Clinical and Abnormal Psychology

Course aim

To develop students' advanced understanding of the classification, description, causes and treatment of major psychological disorders.

Course content

In this course students will develop an advanced understanding of normality and abnormality and will be introduced to the epidemiology, aetiology and treatment of specific psychological disorders (including anxiety disorder, somatoform disorder, mood disorder, substance use disorder, eating disorder, personality disorder, and schizophrenia). Students will also further develop their understanding of the National Practice Standards for the mental health workforce.

Textbook(s)

Rieger, E. (Ed.) 2011, Abnormal psychology: Leading researcher perspectives, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill, Sydney

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BEHL 2005	Introductory Research Methods

The listed prerequisite plus two Level 2 psychology courses.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Practical	1 hour x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online)	3 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.