Syllabus Psy 468
(8-17-14)

PSY 468 - Advanced Psychopathology and Mental Health Diagnosis
Illinois State University
Fall Semester 2013
8:00-9:15 a.m. on Mon and Wed. in DeGarmo 48

Instructor: Dr. House
Office: DeGarmo 419
Office Hours: 10-11 MW and by appointment
Office Telephone: 438-8508
Web Page: http://lilt.ilstu.edu/aehouse/
E-mail: aehouse@ilstu.edu

TEXTS:
American Psychiatric Association (2014). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM 5). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

J.W. Barnhill (2014). DSM-5 Clinical Cases. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

Supplemental reading: as assigned

Topics for Week: Readings for Week

1. Diagnosis & Classification

Li, Jenkins, & Sundsmo (2012)

2. Neurodevelopmental Disorders

3. Cognitive Disorders

4. Psychotic Disorders

5. Bipolar Disorders

6. Depressive Disorders

7. Anxiety Disorders

8. OCD

9. Trauma

10 Somatic & Feeding Disorders

11. Elimination, Sleep-Wake, Sexual, & Gender Disorders

12. Disruptive & Substance Disorders

13. Personality Disorders

14 Personality Disorders

15. Other Condition

Midterm Examination: early October, 2013

Final Examination: final exam period

GRADING: 1/4 of your grade will be based on the Midterm Exam

1/4 on the Final Exam

1/4 on class attendance and participation

1/4 on group presentation

There will be four group presentations using brief power point/poster formats. Topics will be: 1) bipolar vs. DMDD diagnoses in youth, 2) the "recovered memory" wars, 3) subthreshold and other problems in PTSD, 4) dimensional approaches to personality disorders. The purpose of these presentations is to help address some topics in psychopathology beyond DSM-5 and to facilitate you working with other members of your cohort.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Advanced Psychopathology (PSY 468) is intended to give the student a working knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th Edition (DSM 5) of the American Psychiatric Association. Facility with the DSM 5 diagnostic system and the accompanying ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 codes is an essential skill in most mental health settings and many other educational and human service agencies. The course is designed to give the student both conceptual and practical understanding of how to use DSM 5 to categorize human cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and relationship problems; how to support these categorizations; and how to effectively communicate this understanding.

COURSE EXPECTATIONS: Students in Advanced Psychopathology (PSY 468) are graduate students within applied professional areas. You are expected to take an active role in your own education. For most of you the knowledge and skills you acquire in the course will be or already are being put into use every working day as you deal with clients. A hard reality is that other people will probably bear the burden of your limitations. I expect you to work at learning everything you can to more effectively serve your clients; and through this, your profession. You may wish to review my philosophy of education at my web page.

You attendance and participation is expected at all classes. Please bring your copy of DSM 5 and the casebook (when available) to all classes. There are typically assignments distributed at each class.

Grading Attendance and Participation: see web page

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Instances of cheating and willful academic dishonesty will result in referral to the appropriate University office for disciplinary action and will result in a grade of “F” for the course. Other behavior inconsistent with the APA Code of Ethics will be dealt with on a case-by-case manner, in consultation with other members of the Clinical-Counseling Coordinating Committee, in a manner consistent with the spirit of the APA Code of Ethics.

Any student needing to arrange a reasonable accommodation for a documented disability should contact Disability Concerns at 350 Fell Hall, 438-5853 (voice) or 438-8620 (TDD).