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PSYC601 Psychopathology

10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Incompatible PSYC631 Psychological Disorders
Teaching Organisation 2 hours per week for twelve weeks or equivalent of lectures and seminars and workshops. Audiovisual and case materials will be used in diagnostic and formulation issues.

This unit will provide an introduction to models and concepts of psychopathology, current classification systems and relevant research methodology. It will review the major psychiatric disorders and cover aetiology, symptoms, differential diagnosis, course of disorders and co-morbidity. Placing of diagnoses within the context of clinical, other formulations and intervention will allow exploration of the causes, manifestations and the maintenance of disorders.

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