PSY 03200Psychological Disorders

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Psychological disorders are characterized by disturbances in emotion, cognition, or behavior associated with impaired functioning and/or excessive (non-normative) distress. This course will review the historical/contemporary context for diagnosing, the scientific principles for studying/treating disorder, the criteria-sets associated with identifying disorders, as well as the the social, biological, individual and cultural/environmental factors that are believed to influence the development (or perception) of disorder.