Developmental psychiatry semester 2
(
6 points,
SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL)
Leader:
Offered:
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis: A developmental perspective on the evolution of human behaviour through the lifecycle. Developmental issues such as continuities and discontinuities between childhood and adulthood in health and psychopathology; the extent to which normality merges with pathology; facilitating and inhibiting factors influencing transitions between developmental phases; age-appropriate, accelerated and delayed development; the effect of individual differences on developmental processes; and the clinical applications of these principles to psychiatric conditions in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. This unit is not taking on new students.
Assessment: Written examination (2 hours): 100%
