Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

Course Descriptions

GE 520—Selected Topics in Clinical Geropsychology

Prerequisite: GE 500

This course provides students with an overview of the range of psychopathology seen in clinical practice with older adults. The content of the course will include units in psychopathology and psychotherapy. Units in psychopathology will include delirium, depression, anxiety, dementia, personality disorders, and alcohol abuse and substance abuse. Psychotherapy units will include countertransference in work with older adults, family systems, individual therapy, couple therapy and caregiving as a focus of therapy. Attention will be given to the development of critical appraisal of research findings and creative responses to commonly occurring clinical issues.

 

Updated 10/1/07