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Psychiatry Introductory Courses

In this section:

PSYC 76Q. Temperament and Creativity in Mood Disorders

PSYC 78Q. Mental Health in Collegiate Athletes

PSYC 81Q. Fate of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Sub Saharan Africa: The HIV/AIDS Pandemic

PSYC 111Q. Madness and the Womb: Medical and Artistic Approaches to Mental Illness in Women Through the Ages

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Stanford Introductory Seminars (IDS, ISF, ISS) Courses

PSYC 76Q. Temperament and Creativity in Mood Disorders

(S,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores. Western cultural notions of mad geniuses and artistic temperaments. How many individuals who suffer from depression, bipolar disorder, and related problems are nonetheless productively creative. Current psychological and neurobiological research, and assessment of mood, temperament, and creativity. Emphasis is on written and oral communications and multimedia presentations. Write 2. Prerequisite: PWR 1.

4 units, Win (Ketter, T)

PSYC 78Q. Mental Health in Collegiate Athletes

(S,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Developmental, social, and performance issues in collegiate sports. Topics include transition to Stanford, time management, coping with injuries.

3 units, Win (Steiner, H; McCurdy, M)

PSYC 81Q. Fate of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Sub Saharan Africa: The HIV/AIDS Pandemic

(S,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. The complicated forces,shaped by geopolitcal history and current events, that frame all social programs, the care of orphans in the context of the AIDS pandemic in particular; history of the care of orphans; developmental effects of deprivation of care and nurturing. Guest speakers.

3 units, Win (Solvason, H; Reicherter, D)

PSYC 111Q. Madness and the Womb: Medical and Artistic Approaches to Mental Illness in Women Through the Ages

(S,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Historical and current concepts of mental illness in women. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMS), postpartum depression, menopausal mood disorders, and eating disorders. Historical biopsychosocial approach. Readings include women's diaries and advice books, physicians' casebooks, and 19th- and 20th-century medical texts. Guest speakers from art and literature departments. Literary and artistic images, and the social and cultural contexts of these disorders during the last 300 years.

3 units, Aut (Williams, K)

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