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Behaviour Dysfunction
Paper Code:
PSY 324B
Credits:
4
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
Course Objectives :
- To impart knowledge about the normality and abnormality of behaviour.
- To make students understand the nature and course of various abnormal conditions.
Course Outcomes:
- 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.
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
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.
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