Syllabus

Course Code: Paper – 501    Course Name: Psychopathology

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Psychopathology: Nature and Historical Development.
Abnormality: Nature, Differentiation from Normality and Criteria.
Approaches to Psychopathology: Biological, Psychodynamic, Behavioural, Cognitive and HumanisticExistential.
2 Classification of Psychopathology: Need for classification, DSM Classification system up to DSM-IV-TR.
Diagnostic Assessment: Interview, Case History and Projective Techniques: Rorschach and Word Association Test.
3 Anxiety Based Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Phobic Disorders: Symptoms and Etiology.
Substance/Drug Abuse: Etiology, Consequences and Rehabilitation.
4 Mood Disorders: Unipolar and Bipolar-Symptoms and Etiology.
Schizophrenia: Symptoms, Etiology and Types.
Mental Retardation: Types, Causes and Management.
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