Maalot College | Evaluated Learning Experience
PSY350 Abnormal Psychology
135 hours (15 weeks).
September 2023 – Present.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: identify and describe historical perspectives toward abnormal behavior; recognize and describe current trends and perspectives in understanding and treating mental illness; identify and describe causes and treatments for major DSM-V classifications of abnormal behavior - their causes, manifestations and treatment (stress-related disorders, anxiety disorders, OCD related disorders, psychosomatic disorders, personality disorders, addictive disorders, psychoses, organic disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders, suicide, and developmental disorders of childhood); compare the psychoanalytic, biological and cognitive-behavioral and social cultural theories about mental illness and match and apply the major forms treatment available today; independently locate sources of information about mental illness; and empathize with a person experiencing mental illness.
Major topics include historical perspectives; major psychiatric (DSM-V) categories, causes and treatment; and the four major therapeutic orientations: Psychoanalytical, Biological, Cognitive-Behavioral, and Social Cultural.
In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category OR in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Psychology (8/24).