Fall 2026

Adult Psychopathology

Adult Psychopathology introduces the diagnosis and treatment of major mental disorders, examining biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in their etiology and maintenance.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Diane Gooding2.5/5Emerald Yuan

Summary

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Students describe the workload as difficult due to wordy, obscure exams and inconsistent deadlines. Some find exams fair, while others feel they require extensive self-study beyond the provided lectures.

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Prerequisites

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PSYCH 202

PSYCH 405 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026

Diane Gooding

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Raw average: 2.35/5 from 173 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 1.8/5 raw quality · 4.0/5 difficulty · 55 reviews

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Diane Gooding is knowledgeable and passionate, yet reviews frequently cite disorganized lectures, rambling delivery, and exams that do not match study materials. While some find the content interesting and exams fair, others report excessive difficulty, unfair grading, and a lack of class structure.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.16 GPA, 62.2% A/AB (n=251 letter grades); Fall 2024: 2.89 GPA, 30.4% A/AB (n=283 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.22 GPA, 52.1% A/AB (n=284 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Jeffrey Henriques: Jeffrey Henriques receives mixed reviews for PSYCH 405. Some students praise his clear grading, engaging lectures, and humor, finding the course manageable with attendance and reading. Others criticize his time management and exams that pull random facts from the book, describing the grading as unfair and the tests as difficult.

DIANE GOODING is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEFFREY HENRIQUES is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MADELINE PFLUM is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction278 / 28520
LEC 002Classroom Instruction15 / 153
DIS 301Classroom Instruction15 / 153

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Student experience

the class

Diane Gooding teaches PSYCH 405 with mixed results. While some find her knowledgeable and passionate, many report disorganized lectures, unfair grading, and exams that do not match study materials.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.57 GPA, 72.5% A/AB (n=367 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.11 GPA, 50.3% A/AB (n=374 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.22 GPA, 52.1% A/AB (n=284 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Students describe the workload as difficult due to wordy, obscure exams and inconsistent deadlines. Some find exams fair, while others feel they require extensive self-study beyond the provided lectures.

Experiences vary significantly. Some students find the material interesting and the professor passionate, while others report frustration with disorganization, rambling lectures, and a lack of support or responsiveness.

Topics

  • Major mental disorders.
  • Biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in psychopathology.
  • Etiology and maintenance of mental disorders.
  • Historical trends and neuroscience advances in psychopathology.

Skills

  • Diagnosis and treatment of major mental disorders.
  • Analysis of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in the etiology and maintenance of mental disorders.
  • Evaluation of historical trends and neuroscience advances in understanding psychopathology.

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

7 earlier forecasts · 0.12 GPA average error.

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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records
PSYCH 405 · Fall 2026

Adult Psychopathology

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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