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Mental Illness in Young People II (PSYT90057)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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September
Overview
| Availability | September - Online |
|---|---|
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Course content includes:
- Young people and general health issues
- Epidemiology of mental illness in young people
- Outline of clinical disorders including DSM criteria, descriptions, aetiology and course during late adolescence and early adulthood
- Mental illness and comorbidity in young people
- Psychopathology and the developmental trajectory
- Psychopathology, culture and young people
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this subject students should be able to:
- Recognise the range of psychopathology in young people;
- Describe the range of clinical disorders which develop during late adolescence and early adulthood;
- Discuss the epidemiology of serious mental illness in young people;
- Develop a basic understanding of the relationship between developmental processes during late adolescence and the emergence of psychopathology; and
- Delineate a biopsychosocial framework for understanding the onset and course of mental illness in young people.
Generic skills
By the end of this subject students should be able to:
- Recognise the range of psychopathology in young people;
- Describe the range of clinical disorders which develop during late adolescence and early adulthood;
- Discuss the epidemiology of serious mental illness in young people;
- Develop a basic understanding of the relationship between developmental processes during late adolescence and the emergence of psychopathology; and
- Delineate a biopsychosocial framework for understanding the onset and course of mental illness in young people.
Last updated: 31 January 2024