Schedule
Sun, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (11/6/2016 - 11/6/2016) Location: CALIF
Sun, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (11/20/2016 - 11/20/2016) Location: CALIF
Sun, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (12/4/2016 - 12/4/2016) Location: CALIF
Sun, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (12/18/2016 - 12/18/2016) Location: CALIF
Description
This course surveys the history of attempts to categorize ?deviance,? introduces the current model which emphasizes pathology, and discusses selected syndromes (e.g. schizophrenia, depression). We also look at the mental health practices and social service systems for adults and children that have historically resulted from diverse concepts of ?abnormal? behavior. Students explore the stress, coping, and resiliency model for viewing human behavior. This paradigm looks at the whole person, with both strengths and deficits, in an environment with factors that foster or debilitate resiliency. Students use this holistic model to assess individual case studies and develop strengths-focused intervention strategies. They grapple with the complexity of individual lives and the mysterious human psyche, and actual cases.