Public learning track
Psychiatric Classification and Diagnostic Challenges
10 lessons
Goal
Examine the tools, structures, and systems used to classify mental disorders while critically evaluating the ethical and diagnostic challenges of psychiatric labeling.
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- The Purpose and Evolution of Psychiatric Classification SystemsUp next
- Understanding the Structure and Organization of the DSM-5Not started yet
- Comparing the DSM-5 and the World Health Organization's ICDNot started yet
- Clinical Interviews, Psychological Testing, and Behavioral ObservationNot started yet
- Reliability and Validity Challenges in Psychological DiagnosisNot started yet
- Comorbidity and Differential Diagnosis in Clinical PracticeNot started yet
- The Rosenhan Experiment and the Perils of Diagnostic LabelingNot started yet
- Cultural, Racial, and Gender Biases in Diagnostic AssessmentNot started yet
- Categorical versus Dimensional Approaches to Mental HealthNot started yet
- Ethical Responsibilities and Patient Rights in Clinical DiagnosisNot started yet
Standards Covered
- SS.912.P.17.6Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Describe the classification of psychological disorders.
- SS.912.P.17.7Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Discuss the challenges associated with diagnosis.
- SS.912.P.17.4Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Discuss how stigma relates to abnormal behavior.
- SS.912.P.17.2Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Describe historical and cross-cultural views of abnormality.
Curriculum Framework
9th Grade · Social Studies · US-FL-SS
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10 lessons
Foundations and Models of Abnormal Psychology
Define abnormal behavior across historical, cultural, and psychological frameworks and analyze major theoretical models of psychopathology.
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10 lessons
Psychiatric Classification and Diagnostic Challenges
Examine the tools, structures, and systems used to classify mental disorders while critically evaluating the ethical and diagnostic challenges of psychiatric labeling.
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10 lessons
Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, Trauma, and Somatic Disorders
Identify the symptoms, biological and psychological causes, and behavioral manifestations of anxiety disorders, OCD, trauma-related disorders, and somatic symptom disorders.
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10 lessons
Mood Disorders and the Schizophrenia Spectrum
Analyze the clinical features, biological and cognitive causes, and psychological mechanisms of depressive, bipolar, and psychotic disorders.
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10 lessons
Personality Disorders, Stigma, and Societal Impacts
Analyze personality disorder clusters, evaluate the psychological and social mechanisms of stigma, and evaluate the multidimensional impacts of mental illness on individuals, families, and communities.