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PSY511 Clinical Psychopathology Assignments
PSY511 Clinical Psychopathology Assignments
| Course Objectives | The course aims to discuss the lawful aspects of mental functioning as these express themselves in various forms of mental abnormality, disorder, and distress. While treatment will be surveyed theory discussed, the primary focus of the course is descriptive, with an emphasis on psychopathology rather than intervention. | ||||||||||
| Textbook | Descriptive Psychopathology The Signs and Symptoms of Behavioral Disorders. Cambridge University Press 2008. 2. Hersen, M., & Beidel, D. C. (Eds.). (2014). Adult psychopathology and diagnosis (seventh edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 3.• Fish’s Clinical Psychopathology – signs and symptoms in psychiatry (third edition. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2007. 4. • American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. | ||||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | ||||||||||
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| Teaching Methods | Class discussions with examples. Active tutorial sessions involving workshops on course related, in class covered topics for engaged learning and continuous feedback on progress. Individual and team assignments and projects. | ||||||||||
| WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | |||||||||
| Week 1 | Abnormal psychology: An historical and conceptual approach | 1. chapters 1.2.3 | |||||||||
| Week 2 | Mental State Examination | 1. Chapters 4, 5 | |||||||||
| Week 3 | Examination Domains:Psychopathology of everyday behaviour and general appearance | 1. chapter 6 | |||||||||
| Week 4 | Examination Domains: Disturbances of motor function Quiz I | 1. chapter 7 | |||||||||
| Week 5 | Examination Domains:Disturbances in emotional experience | 1. chapter 8 | |||||||||
| Week 6 | Examination Domains: Disturbances in speech and language | 1. chapter 9 | |||||||||
| Week 7 | Examination Domains: Perceptual disturbances MIDTERM EXAM | 1. chapter 10 | |||||||||
| Week 8 | Examination Domains: Delusions and abnormal thought content | 1. chapter 11 | |||||||||
| Week 9 | Examination Domains: Obsessive-compulsive behaviors | 1. chapter 12 | |||||||||
| Week 10 | Examination Domains: Cognitive testing and the psychopathology of cognitive Quiz II dysfunction | 1. chapter 13 | |||||||||
| Week 11 | Examination Domains: Personality, Abnormal trait behaviours: Personality disorder | 1. chapter 14 | |||||||||
| Week 12 | Psychiatric syndromes, defense mechanisms and cognitive distortions | 2. Appendices I and II | |||||||||
| Week 13 | Project presentations | ||||||||||
| Week 14 | Project presentations | ||||||||||
| Week 15 | Wrap up | ||||||||||