PSY 620 - Psychopathology (3 Credits)

Prerequisite(s): None
This course will provide students with an in-depth review of the various psychopathological conditions, their etiology, symptoms and criteria for differential diagnosis. Students will become familiar with the DSM-V and will apply it as they work through case studies. Some of the questions that we will be engaging in this course are: 1) What makes behavior abnormal? 2) What are the major psychological disorders? 3) How do we arrive at the diagnoses? 4) What causes the disorders? At the end of the course, students are expected to be familiar with the various theoretical perspectives in the general field of psychopathology as well as the empirical support for these theories.