PY5005 - Lifespan Health and Behaviour Disorders
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
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Available to MPsych or DPsych students or with permission of the course coordinator.
This subject reviews the environmental and biological factors that influence psychological development from birth to late life. Ethical factors in making legal and medical decisions are related to the psychological and physical disorders that can compromise capacity. Students are provided with skills for assisting clients and families affected by common developmental disorders in children and adolescents and chronic disorders in adults.
Learning Outcomes
- develop the knowledge and skills of the different methodologies used to evaluate health disorders applicable to different age groups;
- knowledge of the relationship between health and illness in ones development from birth to late life;
- understanding of the biological, environmental and psychosocial influences in the development of psychological problems associated with developmental and chronic disorders.
| Prerequisites: | BPsych(Hons) or PGDipPsych or equivalent or permission of Course Coordinator |
Availabilities | |
| , , Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2006 | |
| Face to face teaching (Consult School for on-campus attendance requirements) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Frances Quirk. |
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| Assessment: | (50%); (50%). |
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| Census Date 24-Mar-2006 | |
| Non-standard start/end 03-Jan-2006 to 21-Apr-2006 | |
| Face to face teaching 30-Jan-2006 to 21-Apr-2006 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Frances Quirk. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | (50%); (50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.