COUN 517 Psychopathology
In this graduate-level course, students examine human psychopathology. The course has two overarching objectives. First, students explore human behavior, including an understanding of developmental crises, disability, psychopathology, and situational and environmental factors that affect both normal and abnormal behavior. Students achieve this objective by recording memos of unrecorded interviews with individuals receiving services from community providers, and using these memos to inform a Human Behavior Essay. Second, students learn core skills in case conceptualization, diagnosis, and treatment planning. Students achieve this objective by completing a series of six case studies using the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), with instructor feedback provided before students begin the next case study.
Prerequisite
MAC program admission