Outcomes:
1. Understand the characteristics of abnormal behaviors
2. Understand the theories concerning abnormality
3. Identify the major treatment methods
4. Evaluate the effectiveness of treatment

Topic and Activities

1. What’s abnormal?
1) Lecture and Class Discussion
2) Judging Abnormal Behavior W/S
3) Dangers of Labeling
4) "Historical Perspective on Abnormal Behavior": A PowerPoint Presentation on how abnormality has been viewed in the past.
5) "Explanations of Dysfunctional Behavior": A PowerPoint Presentation explaining how abnormality has been explained in the 20th Century.

2. Classifying Psychological Disorders
1) Chart making
2) Video: The DSM-IV in Action

3. Psychopathology
1) Lecture : Overview

4. Treatments in Action
1) Video: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Focus:
List behaviors, traits and symptoms that you associate with insanity?
Friends and family member are usually the first to seek help when they believe that someone is mentally ill. What behaviors would prompt you to seek help for someone close to you who maybe experiencing mental problems?
How should society treat the mentally ill?

Resources

Contact Information
Email: panthony@rism.ac.th
Ruamrudee International School
6 Ramkhamhaeng 184, Minburi, Bangkok, 10510, Thailand
Tel. 66 2 5180320
Fax. 66 2 5180951