Class Date |
Topics |
Reading |
Assignments Due |
| Week 1: F, 1/28 | Basic Concepts and Definitions | D&B, Ch 1
Lilienfeld, Reading 1 |
Assignment 1 |
| Week 2: F, 2/5 | The Integrative Multidimensional Model | D&B, Ch 2 | Assignment 2 |
| Week 3: F, 2/12 | Assessment, Classification and Diagnosis | D&B, Ch 3, pp 69-94
Lilienfeld, Reading 28 |
Assignment 3 |
| Week 4: M, 2/22 | Research Methods and Issues | D&B, Ch 3, pp 94-107 | Assignment 4 |
| Week 5: M, 3/1 | Stress and Anxiety Disorders | D&B, Ch 4
Lilienfeld, Readings 7, 8, 9 |
Assignment 5 |
| Week 6: M, 3/8 | Mood Disorders | D&B, Ch 6
Lilienfeld, Readings 3, 4, 38 |
Assignment 6 |
| Week 7: M, 3/22 | Physical Disorders and Health Psychology | D&B, Ch 5, pp 150-166;
Ch 7; and Ch 9, pp 303-319 Lilienfeld, Reading 15, 17 |
Assignment 7 |
| Week 8: M, 3/29 | Substance-Related Disorders | D&B, Ch 10
Lilienfeld, Readings 24, 34, 39 |
Assignment 8 |
| Week 9: M, 4/5 | Disorders of Motivation and Impulse Control | D&B, Ch 8, pp 258-278;
Ch 9, pp 319-330 Lilienfeld, Reading 14 |
Assignment 9 |
| Week 10: M, 4/12 | Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders | D&B, Ch 12
Lilienfeld, Reading 10, 11 |
Assignment 10 |
| Week 11: T, 4/20 | Developmental Disorders | D&B, Ch 9, pp 299-303; Ch 13,
pp 437-464 Lilienfeld, Readings 18, 19 |
Assignment 11 |
| Week 12: M, 4/26 | Cognitive Disorders | D&B, Ch 5, pp 166-177;
Ch 13, pp 464-476 Lilienfeld, Reading 25, 32 |
Assignment 12 |
| Week 13: M, 5/5 | Personality Disorders | D&B, Ch 11
Lilienfeld, Reading 21 |
Assignment 13 |
| Last class: W, 5/12 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Mental Health Services | D&B, Ch 14
Lilienfled, Reading 12 |
No assignment |
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