PSY V7500 Psychopathology of Childhood
An introductory course designed to explore issues of normal and pathological emotional development during the school age years. Review of basic psychoanalytic notions of development during this period; classical analytic as well as object relations in attachment theories will be discussed. A number of specific syndromes and their possible etiologies; depression, additional situational disturbances, personality disorder, borderline syndromes and childhood schizophrenia are also reviewed. Discussion of major diagnostic classifications systems, including DSM-III and the GAP manual.
Prerequisite
Permission of the instructor.
Contact Hours
3 hr./wk.