6490 (v.2) Psychology 622
| Area: | School of Psychology |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Clinical Practice: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | Human behaviours defined as clinically abnormal. Classification systems. Etiological models. Affective and personality disturbances. The psychoses. Anxiety disorders. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have developed - An understanding of common psychological disorders, including their aetiology, maintaining mechanisms and effective treatment. Proficiency in the diagnosis of psychological disorders. Proficiency in formulating theory-based conceptualisations of psychological disorders. Knowledge of treatments that are effective with specific psychological disorders and an understanding of how treatments are applied to the most common psychological disorders. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | A detailed reading list will be presented at the beginning of the unit. |
| Unit Texts: | American Psychiatric Association, (1994), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., Washington, American Psychiatric Association. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Case Conceptualisation 1 (ungraded), Case conceptualisation 2 50%, Examination 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
CRICOS provider code 00301J
