Child & Adol Psychopathology

Catalog description

This 3-credit hour course involves a detailed study of child and adolescent disorders. Extensive case material, psychological test data, readings, class discussion, student presentations, and films are used to convey the nature and phenomenology of the disorders. Disorders will be discussed in terms of etiology, epidemiology, course, phenomenology, diagnostic issues, assessment, and treatment. Particular attention will be paid to understanding the impact of development, family, and culture on child and adolescent psychopathology. Emphasis is on conceptualizing disorders from the perspectives of contemporary psychological theory and developmental psychopathology.