PY3103 - Psychopathology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Psychology |
This subject presents empirical approaches to understanding maladaptive behaviour, psychosocial disorders and dysfunctions in all age groups. The primary focus will be on the major areas of psychological dysfunction, as well as problems of diagnosis and assessment. Clinical features related to symptomatology, aetiology, etc and theories and research findings will be presented from an integrative perspective that emphasises the importance of multifactorial rather than unifactorial approaches to the explanation of psychological disorders. Although therapetuic interventions for different disorders will be surveyed, they will not be the major focus of the subject.
Learning Outcomes
- acquire skills in the presentation of psychological knowledge;
- appreciate the basic perspectives or paradigms employed in psychopathology;
- be informed of basic perspectives on the treatment of psychological disorders;
- gain knowledge of major areas of psychological or mental disorders;
- understand the principles of assessment and diagnosis.
| Prerequisites: | (PY1001 or PY1101) and (PY1002 or PY1102) and (PY2091 or PY2101) |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PY3096 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Todd Jackson. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); presentations (30%); essays (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Marie Caltabiano. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); presentations (30%); essays (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Face to face teaching 05-Mar-2007 to 01-Jun-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Kerry McBain, Dr Marie Caltabiano |
| Lecturers: | jc161194, jc171491. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); presentations (30%); essays (30%). |
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