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Mental Health Disorders in Infancy (PSYT90082)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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This subject will focus on psychopathology in infancy and early childhood including epidemiology, risk and protective factors for mental health disorders, the clinical features of common mental health disorders of infancy, and diagnostic classification systems.
Intended learning outcomes
- To equip students to recognise infant and toddler psychopathology and mental health disorders.
- To equip students to appraise, interpret and synthesise clinical material and make a differential diagnosis of an infant or toddler with an infant mental health disorder.
Students will be able to:
- Ascertain when an infant has a mental health disorder or parent–infant relationship disorder
- Navigate and apply diagnostic criteria from DC 0-3 Classification System to clinical infant cases
- Synthesise clinical material and make a differential diagnosis of an infant or toddler with an infant mental health disorder
Last updated: 3 November 2022