CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

Course Description

The course reviews the predisposing factors that may occur during the development from infancy to adolescence. Childhood and adolescent diagnostic groups that take place in the latest classification system are introduced. Current empirical findings and conceptual models and/or influential theories on selected psychopathological disorders are discussed. Course covers assessment approaches and methods of treatment. Behavioral, cognitive, sociocultural, and genetic and neuro-scientific aspects are the subject of emphasis as well as prevention, intervention, assessment, etiology, prognosis and symptom management of abnormal behavior. The handbook of psychology, the DSM-V will be the primary source used to explore the vast range of psychological disorders.

CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

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Course outcomes

1. 01 To define (2) normal behavior and emotional-behavioral disorders of childhood
2. 02 To examine (3) etiology and prevalence of psychological disorders in childhood and adolescence
3. 03 To explain (4) diagnostic criteria of psychological disorders in childhood and adolescence
4. 04 To evaluate (5) treatment of psychological disorders in childhood and adolescence

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Çocuk Psikoterapisi, Geldard, D. ve Geldard K. Türk Psikologlar Derneği
2. 02 Çocuk ve Ergen Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları, Özel Özcan, Ö. İnönü Üniversitesi Yayınları
3. 03 Anormal Psikolojisi, Kring, A., Johnson, S., Davison, G., Neale, C. Nobel Yayıncılık

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 To define (2) normal behavior and emotional-behavioral disorders of childhood SOLO 2
2. L02 To examine (4) knowledge of etiology and prevalence of psychological disorders in childhood and adolescence SOLO 4
3. L03 To explain (4) diagnostic criteria of psychological disorders in childhood and adolescence SOLO 4
4. L04 To clarify (3) on treatment of psychological disorders in childhood and adolescence SOLO 3

Program Outcomes

1. P01 to compare and criticize contemporary psychotherapy approaches
2. P02 to make specific psychotherapy techniques under supervision
3. P03 to pull together interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary studies
4. P04 to follow national and international publications and to participate scientific meetings for be informed about innovations and developments
5. P05 to conduct informing activities about Community Mental Health
6. P06 to practice all the time within the frame of profession and ethical principles of clinical psychology
7. P07 to examine psychological researches with critical point of view
8. P08 to conduct scientific research with combining clinical applications to analyze and interpret research results
9. P09 to analyze and interpret research results
10. P10 to identify, to diagnose and analyze and explain the lifelong psychological disorders
11. P11 to assess and diagnose individual basically
12. P12 to know and apply basic psychological help and intervention

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