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PP6045 - Psychopathology

3 credit hour(s)
The concentration of the study is on the observation, description, etiology, assessment and understanding of the moderate range of symptomatology and personality and behavioral disorders of adulthood. Developmental and dynamic elements are considered in the context of diagnostic and therapeutic concerns. A methodology for organizing clinical data is presented. Also, the assessment, etiology, description, understanding and treatment of the more severe psychological disorders are emphasized. Included in the study are schizophrenia spectrum, affective disorders, and borderline psychopathology. Emphasis is on recognition of the continuum of basic psychological processes in normal and severely disturbed experience.
Prerequisite(s): none
Corequisite(s): none
Recommended: none