Focus on the diagnosis, classification and sociocultural considerations of psychopathology.

What is your own conceptual model of abnormality? That is, when you think about abnormality, what do you think causes it? For example – unconscious factors? Biology? Learning? The environment? Some combination of these things? Explore these ideas a bit and tell the class what you’re thinking.

What do you think about the current classification system and its collection of both categorical and dimensional information? What do you see as the biggest challenges in using it for diagnosis?