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ADVANCED LIFE SPAN STUDY –II MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS
Paper Code:
HHD144B
Credits:
4
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This course will enable the students to :
• Identify underlyning theoretical considerations in the field of psychology.
• Define mental health disorders as it was historically defined and now is defined.
• Describe the main disorders in theprimary areas of scientific research within psychology.
12.00
Unit I:
Disorder
• Phobias
• Panic disorder
• Generalised anxiety disorder
• Obsessive – compulsive disorder
12.00
Unit II:
Disorder
• Post traumatic stress disorder
• Acute stress disorder
• Mood disorder
• Major depressive disorder
• Bipolar depression.
12.00
Unit III:
Disorders
• Schizophrenia
• Somatoform disorder
• Paranoid personality disorder.
• Schizoid personality disorder.
12.00
Unit IV:
Personality Disorder
• Antisocial personality disorder
• Borderline personality disorder
• Histrionic personality disorder
• Narcissistic personality disorder.
• Avoidant personality disorder.
• Dependent personality disorder
12.00
Unit V:
Eating Disorder & Sleep disorder
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia nervosa
• Binge eating disorder.
• Sleep disorder.
Essential Readings:
Burger, J. M. (1999) 5th edn Personality, Wadsworth
Davison & Neale (2000) 8th edn, Abnormal Psychology, Wiley
Smith, E. R, & Machie, D.M. (2000) 2nd edn, Social Psychology, Psychology Press
Davison & Neale (2000) 8th edn, Abnormal Psychology, Wiley
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