Behaviour Dysfunction

Paper Code: 
PSY 324 B
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OUTCOMES

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

  
 

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO111: Have working knowledge and understanding of the major psychological disorders and critically review their signs and symptoms.

CO112: Develop a basic knowledge of the various treatments for abnormal behaviour.

CO113: Start conversations around mental health and creating mental health awareness amongst non-Psychology students.

CO114: Identify people suffering from common mental health problems like anxiety and depression.

CO115: identifying the etiology of eating and sleep related disorders

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, behavioural, 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.
  • Kendall and Norton-ford: Modern Clinical Psychology, New York, Wiley, 1980.  
  • Korchin, S.J.: Modern Clinical Psychology, Tokyo, Harper International Edition, 1976.
  • Wolman: Handbook of Clinical Psychology, New York, McGraw Hill, 1965.

 

References: 

Suggested Readings

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

E-Resources

  • ResearchGate
  • JSTOR
  • Proquest
  • Shodhganga
  • Delnet
  • Google Scholar
  • National Digital Library (NPTEL)
  • Academia

Journals

  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Psychological Bulletin
  • Psychological Sciences
  • Journal of Counselling Psychology
  • The Counselling Psychologist
  • Counselling Psychology Quarterly
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy

 

Academic Year: 
2022-23
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