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Oct 31, 2024
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PSY 140 - Exploring Mental Health Credits: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: General Explores the basic causes, manifestations and treatment of common psychological disorders. The course introduces mental illness along a continuum from functional to dysfunctional. Competencies
- Describe the principles of abnormality, psychological assessment and professional practices
- Define the standards for abnormality and normality
- Explain the practices and principle of psychological assessment
- Describe the biopsychosocial approach to human behavior
- Describe the characteristics and dysfunctional process of stress
- Identify stressors in everyday life and crisis situations
- Explain the dysfunctional process and treatment response
- Explain the characteristics of anxiety and resulting disorders
- Identify anxiety responses and causal factors
- Explain the anxiety disorders and treatment response
- Identify psychological factors and physical illness
- Identify how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors affect physical well-being
- Describe the psychological approaches used in treatment
- Explain the characteristics of personality disorders
- Identify the difficulty of diagnosis and treatment
- Identify the characteristics of personality disorders
- Explain treatment characteristics for personality disorders
- Explain the characteristics of substance abuse disorders
- Identify the effects of substance abuse on individuals and society
- Explain the causal factors and treatment approaches
- Describe sexual dysfunctions and disorders
- Explain the sexual experience and dysfunctional processes
- Identify the sexual disorders.
- Identify the biopsychosocial factors and treatment approaches
- Describe the characteristics of mood disorders
- Identify the factors related to onset
- Explain the dysfunctional aspects
- Explain the treatment response
- Explain the characteristics of schizophrenias
- Identify the factors which contribute to onset
- Explain the related symptomology
- Identify the factors for effective treatment
- Describe the organic mental disorders
- Identify the dysfunctional aspects of organic disorders
- Describe the assessment and treatment issues.
- Describe the behavior disorders of children
- Identify the biological and psychosocial factors that affect children’s emotional development
- Describe the developmental disorders or autism, ADHD, conduct, and mental retardation
- Describe the psychotherapies related to psychological disorders
- Identify the basic characteristics of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and experiential therapies
- Describe the application of therapies with individual and group modalities
- Identify the biological based therapies
- Describe the strategies for prevention of psychological disorders
- Identify community-based projects that focus on specific life stages for prevention outcomes
- Identify the biopsychosocial risk factors in development of psychological disorders
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