Fear factor: Advanced Seminar in Anxiety Disorders

(4 Credits)

This advanced seminar will provide students with an in depth exposure to Anxiety Disorders. Beginning with etiological theories, we will examine various biological, behavioral and cognitive paradigms to conceptualize the developmental links between brain, environment, and behavior. We will then move onto diagnostic and treatment strategies, and finally current cutting-edge topics, such as the role of emotion regulation and disgust in anxiety disorders and efforts to take anxiety treatments into school settings. Primary sources for the course will include scientific papers, current chapters, and classroom demonstrations and discussions.