Antisocial Personality Disorders and Sexual Deviant Behaviors

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As clinical practitioners, psychologists may handle a broad range of mental health dynamics, as well as psychopathologies. This course is intended to bring specialized attention to a range of several atypical behaviors and manifestations of psychopathology. It will bring particular attention to some of these psychological structures implicated in psychopathology. This knowledge might an important component of any clinical intervention, as part of a psychological assessment, psychotherapy process or even part of a psycho-legal procedure. These psychological structures expected to be covered at the course will include psychopathy, sociopathy, as well as other sexual deviations (including, but not limited to fetishism, masochism, and sadism). Recent research and literature review will be a central component of the course, in order to engage students on the newest tendencies regarding clinical evaluation, etiological aspects related to the psychological structures, as well as evidenced based psychotherapeutic interventions. The course is intended to be part of the “forensic track” within the PsyD and PhD psychology programs, although might be complementary to any other student. Pre-requisite(s): PHS 1747