| Unit name | Advanced Neuropsychiatry |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PSYCM0048 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Leonards |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Students must not have taken PSYC31053 |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Psychological Science |
| Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
This unit covers the historical foundation of neuropsychiatry, and consequently, demonstrates that common syndromes dealt with in Abnormal Psychology are also observable in patients with circumscribed brain lesions. Psychiatric issues in healthy ageing will also be addressed, along with psychiatric co-morbidity in neurodegenerative disease, including the most prevailing psychiatric phenomena such as major psychoses (schizophrenia, depression), anxiety, obsession, drug addiction, eating disorders, and personality disorders.
The aims of the unit are to contribute to the ongoing body-mind debate, and to demonstrate that psychiatric disorders are as organic as established neurological disorders.
On successful completion of the unit, a student will be able to:
Lectures and seminars.
2-hour written examination (70%) and 2000-word essay (30%).
Essential None
Recommended
Recommended and further reading will be made available through Blackboard
