The aim of this course is to integrate clinical and developmental perspectives of psychopathology, to achieve a thorough theoretical understanding of the developmental origins of mental health, and the clinical presentation of disorders.
This course aims to build a firm theoretical foundation for the program components to follow, to provide an orientation on a variety of approaches, and to stimulate the process of integrating different perspectives.
Course Description
Topics covered include general issues regarding conceptual models of psychopathology, assessment, classification and research in psychopathology. Further, the presentation of mental health problems in adulthood and childhood and adolescence, and their developmental course are discussed. Moreover, physiological, genetic, cognitive, social-emotional, ecological, and relational factors are discussed as these relate to risks as well as protective factors for the development of mental health problems. Based on this broad showcase of perspectives, the approaches towards classification, etiology, and research are addressed for the field of clinical and developmental psychopathology.
Study Characteristics
Course Description
Topics covered include general issues regarding conceptual models of psychopathology, assessment, classification and research in psychopathology. Further, the presentation of mental health problems in adulthood and childhood and adolescence, and their developmental course are discussed. Moreover, physiological, genetic, cognitive, social-emotional, ecological, and relational factors are discussed as these relate to risks as well as protective factors for the development of mental health problems. Based on this broad showcase of perspectives, the approaches towards classification, etiology, and research are addressed for the field of clinical and developmental psychopathology.
Brooke L. Slawinski
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