---
title: "SSPVB3: Psychological Disorders and Treatment (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSPVB3
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSPVB3
subject: social_studies
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# SSPVB3: Psychological Disorders and Treatment

Identify psychological disorders and treatment.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSPVB3.a**: Identify criteria that distinguish normal from disordered behavior, include: the criteria of distress, deviance, and dysfunction.
- **SSPVB3.b**: Describe methods used to diagnose and assess psychological disorders, include: the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the MMPI, and projective tests.
- **SSPVB3.c**: Analyze various psychological disorders and identify appropriate treatments, include: anxiety disorders, bipolar and depressive disorders, personality disorders, somatic disorders, and schizophrenia.
- **SSPVB3.d**: Analyze the challenges associated with labeling psychological disorders and the impact of diagnosis on patients.
- **SSPVB3.e**: Compare the biomedical, psychoanalytical, cognitive, and behavioral and humanistic approaches to the treatment of psychological disorders.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.