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GSP500 - Child&Adolescent Psych - Course Outline - May2021
GSP500 - Child&Adolescent Psych - Course Outline - May2021
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to familiarize the candidates with the range of clinical
psychopathologies, which include symptom disorders and personality disorders. This course
is crucial to the candidates’ ability to administer proper diagnosis of mental disorders for
minor clients.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
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Course Outline Psychology Department
GRADING:
Role Play 30%
Case Study 20%
Report Writing 10%
Final Examination 40%_
Total 100%
CONTENT:
4. Diagnostic Clinical Evaluation & Mental Status Examination for Child and
Adolescent Psychopathology
5. Externalizing Disorders
• Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder and Juvenile Delinquency
Substance Use Disorders
6. Internalizing Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
• Depression Disorders
• The Development of Borderline Personality and Self-Inflicted Injury
7. Other Disorders
• Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders in Infants, Children and Adolescents
• Bipolar Disorder
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Learning Disorders/ Intellectual Disability
• Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
• Eating Disorders
MAIN TEXT:
Beauchaine, T. P., & Hinshaw, S. P. (2017). Child and adolescent psychopathology (3rd ed.).
United States of America: John Wiley & Sons.
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SUPPORTING TEXT:
Galanter, C. A., & Jensen, P. S. (2016). DSM-5® Casebook and Treatment Guide for Child
Mental Health. United States of America: American Psychiatric Pub.
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