diagnosis of the character that is included in your book. Some books on your lists were written during DSM-II, a very different typology. Others are simply poorly diagnosed.

Your paper must consist of five sections. These are:

• a brief biography. You do not have to fully describe your "client," however you should include demographic variables such as age, race, ethnicity, and religious orientation; number of siblings and rank in sibling order; relationship, work, and health status; the nature of relationships with parents, partners, children, and friends; hobbies, wishes, and goals; and the nature of crises, trauma, or stressors.

• strengths and weaknesses. While your "client" may not recognize strengths, identification of both strengths (e.g., verbal, insightful, and strong family supports) and weaknesses (e.g., uneven job history, poor coping skills including history of self-mutilation) will allow you to work more effectively in treatment.

• nature of functioning. What symptoms brought your client in for an "intake"? In addition to things like suicidal ideation and hopelessness, discuss mood, range of affect, eye contact, and cognitive functioning. Be specific. What else would you want to assess that was not described in your source?

• diagnosis. A DSM-IV diagnosis or diagnoses (all five axes) should be provided and defended. Why did you reject other possible diagnoses?

• a reference section. This section should document those sources where I could go to learn more about your "client," as well as those you went to in order to increase your understanding of diagnostic issues. You should have approximately three to five references. This text or others can not count as one of these.