Psychopathology Development

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A. Continuous assessment result from the following combinations of assessment elements:
1. An individual written essay (75%), regarding a chosen content of the currricular unit syllabus;
2. During class activities, research and / or application group and individual exercises (25%).
B. The evaluation by exam will consist of a written test that will cover all the summarized contents.

1. Identify the defining concepts of developmental psychopathology.
2. Understand the mechanisms involved in human development adaptation or incompetence; identify risk and resilience factors (biological / genetic, relational, environmental and cultural) as well as their interaction in multiple contexts (individual, group or systems) and multiple domains (family, school, etc..) and their implications for human development.
3. Recognize the developmental nature of psychopathology in children and adolescents and what differentiates psychopathology from normal development; understand its implications to the child future development.
4. Meet some preventive intervention strategies, to promote healthy development and prevent psychopathology.

1. Developmental psychopathology: the emergence of a discipline
1.1 Scope and goals of Developmental Psychopathology
1.2 Human development conceptualization
1.3 The paradigm of the diversity of developmental pathways
1.4 Risk and Resilience
2. Developmental psychopathology approach: conceptualization
2.1 Continuity and discontinuity in human development
2.2 Developmental expression of psychological disorders: childhood vs. adulthood
3. Developmental perspective of children and adolescents disorders
3.1 Neurodevelopmental disorders
3.2 Emotional disorders
3.3 Behavioral disorders
3.4 Adolescence most common disorders
4. Models of mental health intervention
4.1 Preventive interventions: concept and goals
4.2 Introducing mental health prevention programs

• - Individual and/or Group Work - 75.0%
• - Attendance and Participation - 25.0%

• - Exam - 100.0%

NAO

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