Psychopathology

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

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

 

References: 
  • Mayer, R.G. and Deutsch, S.E. (1996). The Child Clinician’s Handbook. Mass : Allyn and Bacon.
  • Pinel, P.J. (1997) Biopsychology, Mass : Allyn and Bacon.
  • Purves, D. et al (Ed) Neuroscience. Mass : Allny and Bacon.
  • Zillmer E.A. and Spears, M.V. (2001) Principles of Neuropsychology. Canada : wadsworth Publishers.
  • Walker , C.E. and Roberts M.C. (2001) Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology  3rd edition 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: 
2015-16
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