PSYCHOPATHOLOGY-II: SCHOZOPHRENIA AND OTHER DISORDERS

Psychopathology Notes for

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
S. P. PUNE UNIVERSITY, PUNE
SEMESTER-IV
EP: 410: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY-II: SCHOZOPHRENIA AND OTHER DISORDERS.
(Major Mandatory: Specialization) (Credits-4)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
To acquaint the students with:
1. The DSM-IV and ICD-11 classification of psychosis and related disorders.
2. The meaning and classification of psychosis, sexual, and sleep disorders.
3. Understanding of the personality and neurocognitive disorders.
4. The treatments, interventions and preventive measures.
LEARNING OUTMCOMES:
Students will be able to:
1. Describe the meaning and classification of mental disorders
2. Analyze the differences between psychosis and other mental disorders
3. Apply the knowledge in dealing with patients
4. Develop the practical and scientific understanding of treatment in practical world.

1.0.SCHIZOPHRENIA RELATED, DISSOCIATIVE AND EXTERNALIZED DISORDERS [15]
1.1. Schizophrenia: Definition, phases, symptoms, etiology and treatments
1.2. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: Brief Psychotic, Schizotypal, Schizophreniform, Schizoaffective, and Delusional Disorders.
1.3. Dissociative Disorders: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative Fugue, and Depersonalization; Features, etiology and treatments.
1.4. Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant, Impulse-Control, Disruptive, and Conduct Disorders; Etiology, treatments and interventions.

2.0. SEXUAL DISORDERS, AND SLEEP-WAKE DISORDERS [15]
2.1. Sexual Cycle & Sexual Dysfunctions Disorders: Diagnosis, causes and treatments
2.2. Paraphilic Disorders and Gender Dysphoria: Types, etiology, and treatments
2.3. Sleep-Wake Disorders: Insomnia, Hypersomnolence, Narcolepsy, and Breathing- Related Sleep Disorders. Diagnosis, etiology and treatments and intervention.
2.4. Parasomnias: Non-REM Sleep Arousal Disorders, Nightmare, Sleep-waking, Sleep Terror, REM-Sleep Behavior Disorder, Restless Legs Syndrome. DSM-Classification, etiology & treatments.

3.0. PERSONALITY DISORDERS [15]
3.1. Definition and Characteristics of General Personality Disorder.
3.2. Cluster-A Personality Disorders: Diagnostic features, types, causes and treatment.
3.3. Cluster-B Personality Disorders: Diagnostic features, types, causes and treatment
3.4. Cluster-C Personality Disorders: Diagnostic features, types, causes and treatment

4.0. SUBSTANCE-RELATED AND NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS. [15]
4.1. Substance-Related & Substance-Induced Disorders: Alcohol-Related & Cannabis- Related Disorders: Diagnosis, types, causes and treatments
4.2. Hallucinogen-Related & Inhalant-Related Disorders. Features, causes and treatment
4.3. Opioid-Related & Sedative-Hypnotic or Anxiolytic-Related Disorders: Diagnostic features, types, causes and treatments.
4.4. Delirium, Dementia-Alzheimer, Lewy-Bodies Disease, Vascular, Traumatic Brain Injury, Parkinson’s and Huntington Disease: Diagnostic criteria, types, causes, and treatments.

Books for Reading
1. American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, 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. Nevid, J. S, Rathus, S. A, & Greene, B, (2014). Abnormal Psychology (9th Eds). Pearson Education.
8. Sue, D., Sue D. W. & Sue S. (2006) “Abnormal Behavior” (8th Edi) Houghton Mifflin Company.
9. Puri, B.K., Laking, P.J. & Treasaden, I.H. (1996). Textbook of psychiatry. New York: Churchill Livingston.
10. Sarason, I.G, &Sarason, R.B. (2002). Abnormal psychology: The problem of maladaptive behavior (10th ed.). Delhi: Pearson Education.
11. World Health Organization (2019). The ICD-11. International Classification of Diseases (11th Revision) The Global Standard for Diagnostic Health Information. WHO-2024.

APA Citiation for refering this article:

Niwlikar, B. A. (2026, April 18). PSYCHOPATHOLOGY-II: SCHOZOPHRENIA AND OTHER DISORDERS. Careershodh. https://www.careershodh.com/psychopathology-notes/