CM 725 - Chinese Medical Psychology II

Credit(s): 2.00

This course continues to explore principles of general psychology, and compare them to Chinese medicine approaches to psychological pathology, including etiology, diagnosis and treatment in the context of a classical body-mind paradigm. The emphasis is on treatment and developing an understanding of Western psychological diagnosis from the DSM-V perspective. It explores Eastern and Western constructs for looking at the psyche, ranging from classical concepts and patterns, to the basic curative functions of the therapeutic relationship, and the use of common herbal formulas and acupuncture. Treatment and patterns are reviewed from both classical and modern psychological diagnostic models. Prerequisite(s): Third-year status; These courses are to be taken in the ordered sequence of CM715 and CM725.