PSY 140 - Exploring Mental Health

1. Describe the principles of abnormality, psychological assessment and professional practices
   1. Define the standards for abnormality and normality
   2. Explain the practices and principle of psychological assessment
   3. Describe the biopsychosocial approach to human behavior
2. Describe the characteristics and dysfunctional process of stress
   1. Identify stressors in everyday life and crisis situations
   2. Explain the dysfunctional process and treatment response 
3. Explain the characteristics of anxiety and resulting disorders
   1. Identify anxiety responses and causal factors
   2. Explain the anxiety disorders and treatment response
4. Identify psychological factors and physical illness
   1. Identify how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors affect physical well-being
   2. Describe the psychological approaches used in treatment
5. Explain the characteristics of personality disorders
   1. Identify the difficulty of diagnosis and treatment
   2. Identify the characteristics of personality disorders
   3. Explain treatment characteristics for personality disorders
6. Explain the characteristics of substance abuse disorders
   1. Identify the effects of substance abuse on individuals and society
   2. Explain the causal factors and treatment approaches
7. Describe sexual dysfunctions and disorders
   1. Explain the sexual experience and dysfunctional processes
   2. Identify the sexual disorders.
   3. Identify the biopsychosocial factors and treatment approaches
8. Describe the characteristics of mood disorders
   1. Identify the factors related to onset
   2. Explain the dysfunctional aspects
   3. Explain the treatment response
9. Explain the characteristics of schizophrenias
   1. Identify the factors which contribute to onset
   2. Explain the related symptomology
   3. Identify the factors for effective treatment 
10. Describe the organic mental disorders
    1. Identify the dysfunctional aspects of organic disorders
    2. Describe the assessment and treatment issues.
11. Describe the behavior disorders of children
    1. Identify the biological and psychosocial factors that affect children’s emotional development
    2. Describe the developmental disorders or autism, ADHD, conduct, and mental retardation
12. Describe the psychotherapies related to psychological disorders
    1. Identify the basic characteristics of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and experiential therapies
    2. Describe the application of therapies with individual and group modalities
    3. Identify the biological based therapies
13. Describe the strategies for prevention of psychological disorders
    1. Identify community-based projects that focus on specific life stages for prevention outcomes
    2. Identify the biopsychosocial risk factors in development of psychological disorders