SOME ITEMS COVERED IN THE COURSE

• Introduction and Historical
• What is Abnormal Behaviour?
• History of Psychopathology
• The Evolution of Contemporary Thought
• Current Paradigms in Psychopathology
• Cornerstones of Diagnosis and Assessment
• Classification and Diagnosis
• Psychological Assessment
• Neurobiological Assessment
• Cultural and Ethnic Diversity and Assessment
• Research Methods in the Study of Psychopathology
• Science and Scientific Methods
• Approaches to Research on Psychopathology
• Integrating the Findings of Multiple Studies
• Anxiety Disorders
• Clinical Descriptions of the Anxiety Disorders
• Gender and Sociocultural Factors in the Anxiety Disorder
• Common Risk Factors across the Anxiety Disorders
• Common Aspects of Treatments for the Anxiety Disorders
• Etiology and Treatment of Specific Anxiety Disorders
• Somatoform Disorders and Dissociative Disorders
• Dissociative Disorders
• Stress and Health
• Cardiovascular Disorders
• Asthma
• AIDS: A Challenge for the Behavioural Sciences
• Gender and Health
• Mood Disorders
• Suicide
• Eating Disorders
• Child Abuse and Eating Disorders
• Cognitive Behavioural Views

COURSE OBJECTIVES
THE AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TO TEACH YOU

• What is Abnormal Behaviour? The course offers five Characteristics of Abnormality. None are, by themselves, adequate definitions of abnormality, but together, they provide a framework for understanding it.
• The History of Psychopathology shows that different historical periods have emphasized one of three views concerning the causes of psychopathology.
• Students will learn the role of paradigms in science, and how current paradigms can be used to help understand and study various types of psychopathology.
• The course also deals with methods used to assess individuals who may have psychological problems, covering the accuracy of assessments and described methods of assessment.
• Cultural Diversity and Clinical Assessment discusses issues in assessing individuals of different cultures. Studies suggest clinicians may misdiagnose pathology in individuals of other cultures.
  These studies suggest the need for great sensitivity and awareness of cultural variation.
• The Consistency and Variability of Behaviour reviews a basic argument over whether behaviour is consistent or variable across situations. Traditional paradigms focus on personality traits leading to predictions that behaviour will be consistent across situations.
• The course will discuss research methods in psychopathology, and then begin covering the major forms of abnormality.

32 Hours Classroom training  plus practical, assignments, thesis and case studies.