PSYC 265 - Developmental Psychopathology

Credits: 3
When Offered: Winter

Prerequisites: PSYC 113 and 210; pre-or corequisite: PSYC 250.This course utilizes a biopsychosocial perspective to explore atypical developmental processes. The course examines risk and protective factors that contribute to the development of social, emotional, behavioral difficulties, and competencies in childhood and adolescence. How children’s psychological disorders are currently conceptualized, assessed and treated in clinical settings is also considered.Murdock.