Psychopathology (Optional)

Paper Code: 
PSY 125 (Group A)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To impart knowledge about the normality and abnormality of behaviour.
  2. To make students understand the nature and course of various abnormal conditions.
     
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 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: 

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, eating, sleeping disorders, impulse control disorder; Substance abuse disorders.

Essential Readings: 
  1. Kaplan, H.J. and Sadock, B.J. Ninth Edition (2004) Synopsis of Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Baltimore : Williams and Wilkins.
  2. Korchin, S.J. : Modern Clinical Psychology, Tokyo, Harper International Edition, 1976.
  3. Wolman : Handbook of Clinical Psychology, New York, McGraw Hill, 1965.
  4. Kendall and Norton-ford : Modern Clinical Psychology, New York, Wiley, 1980.   
     
References: 
  1. Mayer, R.G. and Deutsch, S.E. (1996). The Child Clinician’s Handbook. Mass : Allyn and Bacon.
  2. Pinel, P.J. (1997) Biopsychology, Mass : Allyn and Bacon.
  3. Purves, D. et al (Ed) Neuroscience. Mass : Allny and Bacon.
  4. Zillmer E.A. and Spears, M.V. (2001) Principles of Neuropsychology. Canada : wadsworth Publishers.
  5. Walker , C.E. and Roberts M.C. (2001) Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology  3rd edition New York : J. Wiley & Sons.
  6. Batchelor I.R.C. 10th Ed. (1968).Henderson Gillepie’s Textbook of Psychiatry.  London, Oxford University Press.
  7. Cameron N. & Margaret (1951). Behavior Pathology. Houghton Mifflin Company, Bostan.
  8. Ludwig A. (1986). Principles of Clinical Psychiatry. The Free Press, New York.
  9. Nicoli A.M. Ed. (1978). The Harvard Guide to Modern Psychiatry. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
Academic Year: 
2018-19
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