SOW 6125
- Human Behavior and Social Environment -- Psychopathology
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND REQUIRED READINGS
David Cohen, Professor
Week 1—Jan 6: Course Intro/Intro to the Mental Health System
http://www.szasz.com/iol8.html (Recommended)
STUDENTS' DEFINITIONS OF "PSYCHOPATHOLOGY" FROM THE JAN 6 CLASS
Week 2—Jan 13: Medicalization and "Disease Mongering"
Week 3—Jan 20: Major Schools of Thought in Mental Health
Quiz #1 today covering week 2
SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT LECTURE POWERPOINT
Week 4—Jan 27: Diagnosis, Classification, and the DSM–Part I
CLASSIFICATION, DIAGNOSIS, and DSM LECTURE_Part 1
Week 5—Feb 3: Diagnosis, Classification, and the DSM–Part II
CLASSIFICATION, DX, & DSM—PART II
Week 6—Feb 10: Coercive Treatment; Mental Illness and "Dangerousness"
Quiz #2 today covering weeks 4-5
Oakes 2006 (recommended reading)
Szasz 1999 (recommended reading)
POWERPOINT: COERCIVE INTERVENTIONS IN MENTAL HEALTH
Week 7—Feb 17: Problems & Disorders of Childhood & Adolescence
Quiz #3 today covering week 6
Week 8—Feb 24: Anxiety
Take-home essays due today by 7:00 pm by email
ILLUSTRATION: THE ANATOMY OF ANXIETY
Week 9—Mar 9: Depression, Mania, and Other DSM-IV Mood Disorders
Quiz #4 today covering weeks 7-8
POWERPOINT: MOOD DISORDERS LECTURES
Weeks 10 and 11—Mar 24 and Mar 31: Schizophrenia and the Psychotic Disorders, Parts I and II
Mar 24, Quiz #5 today covering Week 9
POWERPOINT: PSYCHOSIS & SCHIZOPHRENIA LECTURES
March 24 is the last day to hand in a complete draft of your major assignment if you want written feedback from instructor before final due date
Week 12—Apr 7: Group presentations of Ezines
Quiz #5 today, covering weeks 10 and 12Week 13—Apr 14: Quiz #6 covering weeks 10-12
April 14: Major Assignment due today by email by 5:00 pm
