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Course Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PSYC 220 - Child and Adolescent Psychopathology


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS

This course will provide an overview of the mental health problems most commonly diagnosed in children and adolescents, including mood and anxiety disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and specific learning disorder. We will discuss diagnostic criteria, theories of etiology, and treatment options for each disorder. Students will be introduced to developmental psychopathology as a framework for conceptualizing typical and atypical development, and we will explore a range of biopsychosocial factors that may serve as risk or protective factors for the development of psychopathology in youth.

Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: S. Rabbitt

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: PSYC 100, COGS 101 or NSCI 201. This course duplicates past versions of PSYC 220 taught under the course title Developmental Psychopathology.



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