As a scholar practitioner, you will use professional journals and other research sources to guide your counseling practice. Therefore, developing the skills to review, critically analyze, and discuss professional literature is essential. In general, people often believe information simply because it is in print. Counselors should ask questions and not accept that because something was published that the research is valid. Scholar-practitioners critically evaluate research in professional journals prior to adopting findings into practice with clients.

For this Discussion, select a peer-reviewed research article related to your chosen topic for your Final Project.

Post by Day 4 a brief summary of a counseling peer-reviewed research article related to your chosen topic for your Final Project. In your summary, critically analyze the basic components of research: purpose, research question or hypothesis, design, sampling, data analysis, strength and limitations, implications for practice, and implications for future research.

My topic is Adolescent Schizophrenia

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources and the current literature using appropriate APA format and style.