HD 3300 - Developmental Psychopathology

(crosslisted) PSYCH 3310
(SBA-HE) (SBA-AG)

Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: HD 1130.

J. Mendle.

Why do some children grow up well-adjusted and others do not? This course applies a developmental framework to understanding psychological disorders. We will consider the common disorders of childhood and adolescence; the individual contexts which promote risk versus resiliency; trends and trajectories in disorders over time; and the complex ethical issues associated with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders early in life.

Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate the capacity (1) to infer key points from a reading and (2) to link these points to other class readings, lectures, etc.