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Level 5 Diploma in Psychology

Defining normality and abnormality

PSY501 · Psychological Approaches to Depression and Schizophrenia — Week 1 of 16

CoursePSY501
Week1 of 16
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This week’s topics

Defining normality and abnormality

  1. Defining normality and abnormality
  2. Clinical characteristics of schizophrenia
  3. Reliability and validity of diagnosis

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Describe the process of defining normality and abnormality.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the process of defining normality and abnormality.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Defining normality and abnormality
  • Week 2: Biological explanations of schizophrenia: genetics, neural …
  • Week 3: Psychological explanations: psychodynamic, cognitive and so…
  • Week 4: Therapies for schizophrenia: conventional and atypical anti…
  • Week 5: Clinical psychology as a discipline: the practical role of …
  • Week 6: Research methods used in clinical psychology
  • Week 7: Classifying depression: major depressive disorder, reliabil…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Explaining depression: genetic and neurotransmitter dysfunc…
  • Week 10: Therapies for depression: antidepressants, ECT and CBT
  • Week 11: Effectiveness of therapies and public health approaches: so…
  • Week 12: Assessment workshop: drafting against the assessment criter…
  • Week 13: Supervised completion and submission
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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