Psychopathology II   [Archived Catalog]
2011-2012 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Addendum
   

PY 424 - Psychopathology II


Prerequisite(s): PY 423 . This course surveys additional components of psychopathology emphasizing a biopsychosocial approach. Mood, anxiety, personality, dissociative, and adjustment disorders, as well as other Axis I and V code conditions are covered. Issues of child and elder abuse and neglect are included. The DSM approach to diagnosis and classification is utilized and cultural factors related to mental illness are emphasized. (2 credits)