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Chpt 1: Introduction to the Class Notebook
Chpt 2: Registration & Pre-registration
Chpt 3: Required 500 Level Courses
- MAC 502 (Group)
- MAC 503 (Individual)
- MAC 512 (Family Systems)
- MAC 514 (Developmental)
- MAC 521 (Gender/Ethnicity)
- MAC 522 (Abusive Rel.)
Chpt 4: Required 600 Level Courses
- MAC 601 Syllabus
- MAC 602 (Assess/TX)
- MAC 620 (Ethics)
Chpt 5: Elective 500 & 600 Level Courses
- MAC 651 (Substance Abuse)
- MAC 661 (Marriage/Family)
- MAC 671 (Expressive)
- MAC 691-692 Internship
- MAC 560 (Children)
- MAC 570 (Career)
- MAC 695 (Clinical)
- MAC 695 (Statistics)
Chpt 6: Independent Study Courses
Chpt 7: Transfer Courses
Chpt 8: Internship Classes
(On-line Forms)
Annual Schedule
Request Transfer Credit
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Master of Arts in
Counseling Psychology ("MAC")
MAC 601:
"Psychopathology"
Sample Syllabus (Subject to Change)
Faculty Member:
Godfrey
J. Ellis, PhD, Professor of Psychology
Brief Overview:
MAC 601
is designed to help students develop familiarity with the broad
spectrum of mental disorders contained in the DSM-IV. Discussions
will include definitions, assessment, prognosis, and treatment of
the disorders. Three main objectives include:
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Students will begin to develop an ability to accurately
recognize and diagnose psychopathology using DSM-IV nomenclature.
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Students will begin to learn to extrapolate from client
particulars to diagnostic constructs and then back to the client
with some initial ideas what it all means for treatment (i.e.,
selection, referral, relationships, etc.)
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Students will begin to develop relative comfort regarding
their competency/knowledge (along with a recognition of never,
ever, knowing quite enough).
Required Texts:
(Please
do not order your books for the current semester from this list. It may
not be up-to-date.)
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American Psychiatric
Association (1994). Diagnostic & statistical
manual of mental disorders (4th ed.) WA, D.C.
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Castillo, R. (1997). Culture
and mental illness: A client-centered approach.
Brooks Cole: Pacific Grove, CA
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Ellis, G. (Ed.) (1998). Psychopathology
Workbook - A workbook containing DSM-IV puzzles,
movie reviews and questions, and readings on selected
pathologies from the DSM-IV. Lacey, WA,
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The DSM-IV Case Book
is not recommended
for this class. In fact, you are requested not
to buy it. We do not use enough of it to justify its
cost, and you will learn more without instant access to
the case answers. In any case, some 25 of the cases will
be found in your Psychopathology Workbook.
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There are a few additional articles on
reserve.
Course Requirements:
Case
Studies:
An
important component of this course will be completing diagnostic
assessments of case studies (found in the Workbook). These
assignments are interesting and challenging puzzles to solve and
are invaluable in learning to use the DSM-IV. While they will not
be graded, per se, you will be expected to
have them completed for each class session. Also, since they will
not be handed in, you do not have to reach a group consensus. In
fact, I expect you to fight for your
diagnoses!
Movies
and Other Activities:
One
enjoyable and often powerful learning experience is to review
movies dealing with the topic of the class. Several movies have
been listed on the course outline for viewing and discussing with
your study team and in class. I strongly encourage you to see
these films with someone else! Please read this material before,
and again after, viewing the movies and discuss the questions prior
to class. Hand in ONE brief, typed paragraph giving the
one or two most significant learning(s) you experienced based on
viewing each movie.
Another
fun way of learning a new vocabulary is through crossword
puzzles. For many of the chapters, there will be puzzles to
challenge you, in a fun way, to learn the vocabulary. Please do
not spend too long on any single clue. These are not graded and
answers will be given in class. HAVE FUN!!
Novel
Review:
Another
excellent learning opportunity is to read one of the many novels
available that bring alive mental disorders. Members of your
study group will be asked to agree on a title, read the entire
work (do not divide it up into pieces with different people
assigned different portions), and provide a written response (one
per student and in APA style) on the book. Note that you may not
read a book you have read previously (honor system). On the top
of the first page, include complete title of the novel you read,
names of author(s), publisher, and publication date. In the rest
of the paper (limited to two pages), write three short paragraphs
dealing with:
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your own subjective
evaluation of the book (do NOT give an overview of
the book)
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how the book affected your
own views of this disorder or abnormal psychology in
general
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how discussing the novel you
read in your study group helped you to more fully
appreciate the book
Examinations:
There
will be an open-book and open-note, mid-term exam. You must complete the exam alone; however, after
finishing the exam, you may compare your answers with other members
of your group (no-one else) and you may even make any changes
that you would like to make.
The
final exam will be an in-class, closed-book, final exam - similar to
the mid-term but with more multiple choice and brief sentence
questions and shorter case studies. Note that it will be
comprehensive (to some degree) in coverage.
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