Apr 19, 2024  
2020-21 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-21 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PY 640 Treatment of Childhood Internalizing Disorders


3 credits
This course provides students with exposure to current empirically supported psychotherapies for childhood internalizing disorders and related conditions. Topics include the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depressive disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. This course combines lecture, discussion, and small-group learning activities. Students complete assignments designed to help them practice child/caregiver interviewing, case conceptualization, treatment planning, and applying therapeutic interventions from treatment manuals. Students read from a variety of treatment manuals and practice skills repeatedly via role-play.