STAGES OF LIFE AND ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS

Learning Outcomes

explain the concepts of normality and abnormality from various perspectives.
define the concepts of normality and abnormality from functional, statistical, sociocultural, medical, historical perspectives.
compare the concepts of normality and abnormality in terms of functional, statistical, sociocultural, medical, historical perspectives.
explain and compare the diagnostic systems used for diagnosing mental disorders.
scrutinize the aim of diagnostic systems usage.
discuss how dimensional and categorical diagnostic systems are used.
comprehend the characteristics and axes of DSM diagnostic systems.
connect the axes of DSM with diagnostic criteria of adjustment disorders.
explain distinctive diagnostic criteria of adjustment disorders.
discuss relationship of adjustment disorders with post traumatic stress disorders, oppositional defiant disorder.
discuss the reasons of examination of adjustment disorders according to developmental period.
explain the reasons of investigating adjustment disorders according to life stages by taking account of diagnostic criteria
scrutinize the relations between stress and protective factors in the context of adjusment disorder
scrutinize the relations between stress and risk factors in the context of adjusment disorder
discuss the individual differences in an emergence of adjusment disorders in terms of protective and risk factors.
explain adjusment disorders according to developmental periods.
examine adjusment disorders of middle childhood in the framework of this developmental period.
examine adjusment disorders of adolescence in the framework of this developmental period.
examine adjusment disorders of young adulthood by in the framework of this developmental period.
examine adjusment disorders of adulthood in the framework of this developmental period.
examine adjusment disorders of old age in the framework of this developmental period.
examine adjusment disorders of early childhood in the framework of this developmental period.
explain the coping process with adjustment disorders.
define various approaches to coping with adjustment disorders.
compare various approaches to coping with adjustment disorders.
criticize various approaches to coping with adjustment disorders.
discuss which approach is most convenient to him/her offering reasons for his/her choices.