Behaviour Dysfunction

Paper Code: 
PSY 324 B
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

 

  1. To impart knowledge about the normality and abnormality of behaviour.
  2. To make students understand the nature and course of various abnormal conditions.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSY 324(B)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Behaviour Dysfunction

The students will be able to –

CO105: Have working knowledge and understanding of the major psychological disorders and critically review their signs and symptoms.

CO106: Develop a basic knowledge of the various treatments for abnormal behaviour.

CO107: Start conversations around mental health and creating mental health awareness amongst non-Psychology students.

CO108: Identify people suffering from common mental health problems like anxiety and depression.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction:
  • Concepts of mental health and illness
  • Meaning and definition of normality and abnormality
  • Models for understanding psychopathology (Psychoanalytical, behavioral, interpersonal and humanistic)
  • Need for and types of classification of mental disorders (DSM and ICD systems of
  • classification).

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Genesis of Psychopathology :
  • Clinical Manifestations of Anxiety Disorder
  • Disorders of Bodily Preoccupation
  • Mood Disorders
  • Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders  

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Clinical Manifestation of Cognitive Impairment Disorders :
  • Delirium
  • Dementia
  • Amnestic Disorders and Mental Retardation   

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Personality Disorders:
  • Types and their Clinical Manifestation.

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Other Disorders:
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Eating
  • Learning Disability
  • Sleeping Disorders
  • Impulse Control Disorder
  • Substance Abuse Disorders.  
Essential Readings: 
  • Kaplan, H.J. and Sadock, B.J. Ninth Edition (2004) Synopsis of Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Baltimore : Williams and Wilkins.
  • Korchin, S.J. : Modern Clinical Psychology, Tokyo, Harper International Edition, 1976.
  • Wolman : Handbook of Clinical Psychology, New York, McGraw Hill, 1965.
  • Kendall and Norton-ford : Modern Clinical Psychology, New York, Wiley, 1980.  

 

References: 
  • Mayer, R.G. and Deutsch, S.E. (1996). The Child Clinician’s Handbook. Mass : Allyn and Bacon.
  • Pinel, P.J. (1997) Biopsychology, Mass : Allyn and Bacon.
  • Purves, D. et al (Ed) Neuroscience. Mass : Allny and Bacon.
  • Zillmer E.A. and Spears, M.V. (2001) Principles of Neuropsychology. Canada : wadsworth Publishers.
  • Walker , C.E. and Roberts M.C. (2001) Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology  3rd edition New York : J. Wiley & Sons.
  • Batchelor I.R.C. 10th Ed. (1968).Henderson Gillepie’s Textbook of Psychiatry.  London, Oxford University Press.
  • Cameron N. & Margaret (1951). Behavior Pathology. Houghton Mifflin Company, Bostan.
  • Ludwig A. (1986). Principles of Clinical Psychiatry. The Free Press, New York.
  • Nicoli A.M. Ed. (1978). The Harvard Guide to Modern Psychiatry. Harvard University Press, Cambridge
Academic Year: 
2019-20
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