School Psychology (MA/CAGS) Program

Course Descriptions

PY 521—Psychopathology of Childhood and Adolescence

3 credits

This course provides an overview of psychopathology in childhood through adolescence from multiple perspectives: biological, developmental, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, cultural and situational. DSM diagnosis is taught and the major disorders are covered, including conduct and oppositional-defiant disorders, anxiety and depression, narcissistic and borderline syndromes, pervasive developmental disorders, and psychosis. The course covers assessment of risk for child abuse and neglect, suicide, violence potential, and drug and alcohol abuse.

Updated 10/1/07