PSYC 537

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Credit: 4 hours.

Overview of major concepts, issues, and research in the field of developmental psychopathology, which is an interdisciplinary field influenced by psychology, medicine, neuroscience, and other disciplines. Explores youth psychopathology from a developmental perspective, focusing on the intersection between normative and atypical development. Introduces students to assessment and classification, key theories of etiology, and research design issues. Representative disorders will be discussed as examples of how these issues interface with specific types of youth psychopathology. Both pioneering and contemporary research in the field will be covered.

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