Dynamics of maladjustment; major psychological disorders and therapeutic procedures. Fieldwork required.

Course Details

Prerequisites
1. A course in Introductory Psychology (such as PSYCH 111) 2. A university-level course in writing (such as WRTNG 150)
Course Outline
Lesson 1: What Is Abnormal About Abnormal Psychology?
Lesson 2: Psychological Research: A Key to Knowledge and to Self-Understanding
Lesson 3: Models of Abnormality
Lesson 4: Assessment and Diagnosis
Lesson 5: Anxiety, Phobias, Panic Disorder, and OCD
Lesson 6: Disorders of Trauma and Dissociation
Lesson 7: Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
Lesson 8: Treatments for Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
Lesson 9: Preventing and Responding to Suicide
Lesson 10: Disorders Featuring Somatic Symptoms
Lesson 11: Eating Disorders
Lesson 12: Substance Abuse and Addictive Disorders
Lesson 13: Sexual Disorders and Gender Variations
Lesson 14: Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
Lesson 15: Treatment of Schizophrenia
Lesson 16: Personality Disorders
Lesson 17: Disorders Common Among Children and Adolescents
Lesson 18: Disorders of Aging and Cognition
Lesson 19: Law, Society, and the Mental Health Profession
Syllabus
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Textbooks
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Abnormal Psychology- 10th Edition (Required)
by: Ronald J. Comer and Jonathan S. Comer
ISBN: 9781319067212
2017 Worth Publishers
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