HPS914 - Studies in Psychopathology
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Megan Turner |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HPS714 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 3 hour seminar per week |
Content
This unit will encourage the integration of relevant bio-psycho-social factors (including physiological, psychological, family, social, and cultural) to understand psychopathology. Initially, we will examine the role and function of psychopathology and issues related to classification and diagnosis, with a particular emphasis on a critical evaluation of DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 as diagnostic tools. A range of specific disorders will be considered, using a lifespan approach to psychopathology. Current aetiological theories and conceptual models for each disorder will be considered through a critical examination of relevant research, along with overlap among the symptoms of different disorders, and the use of differential diagnosis.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Critically evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and historical development of the major diagnostic systems and their diagnostic criteria. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Develop and apply a multidimensional integrated model of psychopathology to the major mental health disorders. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | For both common (e.g., adjustment, anxiety and depressive disorders) and severe (e.g., personality disorders, bipolar disorder and psychotic disorders) psychological disorders compare and contrast a) diagnostic features b) putative causes and models of aetiology c) cultural, age, and gender features, d) prevalence, course, and familial pattern. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Competently consider cultural features in their use of the DSM and ICD and in their diagnostic formulations through use of the DSM-5's cultural formulation interview across all the major psychological disorders considered. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Competently apply diagnostic interviewing skills and knowledge of the clinical features and causes of specific mental health disorders in order to formulate diagnoses. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO6 | Competently demonstrate the ability to integrate and succinctly present and defend information and diagnostic conclusions derived from a diagnostic and clinical interview. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Mental State Examination (MSE)-Oral and written report | Written MSE no more than 500 words Oral MSE | Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 2: Diagnostic Case Report | 1000 words | Ungraded Pass/Fail |
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| Assessment 3: Objectively Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) | 1 hour | Pass/Fail |
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This unit is an ungraded pass/ungraded fail only. All assessments must be passed in order for the unit to be passed.
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
This unit is Pass Grade only. All assessments must be passed in order for the unit to be passed.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HPS914 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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