PSYC 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Developmental Psychopathology, Dsm-5, Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders
14 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
PSYC 412: Developmental Psychopathology
Melanie Dirks, PhD
Winter 2018
Jan 8th, 2018
Introduction
• Introduction
o Melanie Dirks: childhood clinical psychologist, research on children’s behavior and
intersections between anxiety, behavior and childhood
o TAs:
▪ Marie-Catherinne Mignault (last names Aa-Kim)
▪ Serena Mennitto (last names Kou-Zz)
o Where to find answers to FAQs
▪ A lot of FAQ answers are available on myCourses on the syllabus
• Registration and enrollment
o Prof has no power over registration, if you’re having trouble registering you have to
email Julia Marussi and she will help
o There are prerequisites: PSYC 304 (child development) and PSYC 337 (abnormal
psychology)
▪ Prof doesn’t care if you don’t have the pre-requisites, it is still possible to do
well in the class without these pre-requisite courses
▪ If you’re U2 and haven’t taken PSYC 304 then you should take it Fall 2018 and
take this course the Winter after, prof teaches 304 in Fall and designed it to
be taken first
• Learning Objectives
o There are 6 objectives in this class
▪ Define and classify abnormal behavior in youth
• DSM V framework will be taught
▪ Developmental trends in onset, course, and form of psychopathology in youth
• Average onset ages, more common types of disorders in youth,
differences
▪ Diathesis stress model
• Applied to understanding major psychological disorders of youth
▪ Understand etiology and maintenance models of major psychological
disorders of youth
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▪ Understand major methodological and statistical approaches used in study of
psychopathology
▪ Evidence-based treatment
• How do we know that the treatment being used for certain disorders
actually works and can reduce symptoms/improve functioning?
• Textbook
o Sixth edition is required, not an earlier one. This talks about DSM V and the earlier
ones talk about DSM IV
o Prof tests mostly on lecture, book meant to be complementary
• Schedule of topics
o Tools we need to answer questions about psychopathology
▪ Stats for success, research methods, and assessment
o ADHD
▪ Psychopathology
o Conduct problems
o Anxiety & OCD
o Mood disorders (depression, bipolar)
o Autism
o Intellectual disability
o Stigma
o Infant mental health
o Dissemination and prevention
• Grading
o 2 in class tests worth 20% each
▪ February 12, March 26
o Cumulative final exam worth 50%
o Multiple choice questions
o Writing assignment worth 10% due March 12th
▪ Design a study
▪ More info will be available later
▪ Not optional, mandatory assignment
o Subject pool worth 2% bonus
• Exam policies
o Review sessions on WebCT
o After the exam grades will be posted and you’re welcome to review grade during a
TA’s office hours, just stop by no appointment necessary
• General course policies
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o Lectures are recorded, streaming only (no download) due to copyright material
o Lecture recordings are sometimes unreliable in this room, have a back-up plan
o Lecture notes will be available as PDF
o Copyright
▪ Do not sell lecture notes, do not put them on OneNote or other note-sharing
websites (illegal for you to do so)
o Sensitivity
▪ Sensitive issues will be discussed in this class: situations that can give rise to
psychopathology like physical and sexual abuse, poverty, and neglect
▪ If you are upset by the material you’re welcome to talk to the professor but
not during class
o Empiricism
▪ Use of scientific methods applied to issues of personal and public health
significance
o When you’re here, respect atmosphere of learning environment
▪ Refrain from doing unrelated work or activities during class or from having
conversations with your neighbors
▪ Back 10 rows is free zone
▪ You do better taking notes longhand than by typing them out
o Prof will also test on things she says that are not included on the actual lecture slides
• General structure of lectures
o When we move past methods we will start by
▪ Defining the disorder: what is it? How do we diagnose and measure it?
▪ Epidemiology: how common is it, and how many people would be expected
to have this? How does problem vary? Who is it more common for?
▪ Theories of etiology and maintenance: what causes this problem and what
keeps it going?
▪ Prevention and treatment: how can we help, what do we know about what
works to make this better?
• What is abnormal behavior in youth?
o How do we know if something is abnormal? We need to understand normal
development in order to understand atypical development
o Why is developmental psychopathology a public concern?
o Abnormal: yes or no? (game)
▪ Someone who likes to listen to the same song again and again
• Is this abnormal?
• Why not?
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Document Summary
If you"re u2 and haven"t taken psyc 304 then you should take it fall 2018 and take this course the winter after, prof teaches 304 in fall and designed it to be taken first. Textbook: sixth edition is required, not an earlier one. Infant mental health: dissemination and prevention, grading, 2 in class tests worth 20% each. February 12, march 26: cumulative final exam worth 50, multiple choice questions, writing assignment worth 10% due march 12th, design a study, more info will be available later, not optional, mandatory assignment, subject pool worth 2% bonus. Exam policies: review sessions on webct, after the exam grades will be posted and you"re welcome to review grade during a. We need to understand normal development in order to understand atypical development: why is developmental psychopathology a public concern, abnormal: yes or no? (game, someone who likes to listen to the same song again and again.
