EP 310: Psychopathology 1: Neurodevelopmental and Other Disorders

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

To acquaint the students with:
1. The DSM-IV and ICD-11 classification system of mental disorders.
2. The meaning and various paradigms of psychopathology.
3. Understanding the classification of and prognosis of mental disorders.
4. Assessment and treatments of mental disorders.

LEARNING OUTMCOMES:

Students will be able to:
1. Describe the meaning and classification of mental disorders
2. Analyze the basic theoretical perspectives of abnormal behavior
3. Apply the theoretical understanding in identification and treatments of disorders.
4. Develop the practical and scientific aspect of normal human functioning

1.0. INTRODUCTION, CLASSFICATION AND PARADIGMS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY [15]

1.1. Definition, criteria, and mental disorder classification system (DSM-V and ICD-11)
1.2. Features of Mental Health Care Act-2017. Rights of Person with Mental Illness as per the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.
1.3. Role and responsibilities of Mental Health Professionals.
1.4. Paradigms in Psychopathology: Biological, Psychological (Psychoanalytical, Behavioristic, Cognitive, Humanistic-Existential), Biopsychosocial (Diathesis-Stress Model), and Sociocultural.

2.0. DEVELOPMENTAL, COMMUNICATION, AND MOTOR DISORDERS [15]

2.1. Intellectual disabilities: Meaning, types, causes, treatments.
2.2. Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Features, causes and treatment
2.3. Specific Learning, Communication Disorders: Classifications, types etiology and treatment.
2.4. Motor Disorders: Developmental Coordination Disorder, Stereotypic Movement Disorder and Tic Disorders: Features, causes and treatment.

3.0. ANXIETY, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND STRESS RELATED DISORDERS [15]

3.1. Separation Anxiety, Phobia, Panic Disorder, Generalized and Social Anxiety Disorders: Classifications, types, etiology and treatments.
3.2. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders, Body Dysmorphic, Hoarding, Trichotillomania Disorders: Classification, etiology and treatment.
3.3. Stress Disorders: Reactive Attachment, Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder, Diagnostic Criteria, etiology, treatment and interventions.
3.4. Traumatic Stress Disorders: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Acute Stress, Adjustment Disorders; Diagnostic features, etiology and treatment.

4.0. DEPRISSIVE, SOMATIC SYMPTOMS, AND EATING DISORDERS [15]

4.1. Depressive Disorders: Major Depressive Disorder, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Persistent Depressive Disorder, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Symptoms, etiology and treatments.
4.2. Bipolar Disorders: Bipolar-I, and Bipolar-II, Cyclothymic and Dysthymic Disorders. Diagnostic criteria, causes and treatments. Suicide: Types, causes, and treatment.
4.3. Somatic Symptoms Disorder: Illness Anxiety Disorder, Conversion Disorder, Factitious Disorders; Classification, etiological factors and treatment.
4.4. Eating Disorders: Pica, Rumination Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa/Binge Eating/Purging Disorder. Diagnostic criteria, types, causes, and treatment.

Books for Reading:

1. American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (DSM-V) 5th Edition. Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
2. Andrew, M. (2011). Clinical psychology: Science, practice, and culture (2nd Edn). Sage Publication.
3. Alloy, L.B., Riskind, J.H., & Manos, M.J. (2005). Abnormal Psychology: current perspectives. 9th Edn. Tata McGraw-Hill: New Delhi, India.
4. Barlow, D.H. & Durand, V.M. (2005). Abnormal psychology (4thed.). Pacific Grove: Books/Cole.
5. Butcher J.N; Mineka Susan; and Hooley Jill M. (2014) Abnormal Psychology (15th Ed.) Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt.Ltd. of Pearson Education.
6. Carson, R.C., Butcher, J.N., Mineka, S., & Hooley, J.M. (2007). Abnormal Psychology, 13th Edn. Pearson Education, India.
7. Comer, R.J. (2007). Abnormal psychology (6th ed.). New York: Worth Publishers.
8. Davison, G.C., Neal, J.M. & Kring, A.M. (2004). Abnormal psychology. (9th ed.). New York: Wiley.
9. Fauman, M.A. (1996). Study guide to DSM-IV. Jaypee Brothers.
10. First, M.B. & Tasman, A. (2004). DSM-IV-TR mental disorders: Diagnosis, etiology, and treatment. New York: Wiley.
11. The Mental Health Care Act, 2017 (India).
12. Nevid, J. S, Rathus, S. A, & Greene, B, (2014). Abnormal Psychology (9th Eds). Pearson Education.
13. Nolen- Hoeksema, S. (2004). Abnormal Psychology 3rd Edn. McGraw Hill: New York, USA.
14. Oltmanns T. F., Emery R. E. (1995) ‘’Abnormal Psychology’’ Prentice Hall.
15. Puri, B.K., Laking, P.J. & Treasaden, I.H. (1996). Textbook of psychiatry. New York: Churchill Livingston.
16. Sarason, I.G, &Sarason, R.B. (2002). Abnormal psychology: The problem of maladaptive behavior (10th ed.). Delhi: Pearson Education.
17. Sue, D., Sue D. W. & Sue S. (2006) “Abnormal Behavior” (8th Edi) Houghton Mifflin Company.
18. World Health Organization (1992). The ICD-10 Classification of mental and behavioral disorders: Clinical description and diagnostic guidelines: Delhi: Oxford University Press.