Course Schedule, Cont'd. Papers are worth up to 10 points each. You will maximize your points by addressing ALL aspects of the assigned topic. Incorporate material from the text and other assigned readings into your response. As discussed in class, your text, and in the reading by Szasz, there are both advantages and disadvantages to giving diagnoses to individuals who are in psychological distress.
Dissociation occurs in many forms.
Review your own life experience, your knowledge of how people respond to stressful or traumatic events, and how they seek altered states of consciousness for examples. As we discussed early in the course, one criticism of the diagnostic process is that it is based on culturally-relative definitions of abnormality. Consider substance-related disorders and schizophrenia. Prevention Clinical psychologists have been criticized for focusing more on treatment than on prevention. Based on what you know about the causes of the disorder, design a prevention plan that will reduce the child's risk of developing the disorder.