PSYC 561 (01) - Abnormal Behavior
Abnormal Behavior
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
CRN: 13186
Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
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8/26/2024 | 12/9/2024 | MW | 2:10pm - 3:30pm | MCC 220 |
Additional description:
This course provides an introduction to the historical and current views on abnormal behavior and psychological disorders. Students will learn to distinguish between the major psychological disorders, including symptoms, causes, consequences, and treatments, identify and understand current approaches to diagnoses based on diagnostic criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5), and analyze disorders and their treatments from various theoretical approaches, including psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic-existential, and biological.