This
course is designed to provide an introduction to contemporary
approaches to studying mental disorders. Coverage of material will be
selective rather than comprehensive. We will briefly review some of the
theoretical approaches guiding contemporary research and will examine
several of the constructs that are currently considered promising
related to a few of the disorders receiving substantial empirical study
within clinical psychology. Along the way, we will examine a variety of
different methods available for addressing relevant questions.
Emphases
will be on: 1) introducing you to promising theories, constructs, and
methods within clinical psychology; 2) increasing your comfort with
reading and evaluating primary empirical articles; 3) honing your
reasoning skills for using theories to generate predictions and using
empirical findings to evaluate theories; 4) honing your skills for
comparing and contrasting different theoretical perspectives. Because
new findings are always changing our appreciation of old findings, this
course is not intended to provide you with final answers regarding
causes of or mechanisms underlying psychopathology. However, this course
should provide you with preliminary vocabulary and concepts with which
to read the empirical literature yourself.
Syllabus (As of 5/15/2013)
Syllabus (As of 6/5/2013) Updates: 1. Welcome to the new web site (now in line with the updated syllabus). 2. There is a slight issue with Molly's article for 6/26. First, the year was incorrect. Second, there's a pdf. 3. Week 9 appeared twice on the syllabus. The most important personality articles from the second week 9 have been moved to week 8. 4. On the depression week, some links about Nolen-Hoeksema have been posted. 5. Added two optional pieces of info to Week 1. 6. Updated Week 9 with Antisocial Personality Disorder materials 7. Posted info on the Final Exam 8. Added an optional reading on bipolar disorder.
Schedule Updated: 6/12/2013 Week 1:
May 29, 2013
Overview of Course; Theories of
Psychopathology I: Fundamentals and Genetic and Environmental Perspective
- Theoretical Psychopathology
- Meehl, P. E. (1978). Theoretical risks and tabular asterisks: Sir Karl, Sir Ronald, and the slow progress of soft psychology. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 46, 806-834. (pdf)
- Platt, J. R. (1964). Strong inference. Science, 146, 347-353. (pdf)
- Kendler, K. S., Prescott, C. A., Myers, J., & Neale, M. C. (2003). The structure of genetic and environmental risk factors for common psychiatric and substance use disorders in men and women. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60, 929-937.(pdf)
- Wakefield, J. C. (1992). The concept of mental disorder. American Psychologist, 47, 378-388. (pdf)
- Lilienfeld, S. O., & Marino, L. (1995). Mental disorder as a Roschian concept: A critique of Wakefield's "harmful dysfunction" analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 104, 411-420. (pdf)
- Borsboom, D., Cramer, A. O. J., Schmittmann, V. D., Epskamp, S., & Waldorp, L. J. (2011). The small world of psychopathology. PLoS ONE, 11, e27407. (pdf)
- DSM-5 (these are all very short)
- Insel, T., Cuthbert, B., Garvey, M., Heinssen, R., Pine D.S., Quinn, K, Sanislow, C, & Wang, P. (2010). Research domain criteria (RDoC): toward a new classification framework for research on mental disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 167(7), 748-751. (pdf)
- Insel, T. (2013, April 29). Transforming Diagnosis. In NIMH Director's Blog. Retrieved May 6, 2013, from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2013/transforming-diagnosis.shtml. (pdf)
- Frances, A. J. (2013, May 11). NIMH vs DSM-5. No One Wins, Patient Loses. In Huffington Post. Retrieved May 11, 2013 from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allen-frances/nimh-vs-dsm-5-no-one-wins_b_3252323.html (pdf)
- Kupfer, D. J., Kuhl, E. A., & Regier, D. A. (in press). DSM-5 -- The future arrived. Journal of the American Medical Association, 309(16), 1691-1692. (pdf) (link)
- British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology "Position Statement on Classification" (2013, May 13). Retrieved May 14, 2013, from http://dcp.bps.org.uk/dcp/the_dcp/news/dcp-position-statement-on-classification.cfm.(pdf)
- An e-mail from the Illinois Psychological Association listserv. (Crosswalks)
- NIMH and American Psychiatric Association May 14, 2014 joint statement on the DSM-5 available here (from www.psychiatry.org) and as a pdf.
Background: - Willerman, L., & Cohen, D. B. (1990). Ch. 5: Ecopathological Facet. In Psychopathology (pp. 117-144). New York: McGraw-Hill. (pdf)
- Willerman, L., & Cohen, D. B. (1990). Ch. 7: Genetic Facet. In Psychopathology (pp. 173-198). New York: McGraw-Hill. (pdf)
Optional: - A virtual issue from Elsevier's Health & Medical Science journals on the DSM-5
- Highlights of changes between the DSM-IV-TR and the DSM-5
Week 2: June
5, 2013
Theories of Psychopathology II: Cognitive, Psychodynamic, Neuropsychological, and Developmental Perspectives - Davidson, R. J. (1996). Cerebral asymmetry, emotion, and affective style. In R. J. Davidson & K. Hugdahl (Eds.), Brain asymmetry (pp. 361-387). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (pdf)
- Kendall, P. C., & Dobson, K. S. (1993). On the nature of cognition and its role in psychopathology. In K. S. Dobson & P.C. Kendall (Eds.), Psychopathology and cognition (pp. 3-17). San Diego: Academic Press. (pdf)
- Rothbart, M. K., & Ahadi, S. A. (1994). Temperament and the development of personality Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103, 55-66.(pdf)
Background: - Willerman, L., & Cohen, D. B. (1990). Ch. 6: Psychodynamic Facet. In Psychopathology (pp. 145-172). New York: McGraw-Hill. (pdf)
- Willerman, L., & Cohen, D. B. (1990). Ch. 8: Neurophysiological Facet. In Psychopathology (pp.199-233). New York: McGraw-Hill. (pdf)
Presentation (Cassandra): - Rutter, M., Moffitt, T. E., & Caspi, A. (2006). Gene–environment interplay and psychopathology: multiple varieties but real effects. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47, 226 - 261. (pdf)
Week 3: June
12, 2013 (notes)
Schizophrenia I: Overview; Physiological and
Neuropsychological Perspectives
- Review chapter: Sanislow, C. A. & Carson, R. C. (2001).
Schizophrenia: A critical examination. In H. E. Adams & P. B.
Sutker (Eds.) Comprehensive handbook of psychopathology,
3rd ed. (pp. 403-441). New York: Plenum. (pdf)
- Byrne, M., Clafferty, B. A., Cosway, R., Grant, E., Hodges, A.,
Whalley, H. C., Lawrie, S. M., Owens,D. G. C., & Johnstone, E. C.
(2003). Neuropsychology, genetic liability, and
psychotic symptoms in those at high risk of schizophrenia. Journal
of Abnormal Psychology, 112, 38‑48. (pdf)
- Wexler, B. E., Stevens, A., Bowers, A. A., Sernyak, M. J., &
Goldman‑Rakic, P. S. (1998). Word and tone working memory deficits in
schizophrenia. Archives
of General Psychiatry, 55, 1093‑1096. (pdf)
- Lewis, D. A., & Levitt, P. (2002). Schizophrenia as a disorder
of neurodevelopment. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 25,
409-432. (pdf)
Presentation (Hyun-Soo): - Trippe, R. H., Hewig, J., Heydel, C., Hecht, H.,
& Miltner, W. H. R. (2007). Attentional blink to threatening pictures in
spider phobics: Electrophysiology and behavior. Brain Research,
1148, 149-160.(pdf)
Presentation (Jenny): - Giesler R.B,
Josephs R.A, & Swann, W.B., Jr (1996). Self-verification in clinical
depression: The desire for negative evaluation. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 105, 358–368. (pdf)
Optional:
- Kinney, D. K., & Jacobsen, B. (1978). Environmental factors in
schizophrenia: New adoption study evidence. In L. C. Wynne, R. L.,
Cromwell, & S. Matthysse (Eds.), The nature of schizophrenia (pp.
38-51). New York: Wiley. (pdf)
- Keshavan, M. S., Tandon, R., Boutros, N. N.,
& Nasrallah, H. A. (2008). Schizophrenia, "just the
facts": What we know in 2008 Part 3: Neurobiology. Schizophrenia
Research, 106, 89-107. (pdf)
Week 4: June
19, 2013 (notes)
Schizophrenia II: Cognitive and Affective
Perspectives
NOTE: It is recommended that you read Strauss (2001)
before reading the other articles.
- Strauss, M. E. (2001). Demonstrating specific cognitive deficits: A
psychometric perspective. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110,
6-14. (pdf)
- Bruder, G. E. (1996). Cerebral laterality and psychopathology:
Perceptual and event-related potential asymmetries in affective and
schizophrenic disorders. In R. J. Davidson & K. Hugdahl (Eds.), Brain
asymmetry (pp. 661-91). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (pdf)
- Kring, A. M., Germans Gard, M., & Gard, D. E. (2011). Emotion
deficits in schizophrenia: Timing matters. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 120, 79-87.(pdf)
- Davis, P. J., & Gibson, M. G. (2000). Recognition of posed and
genuine facial expressions of emotion in paranoid and nonparanoid
schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109,
445-450. (pdf)
- López, S. R., Nelson Hipke, K., Polo, A. J., Jenkins, J. H, Karno,
M., Vaughn, C., & Snyder, K. S. (2004). Ethnicity, expressed
emotion, attributions, and course of schizophrenia: Family warmth
matters. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113,
428‑439.(pdf)
- Herbener, E. S., Rosen, C., Khine, T., & Sweeney, J. A. (2007).
Failure of positive but not negative emotional valence to enhance memory
in schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116,
43-55 .(pdf)
Presentation (Will): - Mathews, J. R.,
& Barch, D. M. (2010). Emotion responsivity, social cognition, and
functional outcome in schizophrenia. Journal
of Abnormal Psychology, 119(1), 50-59. (pdf)
Presentation (Tarra): - Blanchard, J.
J., Bellack, A. S., & Mueser, K T. (1994). Affective and social-behavioral
correlates of physical and social anhedonia in schizophrenia. Journal
of Abnormal Psychology, 103, 719-728.(pdf)
Midterm Exam: Here
Week 5: June
26, 2013 (notes)
Affective Disorders
Affective Disorders I: Overview and Cognitive
Perspectives
- Review chapter: Rehm, L. P., Wagner, A., & Ivens-Tyndall,
C. (2001). Mood disorders: Unipolar and bipolar. In
H. E. Adams & P. B. Sutker
(Eds.)Comprehensive handbook of psychopathology, 3rd ed. (pp.
277-308). New York: Plenum. (pdf)
- Alloy, L. B., Abramson, L. Y., Whitehouse, W. G., Hogan, M. E.,
Panzarella, C., Rose, D. T. (2006). Prospective incidence of first onsets
and recurrences of depression in individuals at high and low cognitive
risk for depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115,
145-156. (pdf)
- Gotlib, I. H., Kasch, K, L., Traill, S., Joormann, J.,
Arnow, B. A., & Johnson, S. L. (2004). Coherence and specificity of
information-processing biases in depression and social
phobia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113,
386-398. (pdf)
- Stewart, S. M., Kennard, B. D., Lee, P. W. H., Hughes, C. W.,
Mayes, T. L., Emslie, G. J., & Lewinsohn, P. M. (2004). A cross‑cultural
investigation of cognitions and depressive symptoms in adolescents. Journal
of Abnormal Psychology, 113, 248‑257. (pdf)
- Clark, L. A., & Watson, D. (1991). Tripartite model of anxiety
and depression: Psychometric evidence and taxometric implication. Journal
of Abnormal Psychology, 100(3), 316-336.(pdf)
Presentation (Christina): - Nusslock, R., Shackman, A. J., Harmon-Jones, E.,
Alloy, L. B., Coan, J. A., & Abramson, L. Y. (2011). Cognitive
vulnerability and frontal brain asymmetry: Common predictors of first
prospective depressive episode. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120(2),
497-503. (pdf)
Presentation (Molly): - Bilsky, S. A., Cole, D. A., Dukewich, T. L., Martin, N. C., Sinclair, K.
R., Tran, C. V., Roeder, K. M., Felton, J. W., Tilghman-Osborne, C., Weitlauf,
A. S., & Maxwell, M. A. (2013). Does supportive parenting mitigate the
longitudinal effects of peer victimization on depressive thoughts and symptoms
in children. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 122(2), 406-419. (pdf)
Midterm Exam
Due
Week 6: July
3, 2013 Class Cancelled
Week 7: July
10, 2013 (notes)
Affective Disorders II: Neuropsychological and
Interpersonal/ Motivational Perspectives
Neuropsychological Function:
- Bruder, G. E., Stewart, J. W., Mercier, M. A., Agosti, V., Leite,
P., Donovan, S., & Quitkin, F. M.(1997). Outcome of
cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression: Relation to hemispheric
dominance for verbal processing. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106,
138-144. (pdf)
- Keller, J., Nitschke, J. B., Bhargava, T., Deldin, P. J., Gergen,
J. A., Miller, G. A., & Heller, W. (2000). Neuropsychological
differentiation of depression and anxiety. Journal of
Abnormal Psychology, 109, 3-10. (pdf)
Interpersonal/ Motivational Processes:
- Joiner, T. E. (1995). The price of soliciting and receiving
negative feedback: Self-verification theory as a vulnerability
to depression theory. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 104,
364-372. (pdf)
- Allen, N.B., de L. Horne,
D. J., & Trinder, J. (1996). Sociotropy, autonomy, and dysphoric emotional responses to
specific classes of stress: A psychophysiological evaluation. Journal
of Abnormal Psychology, 105, 25-33. (pdf)
- Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1991). Responses to depression and their
effects on duration of depressive episodes. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 100(4), 569-582. (pdf) (link) (link)
- Lyon, H. M., Startup, M., & Bentall, R. P. (1999). Social
cognition and the manic defense: Attributions, selective attention,
and self-schema in bipolar affective disorder. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 108, 273-282. (pdf)
- Cutrona, C. E., Russell, D. W., Brown, P. A., Clark, L. A.,
Hessling, R. M., & Gardner, K. A. (2005). Neighborhood context,
personality, and stressful life events as predictors of
depression among African American women. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 114, 3‑15. (pdf)
Presentation (Caroline): - Najmi, S., & Amir, N. (2010). The effect of attention training on a
behavioral test of contamination fears in individuals with subclinical
obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119(1),
136-142. (pdf)
Presentation (Eve): - Kaplow, J. B.,
& Widom, C. S. (2007). Age of onset of child maltreatment predicts
long-term mental health outcomes. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116(1),
176-187. (pdf)
Optional
(Neuropsychological):
- Bruder, G. E. (1996). Cerebral laterality and psychopathology:
Perceptual and event-related potential asymmetries in affective and
schizophrenic disorders. In R. J. Davidson & K. Hugdahl (Eds.), Brain
asymmetry (pp. 665-691). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (pdf)
Johnson, S. L., Edge, M. D., Holmes, M. K., & Carver, C. S. (2012). The behavioral activation system and mania. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 8, 243-267. (pdf)
Week 8: July
17, 2013 (notes)
Anxiety Disorders and Repressive Defensiveness:
Overview and Selected Perspectives
Anxiety Disorders:
- Review chapter: Rapee, R. M., & Barlow, D. H. (1993).
Generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and the phobias.
In H. E. Adams & P. B.
Sutke (Eds.)Comprehensive handbook of psychopathology, 3rd ed.
(pp. 131-154). New York: Plenum.(pdf)
- Gorman, J. M., Kent, J. M.,
Sullivan, G. M., & Coplan, J. D. (2000). Neuroanatomical hypothesis of panic
disorder, revised. American Journal of Psychiatry,157,
493-505.(pdf)
- Öhman, A., & Soares, J. J. F. (1994). Unconscious anxiety:
Phobic responses to masked stimuli. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103,
231-240. (pdf)
Repressive Defensiveness:
- Weinberger, D., Schwartz,
G., & Davidson, R. (1979). Low-anxious,
high-anxious, and repressive coping styles: Psychometric patterns and
behavioral and physiological responses to stress. Journal
of Abnormal Psychology, 88, 369-380. (pdf)
- Mendolia, M., Moore, J., & Tesser, A. (1996).
Dispositional and situational determinants of repression. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 856-867. (pdf)
- Myers, L. B. (2010). The importance of the repressive coping style:
findings from 30 years of research. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 23,
3-17.(pdf)
Personality Disorders - Livesley, J. N. (2008). Research trends and directions in the study of personality disorder. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 31, 545-559. (pdf)
- Review chapter: Adams, H. E., Bernat, J. A., & Luscher, K. A. (2004). Borderline personality disorder: An overview. In H. E. Adams & P. B. Sutker (Eds.) Comprehensive handbook of psychopathology: 3rd edition (pp. 491-507). New York: Plenum. (pdf)
- Trull, T. J. (2001). Structural relations between borderline personality disorder features and putative etiological correlates. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,110, 471-481.(pdf)
- Selby, E. A., Anestis, M. D., Bender, T. W., & Joiner, T. E., Jr. (2009). An exploration of the emotional cascade model in borderline personality disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 375-387.(pdf)
- Review chapter: Catanzaro, S. J. (2000). Mood regulation and suicidal behavior. In T. E. Joiner, Jr., & M. D. Rudd (Eds.), Suicide science: Expanding the boundaries (pp. 81-103). Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. (pdf)
Assignment Due Date: Paper due on Wednesday at 5:00 P.M.
Presentation (Melanie): - Korfine, L.,
& Hooley, J. M. (2000). Directed forgetting of emotional stimuli in
borderline personality disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109,
214-222. (pdf)
Presentation (Drew): - Adams, H. E.,
Wright, L. W., Jr., & Lohr, B. A. (1996). Is homophobia associated with
homosexual arousal? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105(3), 440-445. (pdf)
Final Exam: Here (NOW AVAILABLE)
Week 9: July
24, 2013 (Notes Part 1, Notes Part 2) Psychopathy I: Overview, Learning, Cognition, Emotion Background: - Cleckley, H. (1988). Stanley. The mask of sanity, 5th edition (pp. 174-187). Saint Louis, C.V. Mosby. (pdf)
- Cleckley, H. (1988). A clinical profile. The mask of sanity, 5th edition (pp. 337-364). Saint Louis, C. V. Mosby.(pdf)
Learning Perspectives on Psychopathy: - Schmauk, F. J. (1970). Punishment, arousal, and avoidance learning in sociopaths. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 76, 325-335.(pdf)
- Newman, J. P., Patterson, C. M., & Kosson, D. S. (1987). Response perseveration in psychopaths. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 96, 145-148.(pdf)
Cognition: - Review chapter: Hiatt, K. D., & Newman, J. P. (2006). Understanding psychopathy: The cognitive side. In C. Patrick (Ed.) Handbook of psychopathy (pp. 334-352). New York: Guilford.(pdf)
Emotion: - Williamson, S., Harpur, T. J., & Hare, R. D. (1991). Abnormal processing of affective words by psychopaths. Psychophysiology, 28, 260-273.(pdf)
- Levenston, G. K., Patrick, C. J., Bradley, M. M., & Lang, P. J. (2000). The psychopath as observer: Emotion and attention in picture processing. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109, 373-385. (pdf)
- Blair, R. J. R., Mitchell, D. G. V., Richell, R. A., Kelly, S., Leonard, A., Newman, C., & Scott, S. K. (2002). Turning a deaf ear to fear: Impaired recognition of vocal affect in psychopathic individuals. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111, 682‑686. (pdf)
Final Exam Due
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If you took this course during the school year
instead of during the summer, there would be more weeks of material. I cannot fit everything in during the summer
and instead of attempting to fit everything in and failing, I’m omitting some
important information. The following two
weeks would be covered during the school year.
If, some how, we manage to get ahead, this is the material I’ll be
including:
Week 10
Psychopathy I: Neuropsychological Perspectives
Neuropsychological
Perspectives:
- LaPierre, D., Braun, C. M.
J., & Hodgins, S. (1995). Ventral
frontal deficits in psychopathy: Neuropsychological test
findings. Neuropsychologia, 33, 139-151.(pdf)
- Mitchell, D. G. V., Colledge, E., Leonard, A., & Blair, R. J.
R. (2002). Risky decisions and response reversal: Is there evidence
of orbito‑frontal cortex dysfunction in individuals? Neuropsychologia, 40,
2013‑2022.(pdf)
Optional:
- Harpur, T. J., Hare, R. D., & Hakstian, A. R. (1989).
Two-factor conceptualization of psychopathy: Construct validity and
assessment implications. Psychological Assessment, 1,
6-17.(pdf)
Week 11
Psychopathy II: Cognitive and Affective Perspectives
- Suchy, Y., & Kosson, D. S. (2005). State‑dependent executive
deficits among psychopathic offenders: Implications for psychopathy
research and clinical neuropsychology. Journal of
the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 311‑321.(pdf)
Cognition and Emotion: - Newman, J. P., Curtin,
J. J., Bertsch, J. D., & Baskin-Sommers, A. R. (2010). Attention
moderates the fearlessness of psychopathic offenders. Biological
Psychiatry, 67, 66-70. (pdf)
Here are some optional readings from which people may
choose:
1: Shankman, S.A.,
Klein, D.N., Tenke, C.E., & Bruder, G.E. (2003). Reward sensitivity
in depression: A biobehavioral study. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 116, 95–104. (pdf)
2. Pauls,
C., & Stemmler, G. (2003). Repressive and defensive coping during
fear and anger. Emotion, 3(3), 284-302. (pdf)
3: Kuo, J. R., & Linehan,
M. M. (2009). Disentangling emotion processes in borderline personality
disorder: Physiological and self-reported assessment of biological
vulnerability, baseline intensity, and reactivity to emotionally evocative
stimuli. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118(3), 531-544. (pdf)
MISCELLANEOUS
Relevant links that come up in class
- An recent symposium on Meehl (including three of our authors from Week 1)
- Ian Hacking, a noted philosopher, has written extensively on mental illness and has a view on DSM-5 here
Organizations (non-comprehensive)
Journals (non-comprehensive)
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