Course Objectives
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Advanced Psychopathology and Mental Health Diagnosis (Psy 468) is intended to give the student a working knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th Edition, Tex Revision (DSM-IV-TR) of the American Psychiatric Association (2000). Facility with the DSM-IV 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-IV to categorize human cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and relationship problems; how to support these categorizations; and how to effectively communicate this understanding.