Psychopathology - I

Paper Code: 
PSY 102
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
Course Outcomes Learning and teaching strategies Assessment Strategies

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

CO6: Define the basics of abnormal psychology and the differences between what is considered normal and abnormal behaviour

C07: Understand to what extent do biological, cognitive and sociocultural factors influence abnormal behaviour

CO8: Describe symptoms and prevalence of psychological disorders.

CO9: Identify the basic standards for the diagnosis and classification of major psychological disorders.

CO10: Understand the concept of mental health and the ways to improve it

 

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 practica

 

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

 

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Psychopathology

Definition, scope and concept of psychopathology

 

9.00
Unit II: 
Fundamentals of Psychological Models of Psychopathology

 Psychoanalytical , Behavioral, Cognitive, Humanistic  and Existential models

9.00
Unit III: 
Psychological Assessment of Psychopathology

Diagnostic Tests, Rating Scales, Interview, General Information about Projective Tests; Diagnostic Criteria - DSM V, ICD-11

 

9.00
Unit IV: 
Somatic symptoms and related disorders

Conversion disorder, Factitious Disorder, Illness Anxiety Disorder, Other Specified Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders : Clinical Picture

9.00
Unit V: 
Anxiety Disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder

Panic disorders and Agoraphobia, Specific Phobias, Social Phobia,   Generalized Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive – Compulsive Disorders: 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 (11th ed.). Delhi: Pearson Education India.
  • Whitbourne, S.K., & Halgin, R.P. (2015). Abnormal Psychology. Noida: Mc Graw Hill Education.
References: 

Suggested Readings : 

 

  • 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.Halliwell, M. (2017). Voices of Mental Health: Medicine, Politics, and American Culture, 1970-2000. Rutgers University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1vz498m
  • Yorke, C., Wiseberg, S., & Freeman, T. (1989). Development and Psychopathology: Studies in Psychoanalytic Psychiatry. Yale University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt2250wg

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  • Shodhganga
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  • Academia
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Journals:
 
 
Academic Year: 
2022-23
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