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2003-2004 Springfield College Graduate Catalog 
    
2003-2004 Springfield College Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MSSW 603 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment III: Biopsychosocial Theories of Psychopathology


This advanced course continues the study of human behavior with emphasis on the behavioral and psychological difficulties people experience in interacting with their environments. The biological, sociological, and intrapsychic theories of psychopathology and treatment based on these theories are reviewed in depth. The course includes an examination of the use of the DSM IV, and the impact of diversity and oppression in the etiology, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of psychopathology.

Credits: 2 s.h