Psychopathology

Paper Code: 
PSY 125 A
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:

  • CO19: Developing familiarity with the current diagnostic systems (current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and International Classification of Diseases- Mental Disorder section)
  • CO20: To have knowledge of different aspects of abnormal behaviour.
  • CO21: Developing a foundational knowledge of Clinical Psychology, its historical development (especially w.r.t India) and professional ethics.
  • CO22: To know the historical development of the study of abnormal behaviour, criteria and perspectives in abnormal behaviour, common classification systems, and range of disorders including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, disorders generally observed at childhood and adolescence, and personality disorders.
  • CO23: Understand various behavioural dysfunctions and use the same in day-to-day life

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Nature and Problems of Clinical Psychology

Brief History of Clinical Psychology; The Nature and Status of Clinical Psychology; Role of Clinical Psychologist; Professional Ethics, Training, Responsibilities of a Clinical Psychologist; Future of Clinical Psychology

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Genesis of Psychopathology

Clinical Manifestations of Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders, Bipolar and other Related Disorders, Depressive Disorder,    Anxiety Disorder, Somatic Symptoms and Related Disorders, OCD

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Clinical Manifestation of Neuro-Cognitive and Neuro-Developmental Disorders:

Delirium, Major or Mild Neuro-Cognitive Disorder due to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington disease; Intellectual Disability, Autism, ADHD.

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Personality Disorders

Types and their Clinical Manifestation

12.00
Unit V: 
Substance related and Addictive Disorders

Sleep Wake Disorders; Feeding and Eating Disorder; Disruptive Disorders: Impulse Control and Conduct Disorder.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
  • Kaplan, H. J. & Sadock, B. J. (2004).  Synopsis of Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins.
  • Korchin, S. J. (1976).  Modern Clinical Psychology, Tokyo, Harper International.
  • Wolman (1965). Handbook of Clinical Psychology, New York, McGraw Hill,

 

References: 
  • Mayer, R. G. & Deutsch, S. E. (1996). The Child Clinician’s Handbook. Mass: Allyn and Bacon.
  • Pinel, P. J. (1997). Biopsychology, Mass: Allyn and Bacon.
  • Zillmer, E. A. & Spears, M.V. (2000). Principles of Neuropsychology. Canada: Thomson Wadsworth Publishers.
  • Walker, C. E. & Roberts, M. C. (2001). Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology  (3rd Ed). 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: 
2021-22
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