NEUROPSYCHIATRY

PSY5NPS

2015

Credit points: 5

Subject outline

This series of seminars analyses a number of frequently occurring neurological and psychiatric diseases with respect to their pathophysiological basis, their clinical presentation and pharmacological and the physical treatment approaches taken to them. The material is analysed from the molecular to the systemic level, with specific transmitter-related diseases being analysed in detail. Topics include schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders, somatic-stress disorders, basic pharmacology, and drug effects on cognition.

School: School of Psychology & Public Health

Credit points: 5

Subject Co-ordinator: Simon Crowe

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Admission to SMCNP or SDPCN

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Develop a strong understanding of the neural underpinning of psychopathology.

Activities:
Demonstrations, presentation and self guided learning activities
Related graduate capabilities and elements:
Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

02. Understand the relationship between neuropsychological deficit as it pertains to major psychiatric disorder.

Activities:
Demonstrations and presentation
Related graduate capabilities and elements:
Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

03. Develop knowledge of the relationship between major brain sytsems, their alteration a a consequence of pharmacological interventions and the implications of the combined effects of both phenomena to individual with major psychiatric disorder

Activities:
Self guided learning activity
Related graduate capabilities and elements:
Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

Melbourne, 2015, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Simon Crowe

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours seminar every two weeks on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"One 2-hour seminar for 6 weeks."

Assessments

Assessment elementComments%ILO*
one 1-hour multiple choice examination10001, 02, 03