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Annotated Bibliography
Aghaei, Shahin, Nasrin Saki, Ehsan Daneshmand, and Bahare Kardeh. "Prevalence of Psychological Disorders in Patients with Alopecia Areata in Comparison with Normal Subjects." Prevalence of Psychological Disorders in Patients with Alopecia Areata in Comparison with Normal Subjects. N.p., 09 Mar. 2014. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. <http://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2014/304370/>. This source provided me with multiple different results and analysis responses to lab experiments and studies done on patients with Alopecia Areata. The article started off with an introduction about the disease and the effects that can become prevalent in an affected individual. Then the article continues by listing some of the sources used for the information in the rest of the writing. The article skips in depth descriptions of the experiment and how it was completed and skips to the results collected. The results are presented as data charts and graphic models as well as within the context. After the results are stated they continue on to analyse the data. The material was published in March, of this year, making it the most current piece I have come upon yet. This article presents more recent information in comparison to older data. The intended audience could be anyone from someone just looking for information about the disease to someone who needs the information from the study for research. The authors consist of those who work at the Molecular Dermatology Research Center and those on the Student Research Committee at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. In the end of the article there is a section that state "The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper." There is no direct contact information for the authors, but the complete addresses of their various workplaces are stated. There are no biased ideas and statements within the article. One of the only weaknesses within the article was the lack of description for each of the graphs/models. The information is supported by multiple pieces of evidence and the article has 21 reliable sources. The information seems to have been reviewed because there are not errors within the writing. The purpose of this article is to inform and teach about Alopecia Areata, but also to show the analysis of the data collected from experiments. The source was very valuable due to its trustworthy sources and therefore trustworthy information.
A Bald Woman's Guide to Survival: Michelle Law at TEDxSouthBankWomen. Dir. Michelle Law. Perf. Michelle Law. YouTube. TED Talks, 6 Jan. 2013. Web. 09 Oct. 2014. <http://youtu.be/lrJom48KQA4>. This video is not like other sources that I have used. This is a TED talk video about Alopecia Areata, and is presented by a lady with the disease, who explains why it is misunderstood and how a female with the disease can live. The video was published about a year and a half ago, so it is fairly current and matches up with all of the information I have studied up until this point. The video describes what is like to have Alopecia Areata but also gives a lot of important background information about the disease. She intended for the audience of this video to be people with Alopecia Areata who need inspiration but also to realize that hair is not necessary for happiness. The video is more opinion and emotion, which would usually rule it out as a reliable source, but the project I am doing is based on the psychological affects of Alopecia Areata, and this video sums these up perfectly. The purpose of this talk to to help women with the disease understand and accept their disease. This is to entertain, inform, and persuade because she wants her watchers to feel and believe what she is saying. This source shows the point of view of someone with Alopecia Areata, but how to overcome the emotional side of the disease.
Hunt, Nigel, and Sue McHale. "The Psychological Impact of Alopecia." British Medical Journal. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 21 Sept. 2005. Web. 8 Oct. 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC1261195%2F%23!po%3D15.0000>. This source was very similar to another source I had just read. Many of the information matched up, making it more reliable in my opinion. One most likely used the other as a source for their article because some of the wording was basically exact. It was in a booklet like format which made it fresh and new to look at. It started off by giving an overview of what Alopecia Areata is and what is can do physically. About a forth of the way into the article it dialed into deeper information about the psychological piece involved in the disease. I found it very helpful because it gave statistics for different variables of people with the disease to see which factors differed and which did not. This article was published in 2005, but like I said before, for a disease like this, that is seemingly current. The information is still the same as the information collected today and is therefore still able to be used and relied on. The authors intended for the audience to be those looking to become educated about the disease, but also those who have it who are looking for closure and more information about what is going on in their body. The contact information of the authors is not provided, but telephone numbers for the corporation are given. Each of the authors had their credentials listed. They are as follows : University of Nottingham, Institute of Work, Health and Organisations, University of Nottingham, Nottingham Science and Technology Park, Nottingham NG7 2RQ UK, and Psychology Group, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB Correspondence to: N Hunt [email protected]. One of the authors emails is given. The article was free of biased and swaying opinions, and there were limited weaknesses. One thing I did notice about the article is it lacked emotion behind the facts. There were stories about people struggling with Alopecia Areata and their seemed to be no feelings in the writing. It was fact after fact. In an article like this I think it would be beneficial to add a little emotion. The purpose of this article is to inform and explain Alopecia Areata and the psychological effects it can have. The most valuable part of this article is the way the author separated out the individual variables of a person and wrote about each one, instead of just a broad overview of the disease on people in general.
Matzer, Franziska, Josef W. Egger, and Daisy Kopera. "Psychosocial Stress and Coping in Alopecia Areata." Medical Journals. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2011. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicaljournals.se%2Facta%2Fcontent%2F%3Fdoi%3D10.2340%2F00015555-1031%26html%3D1>. This website is very useful for my project because it gives an in-depth explanation of a social and emotional exploration done on a group of 45 people. I found the experiment to be particularly interesting because it was not a comparison between people with Alopecia Areata and those without, but between those with more severe cases with those with less severe cases. The study showed that the severity of the disease on a person does not affect the person's body image, stress levels, and coping methods. They are both worse than those without the disease, but seemed to be the same within the experiment. The material was published in 2011, although no exact date is given, and includes many different models from 2009, 2010 and 2011, as well as the study information, which was completed and accepted September 20, 2010. The intended audience is those looking for information about the stress and methods of coping in patients with Alopecia Areata, and researching the differences in severity. The authors had their credentials listed below their names, and they were all part of the Departments of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy and Dermatology, at the Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. This is also where the study was conducted. There is no contact information for the authors and editors, but the email of the site owner is posted toward the bottom of the page, and I'm sure that they would be able to supply contact information if necessary. There were not opinionated statements or biased thoughts in the article, it was mainly giving the examples from the experiment, and an analysis of the results. The article seemed to be weakest when it was stating a lot of statistics, because it was easy for me, as a reader, to get lost in the numbers and for them to lose meaning. The information is supported by a lot of evidence and the article provided a 38 adequate references, as well as sited them within the text. The language was free of emotion. The purpose of the writing is to share results, inform, and teach about what they learned from the study.
Pradhan, Pratibha, Mariette D'Souza, Bhawana Ashok Bade, Devinder Mohan Thappa, and Laxmisha Chandrashekar. "PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT OF CICATRICIAL ALOPECIAS." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 02 May 0006. Web. 07 Oct. 2014. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3276897/>. This source was one that I found to be extremely help and beneficial because it supplied an extreme amount of statistics and studies done that relate to the quality of life in people with Alopecia. In this case it was referring to cicatricial Alopecia, but the result were similar to others I have seen throughout my research. It showed a great deal, including a study done using a variation of the Quality of Life questionnaire that the Alopecia Areata Foundation uses, supplied the questions that were asked, and the results that they received, as well as how they converted the information given into a numerical scale to be studied and concluded. The article was published in 2006, which seems to be not very relevant, but in the case of Alopecia it is. Because Alopecia is a mysterious disease that is difficult to understand, most of the information that was found in 2006 is still used today and is therefore current. The intended audience is those looking for informational statistics about the disease and particularly the psychosocial impacts it can create. The article was published by the Indian Journal of Dermatology and was a collaboration of five different people consisting of doctors, professors, and Head of the Department of Dermatology. There is email addresses for each contributor. The information was stated purely as fact, because it was more like a conclusion for a lab exploration. There were no biased opinions and everything was supported with sources and statistics. They also cited twenty different sources that I am able to access for more information. The information has been reviewed and lacks any errors. The source is meant to educate the public about the impacts Alopecia can have and people regardless of age, sex, severity, etc.
Saling, Joseph, and Laura J. Martin, MD. "The Effects of Stress on Your Hair." WebMD. WebMD, 12 Nov. 2012. Web. 07 Oct. 2014. <http://www.webmd.com/beauty/hair-health-11/hair-stress-effect?page=1>. This article is just an overview about how stress can negatively affect hair loss, but does not refer directly to Alopecia. I found this source to be related to my project because it gave me an understanding about how stress can affect someone without Alopecia or any hair loss disease, so it can definitely contribute to hair loss with Alopecia. The material was published in 2011, and was edited again late in 2012, so it is more current than a lot of the sources I have seen. It also states on the website that any new data and discoveries that lead to necessary changes to a web article will be done as they are discovered, so this article must not have had to be changed recently. I believe that the author intended for the audience to be researchers looking for information, because the article is purely informative. It is also for someone in the early research state because of the brevity and lack of very in depth information. It speaks mainly about the hair cycle and how stress can affect it and what symptoms would potentially lead someone to want to see a doctor. There was little information about the credentials of the author, but it stated that the editor is an MD, which shows that she would not have let any false information slide by. There is not any contact information for the author and editor directly but there is for the corporation as a whole. The information clearly pointed out that stress has a negative impact of hair growth and loss, but it is backed with proof and sources, so I would not consider it to be biased. There seems to be a lack of emotion in the article, purely because it was fact based, so it is mostly trustworthy as researched information. The most valuable thing about this source was the way it didn't refer to any disease in general but just to hair loss, so i can relate it to my disease.
Wolf, Jan, and Vicki Kalabokes. "Alopecia Areata May Be Selected for Further FDA Study." National Alopecia Areata Foundation. National Alopecia Areata Foundation, 30 Oct. 2012. Web. 9 Oct. 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naaf.org%2Fsite%2FDocServer%2FFDA_Website_Copy.pdf%3FdocID%3D4262>. This source is very reliable, because it was sent to me by one of the people within the Foundation that I have been in contact with via email. He sent it to me to analyze for psychological impacts but also for calculated statistics for more solid data and proof. The material was published almost exactly two years ago, and contained studies done as early as 1995. I found this interesting because they compared the two studies to show that not much has changed in this timespan. Although new technological advancements have provided some improvements, no cure or trustworthy treatments have been discovered. The article seems to be intended for researchers but also as a way to document data and information from recent as well as older studies done on Alopecia Areata patients. This article referenced many different people and places and was not just about the basic overview of the disease, or even just about the psychology of it, but went in depth to explain the genetics piece involved with the autoimmune system. One of the contributors was the President and CEO of the foundation, making the information more reliable than most sources. It also included a few point of views of the patients, which helped the reader to understand more than just a doctor/researchers point. There is contact information for most of the authors and contributors. Nothing in the article seemed to be biased or opinionated, it was a strictly informative fact based source. The information had in-site references and many alternative sources. The language was free of bias and emotion. This report was meant to document and to teach the reader more about the disease. This source was very helpful because I know I can trust the information within it, but it also led me to other reliable sources.
"Alopecia Areata Causes, Treatments, Symptoms." WebMD. Ed. Melinda Ratini. WebMD, 2012. Web. 20 Oct. 2014. <http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/guide/alopecia-areata>. <span>This source is a medical database type source that gave a basic overview of Alopecia Areata, and briefly touched on many aspects of the disease. It states who can develop the disease, what treatments are common, and other ways to deal with Alopecia Areata. It also mentions how stress has been thought to influence severity, and also that there are psychological side effects, although not specifically provided. This article is fairly current, because it was published in 2012, and although it is two years old it was reviewed and edited on July 21, 2014. The audience that this article is intended for is those looking for a basic understanding of Alopecia Areata, because it is easy to understand and does not go to much in depth. The authors and editors works for Web MD, and are I would consider them to be trustworthy and a good source to use. There is only contact information for the company. The information was mostly biased free, although there was one part that was speaking about the effects of stress, which had no supporting information. They backed this statement up by saying that it is believed although not proven. There were no weaknesses in the article and the information has been reviewed multiple times, including the time mentioned above in 2014. The language is free of bias and emotion. The purpose of this writing is to teach and inform. I believe the source is very valuable because it was brief enough that it maintained my attention and easy enough to read that I absorbed the majority of the information.</span>
Dinh, Claire. "A Bald Girl Speaks Out: I Don't Want Your Hair." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 08 May 2014. Web. 24 Oct. 2014. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claire-dinh/dont-want-your-hair_b_5277008.html>. <span>This article was different than most research sources because it was more of an opinion piece. Usually pieces like this would be considered unreliable and biased, but in terms of the study I am do it is very relevant. It is a news article done by a women with Alopecia Areata who explains her story but also how other girls with the disease are affected. This shows more information about the psychological side effects. The material was published recently, last May, and speaks about information that is still very much a current issue today, how appearance can affect the way a person is treatment and viewed, and potentially the way they will begin to view themselves. The audience that is intended to read this is anyone, from those researching the psychological issues of Alopecia Areata, to those who have the disease who need to come to terms with it. It could even be those who have never heard of the disease before but are looking for more information about someone in their life that has no hair and they do not know why. The author is a women who has experiences the disease firsthand and for the majority of her life, she developed Alopecia Areata in high school, so it seems reliable that she would know how the disease can affect a person psychologically and how a person with the disease can develop negative ways to view themselves. There is no contact information for the author stated but if the news company was contacted they could most likely distribute her information, or help with contact. The piece was opinion and experience biased so there is definitely biased opinions and emotional connections in the text, but that makes the source more beneficial to the topic of my project. The information has been reviewed because it have no prevalent errors or mistakes. The purpose of this writing is to tell a story, but also to inform the reader about the negative psychological impacts of the disease Alopecia Areata.</span>
"Hair Loss (Alopecia Areata) Information for Adults." Hair Loss (Alopecia Areata) in Adults: Condition, Treatment and Pictures. Logical Images Inc., 22 Dec. 2013. Web. 24 Oct. 2014. <http://www.skinsight.com/adult/alopeciaAreata.htm>. <span>This source gives a description of Alopecia Areata, treatment options that are available, as well as many different images showing the multiple severity levels of the disease. This is different than any other source I have used because it gives a description of the severities but then proceeds to show the types to give the reader more of an understanding. This material was published a little less than a year ago so it is fairly current. The audience is intended to be those with the disease looking for more information and understanding but could also be for those researching the disease who are looking for more information. The authors are not stated and contact information is not given for them. The site is done by a skin care medical group. There were not biased or opinionated statements, and the information was clearly edited due to the lack of mistakes or errors in the writing. There were not many weaknesses in the article because all of the information was backed with images, so it held my interest. The purpose of the writing is to document, inform, and teach. The source was valuable due to the many different photos that helped to show the appearances of the disease.</span>
"Newsroom - National Alopecia Areata Foundation." Newsroom - National Alopecia Areata Foundation. National Alopecia Areata Foundation, publication dates vary. Web. 24 Oct. 2014. <http://www.naaf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=newsroom>. <span>This source is a branch off of a previous one I have used, which happens to be the National Foundation website for Alopecia Areata. This difference for this source is that it gives many different links in something called a "Newsroom". These links all lead to many different stories of those with Alopecia Areata. These help me to gather information for my project because they give different information and experience of many different people who have experienced some form of Alopecia Areata, whether directly or indirectly, an example being through a loved one, such as a child. These help to show the struggling factors of the disease but also the many different methods people have used to overcome the disease and heal both physically and mentally. Alopecia is a psychologically damaging disease, and these sources help to give me direct proof as to how and why. The dates of publication for each of the articles varies, so I am able to see some that are very current and also backtrack to check out some that are a bit dated. Each author has a different background and contact information, but they are posted to the National Foundation website, so they are reviewed and considered to be trustworthy sources/news articles. Most of the articles are opinionated and therefore biased, but that makes them more relevant in terms of my study question and project. The content in each article is intriguing and free of errors and mistakes. The purpose of this page is to direct the reader to many different people as well as experiences that might be similar to their own, to show they have support, but also to prove there are severe psychological drawbacks to the disease. The website is intended to direct and inform.</span>
"Var R_text = New Array (); R_text[0] = "Excellence in Dermatology™"; R_text[1] = "Excellence in Dermatologic Surgery™"; R_text[2] = "Excellence in Medical Dermatology™"; R_text[3] = "Excellence in Dermatopathology™"; Var I = Math.floor(4*Math.random()) Document.write(r_text[i]);." Alopecia Areata: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcome. American Academy of Dermatology, 2014. Web. 20 Oct. 2014. <https://www.aad.org/dermatology-a-to-z/diseases-and-treatments/a---d/alopecia-areata/diagnosis-treatment>. <span>This article goes in depth to explain the process of diagnosis for Alopecia Areata and the different treatment options that are available for those with the disease. This is helpful for me because I am able to read through multiple different types of treatments that I never knew existed, because I was only exposed to two types throughout my experience. It gives the potential side effects and the percentage of success with each type of treatment. It also gives a brief statement about the emotional toll of Alopecia Areata at the end of the article, along with multiple different links to find out more about the disease and research exactly which pieces interest you. The article was posted and edited in 2014, which means it is very current, and is useful because it shows the most recent technological advancements done for treatment of the disease. The audience is intended to be for people with the disease seeking treatment, or just looking at the different options they have for treatment because they advise the reader to contact a local dermatologist many times throughout the article. The authors of this article work for the American Academy of Dermatology, so they know more about skin and hair diseases like this one than most of the other articles I have viewed. There is no contact information for the authors, but there is an email for the reader to contact the AAD. There were no biased thoughts or opinions throughout the article, but the authors did use facts and references to support the information provided for each treatment. These facts could lead the reader to find one treatment better than the others. The article was split into many pieces with sub titles and headings. The information has been edited and reviewed recently and contains no errors. The purpose of the writing is to teach, inform, and also encourage an affected individual to seek medical help.</span>
"Alopecia Areata." Fast Facts. National Institutes of Health, July 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2014. <http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Alopecia_Areata/alopecia_areata_ff.asp>. The source sited here is a very brief overview of the disease, different treatment options, how to deal with having Alopecia Areata, and many more little sections involved with the disease. Most of the site is bulleted and gives short, to the point descriptions. This makes the article easy to read and makes the information more able to be absorbed. This is very important because those with the disease will span in all different ages and education levels, and this source benefits all. The article was completed in 2009, so it is a few years old but the information is still very much current. The audience that the authors intended for this article were mostly those with the disease looking for answers and more knowledge about what is it and how to handle having it. The authors are not directly stated, although it can be assumed that it was a collaborative piece that was completed by those involved in the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Contact information is provided for this corporation, but not for the individual authors themselves. There did not seem to be any biased points or opinions throughout the article, as it was basically just quick and easily understandable facts. There are not as many weaknesses in this article as in others, but there are a few. It is short and on point, so it keeps the readers attention, but lacks the detail and information that is usually there to support the facts given. This support is critical to a good source because it shows how the information was found and where it can be attributed to. The information has been reviewed, because it lacks errors and mistakes within the text, and it has a look and flow to it that keeps the reader intrigued. The language is free of bias and emotion. The purpose of this article is to inform, give an overview, teach, and help someone with the disease. The source was most valuable because it gave me information that I could absorb easily and quickly and remember for the future.
"Alopecia Areata Treatment & Management." Alopecia Areata Treatment & Management. WebMD LLD, 1994-2014. Web. 29 Oct. 2014. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1069931-treatment>. This article/source is a very useful for the creation of my website because it gave a very deep description of the different treatment types for Alopecia Areata, and the benefits and drawbacks of each. I was able to use these for the information page on my site. The material was published in 1994, but has been edited many times, including in 2014, so it is current and also shows methods of treatment that were once big but are now outdated. The author intended for the audience to be those with the disease looking for their treatment options, but also those researching the disease who need descriptions and in depth information about each treatment. The author was not directly stated or acknowledged, but the information for the main corporation was provided. Because the authors names were not present, neither was any contact information for them. There were no biases or particular points that colored the content, although the authors did use statistical evidence to point out which treatments are better than others. There did not seem to be any weaknesses within the text. The information is supported by evidence, statistics, and also includes a whole separate page for sources. The information has been reviewed and it lacks errors within the text. The purpose of the article is to inform, teach and document information for those in need.
Price, Vera H. "Therapy of Alopecia Areata: On the Cusp and in the Future." Nature.com. Nature Publishing Group, 13 Feb. 2003. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. <http://www.nature.com/jidsp/journal/v8/n2/full/5640119a.html>. This source talks about all of the recent discoveries involved in the disease, Alopecia Areata, and how they are going to use these discoveries to enhance treatments in the future, and how they are working to find a cure. This is important for my project because it gives me a chance to expand upon what they are currently working on and go into depth about what the future holds for the disease and those who have it. The article was accepted and published in 2003, and edited since, but because the information says it might be a few years before the technological advancements are in place to go through with these new studies, which could potentially mean they are taking place right now. The article goes in depth on new knowledge about different cells involved, and at this point they have a much broader knowledge about each type of cell and how they affect the body. The author is stated along with the sponsors contact information. The author works at the Department of Dermatology, at the University of California, so to me it seems to be a trustworthy article. The authors email is also given if the reader is looking to contact her directly. The intended audience are those who are researching the disease and would like to know what will influence the new treatments and trial cures for the future, but also those who have the disease and would like to see what hope there is for a future method of treatment that works very well and is more developed. There did not seem to be any biased or particular points that colored the content, it was all science based and fact based. One of the main weaknesses about the article was that it stated fact after fact and then sourced everything at the bottom, so it was a continuous absorption of information, and the reader could either lose interest or get lost in the data. The information is supported by evidence, and many sources are provided at the bottom of the article. These sources are also reliable sources that I would be willing to use. The information has been reviewed as it is stated in the very beginning, and it also lacks errors and sloppiness. The language is free of biased and emotion which makes it a good research tool. The purpose of the writing is to inform and teach, but also foreshadow for the future.
Annotated Bibliography
Aghaei, Shahin, Nasrin Saki, Ehsan Daneshmand, and Bahare Kardeh. "Prevalence of Psychological Disorders in Patients with Alopecia Areata in Comparison with Normal Subjects." Prevalence of Psychological Disorders in Patients with Alopecia Areata in Comparison with Normal Subjects. N.p., 09 Mar. 2014. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. <http://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2014/304370/>. This source provided me with multiple different results and analysis responses to lab experiments and studies done on patients with Alopecia Areata. The article started off with an introduction about the disease and the effects that can become prevalent in an affected individual. Then the article continues by listing some of the sources used for the information in the rest of the writing. The article skips in depth descriptions of the experiment and how it was completed and skips to the results collected. The results are presented as data charts and graphic models as well as within the context. After the results are stated they continue on to analyse the data. The material was published in March, of this year, making it the most current piece I have come upon yet. This article presents more recent information in comparison to older data. The intended audience could be anyone from someone just looking for information about the disease to someone who needs the information from the study for research. The authors consist of those who work at the Molecular Dermatology Research Center and those on the Student Research Committee at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. In the end of the article there is a section that state "The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper." There is no direct contact information for the authors, but the complete addresses of their various workplaces are stated. There are no biased ideas and statements within the article. One of the only weaknesses within the article was the lack of description for each of the graphs/models. The information is supported by multiple pieces of evidence and the article has 21 reliable sources. The information seems to have been reviewed because there are not errors within the writing. The purpose of this article is to inform and teach about Alopecia Areata, but also to show the analysis of the data collected from experiments. The source was very valuable due to its trustworthy sources and therefore trustworthy information.
A Bald Woman's Guide to Survival: Michelle Law at TEDxSouthBankWomen. Dir. Michelle Law. Perf. Michelle Law. YouTube. TED Talks, 6 Jan. 2013. Web. 09 Oct. 2014. <http://youtu.be/lrJom48KQA4>. This video is not like other sources that I have used. This is a TED talk video about Alopecia Areata, and is presented by a lady with the disease, who explains why it is misunderstood and how a female with the disease can live. The video was published about a year and a half ago, so it is fairly current and matches up with all of the information I have studied up until this point. The video describes what is like to have Alopecia Areata but also gives a lot of important background information about the disease. She intended for the audience of this video to be people with Alopecia Areata who need inspiration but also to realize that hair is not necessary for happiness. The video is more opinion and emotion, which would usually rule it out as a reliable source, but the project I am doing is based on the psychological affects of Alopecia Areata, and this video sums these up perfectly. The purpose of this talk to to help women with the disease understand and accept their disease. This is to entertain, inform, and persuade because she wants her watchers to feel and believe what she is saying. This source shows the point of view of someone with Alopecia Areata, but how to overcome the emotional side of the disease.
Hunt, Nigel, and Sue McHale. "The Psychological Impact of Alopecia." British Medical Journal. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 21 Sept. 2005. Web. 8 Oct. 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC1261195%2F%23!po%3D15.0000>. This source was very similar to another source I had just read. Many of the information matched up, making it more reliable in my opinion. One most likely used the other as a source for their article because some of the wording was basically exact. It was in a booklet like format which made it fresh and new to look at. It started off by giving an overview of what Alopecia Areata is and what is can do physically. About a forth of the way into the article it dialed into deeper information about the psychological piece involved in the disease. I found it very helpful because it gave statistics for different variables of people with the disease to see which factors differed and which did not. This article was published in 2005, but like I said before, for a disease like this, that is seemingly current. The information is still the same as the information collected today and is therefore still able to be used and relied on. The authors intended for the audience to be those looking to become educated about the disease, but also those who have it who are looking for closure and more information about what is going on in their body. The contact information of the authors is not provided, but telephone numbers for the corporation are given. Each of the authors had their credentials listed. They are as follows : University of Nottingham, Institute of Work, Health and Organisations, University of Nottingham, Nottingham Science and Technology Park, Nottingham NG7 2RQ UK, and Psychology Group, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB Correspondence to: N Hunt [email protected]. One of the authors emails is given. The article was free of biased and swaying opinions, and there were limited weaknesses. One thing I did notice about the article is it lacked emotion behind the facts. There were stories about people struggling with Alopecia Areata and their seemed to be no feelings in the writing. It was fact after fact. In an article like this I think it would be beneficial to add a little emotion. The purpose of this article is to inform and explain Alopecia Areata and the psychological effects it can have. The most valuable part of this article is the way the author separated out the individual variables of a person and wrote about each one, instead of just a broad overview of the disease on people in general.
Matzer, Franziska, Josef W. Egger, and Daisy Kopera. "Psychosocial Stress and Coping in Alopecia Areata." Medical Journals. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2011. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicaljournals.se%2Facta%2Fcontent%2F%3Fdoi%3D10.2340%2F00015555-1031%26html%3D1>. This website is very useful for my project because it gives an in-depth explanation of a social and emotional exploration done on a group of 45 people. I found the experiment to be particularly interesting because it was not a comparison between people with Alopecia Areata and those without, but between those with more severe cases with those with less severe cases. The study showed that the severity of the disease on a person does not affect the person's body image, stress levels, and coping methods. They are both worse than those without the disease, but seemed to be the same within the experiment. The material was published in 2011, although no exact date is given, and includes many different models from 2009, 2010 and 2011, as well as the study information, which was completed and accepted September 20, 2010. The intended audience is those looking for information about the stress and methods of coping in patients with Alopecia Areata, and researching the differences in severity. The authors had their credentials listed below their names, and they were all part of the Departments of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy and Dermatology, at the Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. This is also where the study was conducted. There is no contact information for the authors and editors, but the email of the site owner is posted toward the bottom of the page, and I'm sure that they would be able to supply contact information if necessary. There were not opinionated statements or biased thoughts in the article, it was mainly giving the examples from the experiment, and an analysis of the results. The article seemed to be weakest when it was stating a lot of statistics, because it was easy for me, as a reader, to get lost in the numbers and for them to lose meaning. The information is supported by a lot of evidence and the article provided a 38 adequate references, as well as sited them within the text. The language was free of emotion. The purpose of the writing is to share results, inform, and teach about what they learned from the study.
Pradhan, Pratibha, Mariette D'Souza, Bhawana Ashok Bade, Devinder Mohan Thappa, and Laxmisha Chandrashekar. "PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT OF CICATRICIAL ALOPECIAS." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 02 May 0006. Web. 07 Oct. 2014. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3276897/>. This source was one that I found to be extremely help and beneficial because it supplied an extreme amount of statistics and studies done that relate to the quality of life in people with Alopecia. In this case it was referring to cicatricial Alopecia, but the result were similar to others I have seen throughout my research. It showed a great deal, including a study done using a variation of the Quality of Life questionnaire that the Alopecia Areata Foundation uses, supplied the questions that were asked, and the results that they received, as well as how they converted the information given into a numerical scale to be studied and concluded. The article was published in 2006, which seems to be not very relevant, but in the case of Alopecia it is. Because Alopecia is a mysterious disease that is difficult to understand, most of the information that was found in 2006 is still used today and is therefore current. The intended audience is those looking for informational statistics about the disease and particularly the psychosocial impacts it can create. The article was published by the Indian Journal of Dermatology and was a collaboration of five different people consisting of doctors, professors, and Head of the Department of Dermatology. There is email addresses for each contributor. The information was stated purely as fact, because it was more like a conclusion for a lab exploration. There were no biased opinions and everything was supported with sources and statistics. They also cited twenty different sources that I am able to access for more information. The information has been reviewed and lacks any errors. The source is meant to educate the public about the impacts Alopecia can have and people regardless of age, sex, severity, etc.
Saling, Joseph, and Laura J. Martin, MD. "The Effects of Stress on Your Hair." WebMD. WebMD, 12 Nov. 2012. Web. 07 Oct. 2014. <http://www.webmd.com/beauty/hair-health-11/hair-stress-effect?page=1>. This article is just an overview about how stress can negatively affect hair loss, but does not refer directly to Alopecia. I found this source to be related to my project because it gave me an understanding about how stress can affect someone without Alopecia or any hair loss disease, so it can definitely contribute to hair loss with Alopecia. The material was published in 2011, and was edited again late in 2012, so it is more current than a lot of the sources I have seen. It also states on the website that any new data and discoveries that lead to necessary changes to a web article will be done as they are discovered, so this article must not have had to be changed recently. I believe that the author intended for the audience to be researchers looking for information, because the article is purely informative. It is also for someone in the early research state because of the brevity and lack of very in depth information. It speaks mainly about the hair cycle and how stress can affect it and what symptoms would potentially lead someone to want to see a doctor. There was little information about the credentials of the author, but it stated that the editor is an MD, which shows that she would not have let any false information slide by. There is not any contact information for the author and editor directly but there is for the corporation as a whole. The information clearly pointed out that stress has a negative impact of hair growth and loss, but it is backed with proof and sources, so I would not consider it to be biased. There seems to be a lack of emotion in the article, purely because it was fact based, so it is mostly trustworthy as researched information. The most valuable thing about this source was the way it didn't refer to any disease in general but just to hair loss, so i can relate it to my disease.
Wolf, Jan, and Vicki Kalabokes. "Alopecia Areata May Be Selected for Further FDA Study." National Alopecia Areata Foundation. National Alopecia Areata Foundation, 30 Oct. 2012. Web. 9 Oct. 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naaf.org%2Fsite%2FDocServer%2FFDA_Website_Copy.pdf%3FdocID%3D4262>. This source is very reliable, because it was sent to me by one of the people within the Foundation that I have been in contact with via email. He sent it to me to analyze for psychological impacts but also for calculated statistics for more solid data and proof. The material was published almost exactly two years ago, and contained studies done as early as 1995. I found this interesting because they compared the two studies to show that not much has changed in this timespan. Although new technological advancements have provided some improvements, no cure or trustworthy treatments have been discovered. The article seems to be intended for researchers but also as a way to document data and information from recent as well as older studies done on Alopecia Areata patients. This article referenced many different people and places and was not just about the basic overview of the disease, or even just about the psychology of it, but went in depth to explain the genetics piece involved with the autoimmune system. One of the contributors was the President and CEO of the foundation, making the information more reliable than most sources. It also included a few point of views of the patients, which helped the reader to understand more than just a doctor/researchers point. There is contact information for most of the authors and contributors. Nothing in the article seemed to be biased or opinionated, it was a strictly informative fact based source. The information had in-site references and many alternative sources. The language was free of bias and emotion. This report was meant to document and to teach the reader more about the disease. This source was very helpful because I know I can trust the information within it, but it also led me to other reliable sources.
"Alopecia Areata Causes, Treatments, Symptoms." WebMD. Ed. Melinda Ratini. WebMD, 2012. Web. 20 Oct. 2014. <http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/guide/alopecia-areata>. <span>This source is a medical database type source that gave a basic overview of Alopecia Areata, and briefly touched on many aspects of the disease. It states who can develop the disease, what treatments are common, and other ways to deal with Alopecia Areata. It also mentions how stress has been thought to influence severity, and also that there are psychological side effects, although not specifically provided. This article is fairly current, because it was published in 2012, and although it is two years old it was reviewed and edited on July 21, 2014. The audience that this article is intended for is those looking for a basic understanding of Alopecia Areata, because it is easy to understand and does not go to much in depth. The authors and editors works for Web MD, and are I would consider them to be trustworthy and a good source to use. There is only contact information for the company. The information was mostly biased free, although there was one part that was speaking about the effects of stress, which had no supporting information. They backed this statement up by saying that it is believed although not proven. There were no weaknesses in the article and the information has been reviewed multiple times, including the time mentioned above in 2014. The language is free of bias and emotion. The purpose of this writing is to teach and inform. I believe the source is very valuable because it was brief enough that it maintained my attention and easy enough to read that I absorbed the majority of the information.</span>
Dinh, Claire. "A Bald Girl Speaks Out: I Don't Want Your Hair." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 08 May 2014. Web. 24 Oct. 2014. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claire-dinh/dont-want-your-hair_b_5277008.html>. <span>This article was different than most research sources because it was more of an opinion piece. Usually pieces like this would be considered unreliable and biased, but in terms of the study I am do it is very relevant. It is a news article done by a women with Alopecia Areata who explains her story but also how other girls with the disease are affected. This shows more information about the psychological side effects. The material was published recently, last May, and speaks about information that is still very much a current issue today, how appearance can affect the way a person is treatment and viewed, and potentially the way they will begin to view themselves. The audience that is intended to read this is anyone, from those researching the psychological issues of Alopecia Areata, to those who have the disease who need to come to terms with it. It could even be those who have never heard of the disease before but are looking for more information about someone in their life that has no hair and they do not know why. The author is a women who has experiences the disease firsthand and for the majority of her life, she developed Alopecia Areata in high school, so it seems reliable that she would know how the disease can affect a person psychologically and how a person with the disease can develop negative ways to view themselves. There is no contact information for the author stated but if the news company was contacted they could most likely distribute her information, or help with contact. The piece was opinion and experience biased so there is definitely biased opinions and emotional connections in the text, but that makes the source more beneficial to the topic of my project. The information has been reviewed because it have no prevalent errors or mistakes. The purpose of this writing is to tell a story, but also to inform the reader about the negative psychological impacts of the disease Alopecia Areata.</span>
"Hair Loss (Alopecia Areata) Information for Adults." Hair Loss (Alopecia Areata) in Adults: Condition, Treatment and Pictures. Logical Images Inc., 22 Dec. 2013. Web. 24 Oct. 2014. <http://www.skinsight.com/adult/alopeciaAreata.htm>. <span>This source gives a description of Alopecia Areata, treatment options that are available, as well as many different images showing the multiple severity levels of the disease. This is different than any other source I have used because it gives a description of the severities but then proceeds to show the types to give the reader more of an understanding. This material was published a little less than a year ago so it is fairly current. The audience is intended to be those with the disease looking for more information and understanding but could also be for those researching the disease who are looking for more information. The authors are not stated and contact information is not given for them. The site is done by a skin care medical group. There were not biased or opinionated statements, and the information was clearly edited due to the lack of mistakes or errors in the writing. There were not many weaknesses in the article because all of the information was backed with images, so it held my interest. The purpose of the writing is to document, inform, and teach. The source was valuable due to the many different photos that helped to show the appearances of the disease.</span>
"Newsroom - National Alopecia Areata Foundation." Newsroom - National Alopecia Areata Foundation. National Alopecia Areata Foundation, publication dates vary. Web. 24 Oct. 2014. <http://www.naaf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=newsroom>. <span>This source is a branch off of a previous one I have used, which happens to be the National Foundation website for Alopecia Areata. This difference for this source is that it gives many different links in something called a "Newsroom". These links all lead to many different stories of those with Alopecia Areata. These help me to gather information for my project because they give different information and experience of many different people who have experienced some form of Alopecia Areata, whether directly or indirectly, an example being through a loved one, such as a child. These help to show the struggling factors of the disease but also the many different methods people have used to overcome the disease and heal both physically and mentally. Alopecia is a psychologically damaging disease, and these sources help to give me direct proof as to how and why. The dates of publication for each of the articles varies, so I am able to see some that are very current and also backtrack to check out some that are a bit dated. Each author has a different background and contact information, but they are posted to the National Foundation website, so they are reviewed and considered to be trustworthy sources/news articles. Most of the articles are opinionated and therefore biased, but that makes them more relevant in terms of my study question and project. The content in each article is intriguing and free of errors and mistakes. The purpose of this page is to direct the reader to many different people as well as experiences that might be similar to their own, to show they have support, but also to prove there are severe psychological drawbacks to the disease. The website is intended to direct and inform.</span>
"Var R_text = New Array (); R_text[0] = "Excellence in Dermatology™"; R_text[1] = "Excellence in Dermatologic Surgery™"; R_text[2] = "Excellence in Medical Dermatology™"; R_text[3] = "Excellence in Dermatopathology™"; Var I = Math.floor(4*Math.random()) Document.write(r_text[i]);." Alopecia Areata: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcome. American Academy of Dermatology, 2014. Web. 20 Oct. 2014. <https://www.aad.org/dermatology-a-to-z/diseases-and-treatments/a---d/alopecia-areata/diagnosis-treatment>. <span>This article goes in depth to explain the process of diagnosis for Alopecia Areata and the different treatment options that are available for those with the disease. This is helpful for me because I am able to read through multiple different types of treatments that I never knew existed, because I was only exposed to two types throughout my experience. It gives the potential side effects and the percentage of success with each type of treatment. It also gives a brief statement about the emotional toll of Alopecia Areata at the end of the article, along with multiple different links to find out more about the disease and research exactly which pieces interest you. The article was posted and edited in 2014, which means it is very current, and is useful because it shows the most recent technological advancements done for treatment of the disease. The audience is intended to be for people with the disease seeking treatment, or just looking at the different options they have for treatment because they advise the reader to contact a local dermatologist many times throughout the article. The authors of this article work for the American Academy of Dermatology, so they know more about skin and hair diseases like this one than most of the other articles I have viewed. There is no contact information for the authors, but there is an email for the reader to contact the AAD. There were no biased thoughts or opinions throughout the article, but the authors did use facts and references to support the information provided for each treatment. These facts could lead the reader to find one treatment better than the others. The article was split into many pieces with sub titles and headings. The information has been edited and reviewed recently and contains no errors. The purpose of the writing is to teach, inform, and also encourage an affected individual to seek medical help.</span>
"Alopecia Areata." Fast Facts. National Institutes of Health, July 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2014. <http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Alopecia_Areata/alopecia_areata_ff.asp>. The source sited here is a very brief overview of the disease, different treatment options, how to deal with having Alopecia Areata, and many more little sections involved with the disease. Most of the site is bulleted and gives short, to the point descriptions. This makes the article easy to read and makes the information more able to be absorbed. This is very important because those with the disease will span in all different ages and education levels, and this source benefits all. The article was completed in 2009, so it is a few years old but the information is still very much current. The audience that the authors intended for this article were mostly those with the disease looking for answers and more knowledge about what is it and how to handle having it. The authors are not directly stated, although it can be assumed that it was a collaborative piece that was completed by those involved in the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Contact information is provided for this corporation, but not for the individual authors themselves. There did not seem to be any biased points or opinions throughout the article, as it was basically just quick and easily understandable facts. There are not as many weaknesses in this article as in others, but there are a few. It is short and on point, so it keeps the readers attention, but lacks the detail and information that is usually there to support the facts given. This support is critical to a good source because it shows how the information was found and where it can be attributed to. The information has been reviewed, because it lacks errors and mistakes within the text, and it has a look and flow to it that keeps the reader intrigued. The language is free of bias and emotion. The purpose of this article is to inform, give an overview, teach, and help someone with the disease. The source was most valuable because it gave me information that I could absorb easily and quickly and remember for the future.
"Alopecia Areata Treatment & Management." Alopecia Areata Treatment & Management. WebMD LLD, 1994-2014. Web. 29 Oct. 2014. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1069931-treatment>. This article/source is a very useful for the creation of my website because it gave a very deep description of the different treatment types for Alopecia Areata, and the benefits and drawbacks of each. I was able to use these for the information page on my site. The material was published in 1994, but has been edited many times, including in 2014, so it is current and also shows methods of treatment that were once big but are now outdated. The author intended for the audience to be those with the disease looking for their treatment options, but also those researching the disease who need descriptions and in depth information about each treatment. The author was not directly stated or acknowledged, but the information for the main corporation was provided. Because the authors names were not present, neither was any contact information for them. There were no biases or particular points that colored the content, although the authors did use statistical evidence to point out which treatments are better than others. There did not seem to be any weaknesses within the text. The information is supported by evidence, statistics, and also includes a whole separate page for sources. The information has been reviewed and it lacks errors within the text. The purpose of the article is to inform, teach and document information for those in need.
Price, Vera H. "Therapy of Alopecia Areata: On the Cusp and in the Future." Nature.com. Nature Publishing Group, 13 Feb. 2003. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. <http://www.nature.com/jidsp/journal/v8/n2/full/5640119a.html>. This source talks about all of the recent discoveries involved in the disease, Alopecia Areata, and how they are going to use these discoveries to enhance treatments in the future, and how they are working to find a cure. This is important for my project because it gives me a chance to expand upon what they are currently working on and go into depth about what the future holds for the disease and those who have it. The article was accepted and published in 2003, and edited since, but because the information says it might be a few years before the technological advancements are in place to go through with these new studies, which could potentially mean they are taking place right now. The article goes in depth on new knowledge about different cells involved, and at this point they have a much broader knowledge about each type of cell and how they affect the body. The author is stated along with the sponsors contact information. The author works at the Department of Dermatology, at the University of California, so to me it seems to be a trustworthy article. The authors email is also given if the reader is looking to contact her directly. The intended audience are those who are researching the disease and would like to know what will influence the new treatments and trial cures for the future, but also those who have the disease and would like to see what hope there is for a future method of treatment that works very well and is more developed. There did not seem to be any biased or particular points that colored the content, it was all science based and fact based. One of the main weaknesses about the article was that it stated fact after fact and then sourced everything at the bottom, so it was a continuous absorption of information, and the reader could either lose interest or get lost in the data. The information is supported by evidence, and many sources are provided at the bottom of the article. These sources are also reliable sources that I would be willing to use. The information has been reviewed as it is stated in the very beginning, and it also lacks errors and sloppiness. The language is free of biased and emotion which makes it a good research tool. The purpose of the writing is to inform and teach, but also foreshadow for the future.