PSYC 716 : Abnormal Psychology-WRTG

Abnormal Psychology. Identifies, understands, and studies treament strategies for psychological disorders. Explores psychological disorders from a variety of theoretical frameworks including psychological, biological, and sociocultural perspectives. Reviews historical perspectives, current diagnostic approaches, and classification systems. Discusses specific disorders including mood and anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, substance-related disorders, and eating disorders. Writing Version: Ads to the discussion of course topics, weekly engagement in psychological writing exercises using the appropriate writing guidelines set forth by the American Psychological Association. Course writing activities will also include reflections and a psychological paper focusing on current empirical studies that examine underlying factors as well as on empirically based treatments