PSY 3620Psychological Disorders

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Prerequisite(s): PSY 1001 Students in this course examines and evaluates the major theories of psychological disorders: biological, behavioral, cognitive, and sociocultural. Descriptions of the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional patterns that lead to distress, dysfunction, and diagnosis are provided, and the current classification system and assessment procedures are examined. Students examine causal models of mental health conditions from an integrated systems approach. Biological, psychological and social treatments of psychological disorders are also discussed and evaluated. Classification, etiology and treatment are examined using case studies.