Personality Clinical Science

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course is an introduction to the field of clinical psychology and personality science. Although we will consider both the practice and science aspects of the clinical psychology, we will focus on clinical and personality science in more depth. We will cover contemporary theoretical models that are currently central to the field and their historical roots. Topics we will cover include theory development and research methods in clinical and personality science, sources of individual differences in personality and susceptibility to mental illness, approaches to classification of disorders, assessment of psychological functioning and personality, approaches to developing and evaluating clinical interventions, and training and practice issues in clinical psychology. Throughout the course, we will consider how sociocultural context informs our understandings of mental illness and our efforts to assess, treat, and prevent it. Our class time will include lectures, class discussions, and activities.