2024-2025 Catalog

PSYCH-716 Adult Psychopathology

This graduate seminar requires students to examine and respond to current thinking and controversies in the conceptualization and categorization of mental disorders generally, and adult disorders in particular. Students will acquire foundational knowledge about the diagnostic characterization, etiology, and epidemiology of the major classes of adult behavior disorders; investigate mental disorders and our current diagnostic system from a variety of different perspectives (clinical, research, biological, sociocultural, etc.); gain significant practice critically evaluating scientific research and in articulating thoughtful responses to social and behavioral research on mental disorders. Normally offered yearly.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Students who specified one or more of these Programs of Study or Program Foci Applied Developmental Psychology PHD, Clinical Psychology PHD

Offered

Spring