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Psychopathology

Elise Risher

This course is an introduction to psychopathology, in which students will learn to recognize and assess the signs and symptoms of mental illness. We will study the biopsychosocial framework used for clinical evaluation and formulation of a differential diagnosis consistent with DSM-IV criteria.

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Dance/Movement Therapy Program courses

• Clinical Fieldwork Orientation
• Graduate Seminar in Methods and Theory of DMT I
• Graduate Seminar in Methods and Theory of DMT II
• Group Work Theory and Practice I
• Group Work Theory and Practice II
• Human Growth and Development
• Movement Observation I
• Movement Observation II
• Movement Observation of Children Fieldwork
• Professional Orientation and Ethics
• Psychopathology
• Research Methods

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