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Apr 25, 2024
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PSY-708 Psychopathology4 semester credits
This course examines approaches to the systematic description of psychological disorders: historical, sociopolitical, ethno-racial, gender, age, SES, medical, behavioral, and epidemiological. Topics include the nosological system (DSM-5), the differential diagnoses among its subcategories, etiology, possible alternatives to the existing system, and research in this field.
Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated
Grading Default: Letter Only
Note: Certificate students with a graduate level clinical psychology course in psychopathology within the last 5 years may have this course waived, although they will be expected to complete a half-day workshop on DSM-5 if their prior course did not cover DSM-5.
Learning Outcome(s):
- Describe the historical evolution of definitions of psychopathology.
- Define the various nosological systems (including DSM-5).
- Compare the strengths and weaknesses of current and past nosological systems based on research findings and on major theories of psychopathology.
- Summarize the prevalence, course, and differential diagnostic and prognostic considerations of the major psychological disorders.
- Describe how cultural variables, gender, ethno-racial, SES, and age influence the etiology and manifestation of mental illness, including, but not limited to, culture-specific diagnoses.
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