PY669 Advanced Psychopathology (2 cr.)Prerequisite(s): PY608 The course includes a detailed study of major areas of psychology to enhance learning from previous courses. Topics include disorders involving mood, anxiety, personality, and psychosis, stress-related and disruptive behaviors. Etiology/underlying psychopathology, differential diagnosis, psychosocial difficulties, treatment issues, and ethical dilemmas are examined.
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:
- Evaluate etiology psychopathology, conceptual complexities, and treatment methods of the major areas of psychopathology.
- Apply knowledge of how personal and psychosocial difficulties experienced by individuals and those around them can affect the development and maintenance of psychopathology.
- Analyze and synthesize professional and ethical issues related to diagnosis and treatment of psychopathology.
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