PSİ518


Course Title Course Code Program Level
Developmental Psychopathology PSİ518 Psychology (Thesis) M.A / M.Sc.

Course Term
(Course Semester)
Teaching and Learning Methods
Credits
Theory Practice Lab Projects/Field Work Seminars/Workshops Other Total Credits ECTS Credits
02
(Spring)
42 133 175 3 7

Teaching Staff Prof. Dr. Emel Erdoğan Bakar
Language of Instruction Türkçe (Turkish)
Type Of Course Elective
Prerequisites None
Recommended Optional Programme Component
Course Objectives The focus of the course is child psychopathology from a developmental perspective, recognizing that pathology expresses itself in different ways at different ages and stages of development. With this perspective, Students to the major issues in the assessment, classification, and treatment of childhood and adolescent pschological disorders.
Course Content This course explores child psychopathology from a developmental perspective, recognizing that pathology expresses itself in different ways at different ages and stages of development. Concepts such as risk and resilience and early predictors of better and worse outcome will be integrated with a review of the major types of psychopathology seen in children and adolescents. Specific disorders to be reviewed include: developmental disorder, disruptive behavior disorders, pervasive developmental disorder and eating disorders.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: 1- Utilize a biopsychosocial perspective to explore children’s normal and abnormal developmental processes. 2- Examine how children’s psychological disorders are currently conceptualized, assessed, and treated in clinical settings. 3- demonstrate knowledge the relevance of developmental factors as they are related to the manifestations of these disorders across the life span 4- demonstrate knowledge of current research findings relevant to these disorders 5- demonstrate an understanding of the relevance of factors to the development, diagnosis, clinical outcome and treatment of these conditions
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Course Outline
Week Topics
1. Week Chapter1-Normative Development
2. Week Chapter2- Risk factors in Normal Development
3. Week Chapter3- Life Span issues in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, (Diagnosis ,Classification, Assesment)
4. Week Chapter4 - Classification of Childhood Disorders: Principles and Models
5. Week Chapter5- Developmental Psychopathology Research
6. Week Chapter 6- Developmental Disabilities and Disorders: Mental Retardation and Learning Disorders
7. Week Chapter 7- Attachment, Disorders of Infancy
8. Week Chapter 8- Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Autism & Asperger’s Disorder
9. Week Chapter 9- Externalizing Disorders : Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
10. Week Chapter 10- Externalizing Disorders: Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder
11. Week Chapter 11- Eating and Elimination Disorders
12. Week Chapter 12- Sexual Personality Disorder and Child Abuse
13. Week Chapter 13- Psychological Intervention
14. Week Chapter 14- Psychological Intervention
Assessment
  Percentage(%)
Mid-term (%) 30
Quizes (%)
Homeworks/Term papers (%)
Practice (%)
Labs (%)
Projects/Field Work (%)
Seminars/Workshops (%)
Final (%) 60
Other (%) 10
Total(%) 100
Course Book (s) and/or References Aysev Soykan A., Taner Işık Y (Ed.)(2007) Çocuk ve Ergen Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları, İstanbul: Golden Print. Martin A., Volkmar FR., Lewis M (2007). Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A. Comprehensive Textbook.Colombia: Wolters Kluver I Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Wilmshurs L. (2005). Essentials of Child Psychopathology. United States of America: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Work Placement(s)
The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO)

 

PQ1

PQ2

PQ3

PQ4

PQ5

PQ6

PQ7

PQ8

PQ9

PQ10

LO1

3

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LO2

3

 

3

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

LO3

3

 

4

5

3

 

 

2

 

 

LO4

 

 

 

5

4

3

4

2

2

4

LO5

 

 

 

5

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low    2 Low     3 Medium     4 High      5 Very High