Course Description
The major categories of psychiatric disorders affecting school-age youth and behavioral difficulties that might qualify youth for psychological services or special placement in the school setting. Emphasis is placed on a developmental approach to understanding psychopathology. Case studies related to P-12.
Athena Title
Dev Psychopathology Schooling
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The readings and assignments for this course have been designed to meet several objectives. By the end of this course, students should: 1. Understand what differentiates normal from abnormal functioning. 2. Understand classification systems and the implications of classification for practice in school and other settings. 3. Describe the psychiatric disorders and behavioral problems that typically are diagnosed in childhood (e.g., ADHD) as well as disorders that affect children but are not specific to childhood (e.g., Dysthymia) 4. Describe the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for each disorder. 5. Apply an integrative, developmental-systems perspective on child and adolescent psychopathology. 6. Demonstrate sensitivity of how multicultural issues might impact the development of disorder as well as assessment of individuals for the presence of a psychiatric disorder or school-based behavior problem.
Topical Outline
1. Defining abnormality and the field of developmental psychopathology 2. Classification; determining risk 3. Theories, frameworks, and methods 4. Transdiagnostic risk and protective factors 5. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder 6. Conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder 7. Anxiety disorders 8. Obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders; tic disorders; trauma and stress-related 9. Depressive disorders 10. Bipolar and related disorders; disruptive mood dysregulation disorder 11. Suicidality 12. Autism spectrum disorders; social communication disorder 13. Schizophrenia and high-risk psychosis 14. Eating disorders; development of borderline personality disorder
Syllabus
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