Psychology 110 
Neil Lutsky, Carleton College



 

1. Psychopathology as a personal problem.

   Some resources:    L. Schiller & A. Bennett (1994), The Quiet Room.  [schizophrenia]
                              S. Sheehan (1982), Is There No Place on Earth for Me.  [schizophrenia]
                             A. Solomon (2001), The Noonday Demon.  [major depression]
                             W. Styron (1990), Darkness Visible.  [major depression]
                             K. R. Jamison (2001), Night Falls Fast.  [suicide]
                             K. R. Jamison (1995), An Unquiet Mind.  [bipolar disorder]
                             J. Rapoport (1989), The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing.  [OCD]

2. Psychopathology as a social problem.
3. Psychopathology in the science of psychology.

II. Classifying psychopathologies: What do we need to diagnose about forms of psychopathology?

1. Introduction.
   
   1. The values of a typology.
   2. The precursors of the current typology.
      
2. DSM-IV.
   
   1. Overview of DSM-IV characteristics.
      1. Classifies disorders not people.
      2. Descriptive.
      3. Multi-axial.
         
   2. The five (V) axes of DSM-IV.
      1. Clinical disorders.
      2. Personality disorders.
      3. General medical conditions.
      4. Psychosocial and environmental
         problems.
      5. Global assessments of functioning.
         
   3. Controversies over DSM-IV.

III. Major clinical syndromes of Axis I.

1. Schizophrenic disorders.
   1. Major characteristics.
   2. Types of schizophrenia.
      
2. Mood disorders.