The course provides students with theory and research underlying anxiety and personality disorders. Topics include introduction to categorical vs. dimensional classification of dual diagnoses, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, trauma and stressor-related disorders, somatic symptom and related disorders, dissociative disorders, and personality disorders. Biopsychosocial aspects of disorders are reviewed. Diagnostic differentiation and empirically supported assessment and treatment approaches are presented. Inter-individual diversity and interdisciplinary aspects of care related to diagnostics are highlighted.
Prerequisites
PSYCD 1520 Clinical Appraisal and Interviewing