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NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

PSY5NPP

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject analyses a number of frequently occurring neurological and psychiatric diseases with respect to their pathophysiological basis, their clinical presentation, their neuropsychological signature as well as the pharmacological and physical treatment approaches taken to them. The material will be analysed from the molecular to the systemic level and will characterise the unique features of each condition which will act as the focus for psychological and pharmacological intervention.

School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Simon Crowe

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Apply specialised knowledge of the neural underpinning of psychopathology.
02. Demonstrate the relationship between the major psychiatric disorders and their associated neuropsychological deficits.
03. Examine the mechanisms of action of the drugs and physical treatments used to treat psychiatric disorder and consider their implication for the functioning of the neural circuitry.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Simon Crowe

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.00 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Examination - Module 1 (90 minutes; 1500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo25SILO1, SILO2

Examination - Module 2 (90 minutes; 1500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo25SILO1, SILO2

Examination - Module 3 (presentation, 10 minutes, 750 words) and CAT analysis (750 words)Each student will individually present the analysis of their own Critically Appraised Topic and present this in class (10 minutes) and submit the written CAT analysis.

N/AN/AN/ANo25SILO3

Examination - Module 4 (90 minutes; 1500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo25SILO3