Psychopathology –II

Paper Code: 
PSY 202
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To make students understand the nature and types of various psychotic and other disorders.
  • To impart knowledge and skills needed for psychological assessment of different abnormal conditions.
9.00
Unit I: 
Bipolar and Related Disorders :

Manic Episode, Depressive Episode, Bipolar affective disorder : clinical picture

9.00
Unit II: 
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders :

Delusional disorders, Brief Psychotic disorder: clinical picture

9.00
Unit III: 
Substance Related and Addictive Disorders :

Alcohol and Drug Dependence - Cocaine and Nicotine: clinical picture

9.00
Unit IV: 
Personality Disorders :

Concept, Cluster A - Paranoid, Schizoid; Cluster B - Antisocial, Borderline; Cluster C - Dependent personality disorder, obsessive compulsive personality disorder: clinical picture

9.00
Unit V: 
Intellectual Developmental Disorders :

Definition, levels, clinical picture

Essential Readings: 
  • American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
  • Comer, R.J. (2009). Abnormal psychology. Haryana: Worth Publishers.
  • Oltmanns, T.F., & Emery, R.E. (2016). Abnormal Psychology. Delhi: Pearson Education India.
  • Sarason, I.G., & Sarason, B.R. (2005). Abnormal Psychology. Delhi: Pearson Education India.
  • Whitbourne, S.K., & Halgin, R.P. (2015). Abnormal Psychology. Noida: Mc Graw Hill Education.
References: 
  • Balis, Go.,  Wurmser, L.,  McDanial, E., & Grenell, R.G. (1978). Clinical Psychopathology. London: Butterworth Publishers Inc. 
  • Buss, A.H. (1999). Psychopathology. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Carson, R.C., Butcher, J.N., Mineka, S., & Hooly, J. M. (2007). Abnormal Psychology. New Delhi: Pearson Education India.
  • Coles, E.M. (1982). Clinical Psychopathology: An Introduction. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
  • Lamm, A. (1997). Introduction to psychopathology. New York: Sage Publications.
  • Lazaurs, R.S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress Appraisal and coping. New York: Springer.
  • Schopler, E., & Reicher, R.J. (1983). Psychopathology and Child Development. London: Plenum Press.
Academic Year: 
2019-20
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