HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, Research Domain Criteria, Social Anxiety Disorder

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 2G03
• Professor: Mat Savelli

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Office hours: mon, wed 5-6pm or by appointment. Organizational notes: readings: coursepack and posted to avenue, grading breakdown: Final exam: 30: film pairings: cuckoo"s nest/girl. A plea: using internet sources is always a potentially dangerous game, but especially when it comes to examining mental illness. Psychiatry, especially, has a incredibly determined and vocal set of detractors, many of whom do not hesitate to totally fabricate facts to suit their agenda. Please be careful and think critically about sources you might come across the internet is not always the best option. On plagiarism: more than twenty students caught in four yearsi really, really don"t want to add to this number, students will be reported and will fail the assignment, test, or potentially even the course itself. What does a mental disorder do: mental disorders are characterized by their effect on: Mood: some disorders only affect one of these elements, others are felt in multiple areas.