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. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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. |
Field of Education: | 90701 Psychology | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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