| This unit will review empirical approaches to understanding maladaptive behaviour, psychosocial disorders, and dysfunction across the lifespan. The current paradigms of abnormal behaviour and approaches to intervention will be examined and compared, along with the strengths and limitations of psychological diagnosis and assessment. Symptomatology, theories, and research findings will be presented from an integrative perspective that stresses the importance of multifactorial rather than simplistic formulations of psychological problems. Therapeutic interventions will be explored during discussions. |
