PSY- 442 Outline- 2017 Jan - Psy- Beh Reg Dis - -Schedule 1 .doc

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
PSYCHOLOGY 442/52
Psychopathology: Behavior Regulation Disorders
Winter 2017 - 52
Professor: Dr. Joe Beltempo, Ph.D. OPQ, APQ
Psychologist
Office: L-PY 131-02
Tuesday: 18:00 – 20:30
Prerequisite : PSYC
Classroom: CC - 106
Office hours: After class or by appointment
Time period: Jan 9
th
to Apr 12
th
, 2017
Tel.: [phone] ext. 2190
(Please leave a message)
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
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Course Outline
Learning objectives :
At the conclusion of the course, students should be able to …
1. Discuss the defining diagnostic features of each major disorder covered.
2. Discuss the current state of the literature regarding psychological treatment approaches
for the major disorders covered.
3. Critically evaluate and analyze recent empirical studies on the major disorders covered.
4. Critically evaluate the current diagnostic nosology and relevant diagnostic debates for
the major disorders covered.
5. Debate the role of cultural factors in the assessment, presentation, diagnosis, and
treatment of the major disorders covered.
Course Philosophy :
The course is designed to stimulate your thinking and curiosity about how our field
attempts to assist and help individuals who are experiencing psychological and emotional
distress. As such, the course covers a rather huge topic with different approaches,
techniques and unanswered questions. It is my goal to give you a solid introductory
foundation regarding the theory and practice of psychopathology with all of its ambiguity
and complexity. This is an advanced undergraduate course and I am assuming that you
already have a good background in research methodology, personality theories and
behavior disorders. Thus, our class time will be spent observing, thinking about,
discussing, and/or otherwise encountering the topics under consideration. It will be
important for the success of the course that we take the subject matter with an open mind
and a note of maturity about the difficult issues we will be confronting.
Course Reading Material
Required readings have been compiled in a customized Coursepack which is available
for purchase at the Concordia bookstore. Additional readings will be placed on the
Moodle course page over the course of the semester, and will be announced in class. You
will be responsible for all additional readings.
Psychopathology: Behavioral Regulation Disorders (2016)
prepared by Dr. Joe Beltempo, Ph.D, Lecturer.
Coursepack hard
copies and e-copies (digital versions at 50%) can be obtained through the
Bookstore.
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Additional References
Bongar, B. & Beutler, L.E . (1995) Comprehensive textbook of psychotherapy . Canada:
Oxford University Press.
Gurman, A.S. & Messer, S.B. (1996) Essential psychotherapies: theory and practice .
New York: Guilford Press.
Jongsma, A.E. & Peterson, M . (2003) The Complete Adult Psychotherapy
Treatment Planner. (3
rd
Ed.) New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.