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Apr 20, 2024
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PSY 282 - Preventive Mental Health
Semester Hours: 3
Once a Year
The goal of this course is to present the students with a variety of models of preventive psychology that may be used in combating a number of risk factors. In addition, implementation issues such as organizational structures, systems ecology, and the logistics of getting started will be addressed. A common theme will be the identification of risk factors and population at-risk, and an exploration of how to prevent the developmental progression towards poor adjustment or psychopathology. The interventions we will discuss will attempt to modify these developmental trajectories by a) enhancing people’s resistance to the stressors, b) teaching new coping strategies to sucessssfully negotiate “high risk” situations, and c) reducing the risk factors themselves. By the end of this course students will be able to implement and evaluate prevention programs in a variety of settings.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Doctoral students only. May not be taken on Pass/Fail basis.
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