NewSyllabus 1149201462591983
NewSyllabus 1149201462591983
NewSyllabus 1149201462591983
Course Objectives:
This course will make the students aware of the nature of different psychological disorders of childhood. It will help them to understand about the diagnostic
Classification in Childhood Disorders, clinical psychopathology,& management.
Prerequisites:
Nil
Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
Module I: Introduction to Psychopathology 15%
Normal development, common problems during normal development phase, Etiology/Risk factors of psychopathology
Module III: Psychopathology of Childhood Disorders: Clinical Picture, assessment and intervention 20%
Mental Retardation, Specific Learning Disorders (Reading disorder, Spelling Disorder, disorder of written expression,
Arithmetical Disorder), Pervasive Developmental Disorders (Autism, Asperger’s Disorder, Rett’s Disorder, Childhood
Disintegrative Disorder, PDD NOS), Specific Speech & Language Disorders
Module IV: Externalizing Disorders 15 %
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorders (ODD), Conduct Disorder (CD), Alcohol
and Substance Use Disorders, Juvenile Delinquency
Lecture
Presentation
100 % NA 100
Components (Drop down) HA (Home Assignment) Presentation Attendance End Term Examination
Batchelor IPC, (1975). Henderson and Gillespie’s Textbook of psychiatry (10th edition) Oxford University Press, London
Cohen, Nancy. C. - Language Impairment & Psychopathology in infants, children and adolescents, Vol. 45, Developmental Clinical Psychology &
Psychiatry. Sage Publications.
Freedman, A.M., Kaplan, H.I. and Sadock, B.J. (1989). Comprehensive Text Book of Psychiatry (IIIrd Edition) Vol. 1.2. William and wilkins, Batrmore,
London
Gelder, M. et al, (2001), Short Oxford Test Book of Psychiatry, Oxford University Press, New York
Kazdin, A.E., (1995). Conduct Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence, (2nd Edition), Sage Publication, New Delhi
Willmshurst, Linda (2004), Child & Adolescent Psychopathology: A Case Book; Sage Publications Inc.