Download Syllabus for Psychopathology Spring Semester 2014

Syllabus for Psychopathology Spring Semester 2014 Carmelo Vázquez, Ph.D. contact: [email protected] Office hours: ECTS credits: 6 Theory (70%) Practice (30%) Texts:
Barlow, D.H. & Durand, V.M. (2012). Abnormal Psychology‐ An Integrative Approach 6th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Belloch, A., Sandín, B., y Ramos, F. (Eds.). (2008). Manual de Psicopatología (2 vols.). Madrid: McGraw Hill. Berrios, G. (2005). The history of mental symptoms. Descriptive psychopathology since the nineteenth century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Casey, P. & Kelly, BB. (Fish’s clinical psychopathology. Signs and symptoms in Psychiatry. (3rd edition). London: Gaskell. Comer, R.J. (2010). Abnormal Psychology (7th edition). NY: Worth Publishers. DSM.IV‐TR (2000). Available in Internet DSM5 (2013). American Psychiatric Association Haglin, Whitbourne Abnormal Psychology‐ Clinical Perspectives on Psychological Disorder (6th ed.) Hunsley, J. & Lee, C.M. (2010). Introduction to Clinical Psychology‐ An Evidence‐
Based Approach. NY: Wiley. Maddux, J.E. & Winstead, B.A. (Eds.). (2005). Psychopathology Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding . NY: LEA. Kring, A.M., Johnson, S.L., Davison, G.C. & Neale, J.N. (2010). Abnormal Psychology 11th. NY: Wiley. Oxford Handbook Of Psychiatry (1St Edition ‐ 2005) Oyebode, F. (2008). Sim’s symptoms in the mind (4th edition). New York: Elsevier. (Spanish translation, of the 2003 edition, published in 2008). Rose, N. (1994). (Ed.). Essential Psychiatry. Blackwell Rossenberg,R & Kosslyn, S. (2011). Abnormal Psychology. NY: Worth. Shorter, E. (1997). A history of Psychiatry. From the era of asylum to the age of Prozac Spitzer, R.L., Gibbon, M., Skodol, A.E., Williams, J.B.W, & First, M.B. (1994). DSM‐IV Case book. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. Sue, D., Sue, D.W., y Sue, S.( 2010). Understanding Abnormal Behavior . Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. 1 Abnormal psychology: An historical and conceptual approach (4 sessions) Reading: ‐Comer (2010). Abnormal Psychology (7th edition). Chapter 1 ‐Spanos & Gottlieb (1976). Ergotism and the Salem Village witch trials Science, 194, 1390‐1394. ‐The lobotomist. The Washington Post Magazine – February 4, 2001 ‐The Illusions of Psychiatry by Marcia Angell, The New York Review of Books (2011) ‐Classroom activitities: Videos on the history of Psychopathology 2 The concept of abnormal behavior (4 sessions) Reading: Comer (2010). Abnormal Psychology (7th edition). Chapter 1 ‐Home assignment: The Rosenhan’s case ‐Spitzer, R.L. (1975). On pseudoscience in science, logic in remission, and psychiatric diagnosis: a critique of Rosenhan's "On being sane in insane places". Journal of Abnormal Psychology 84 (5): 442–52. ‐Rosenhan, D.L. (1973). On being sane in insane places. Science 179, 250–
258 ‐Classroom activity: ‐Debate on Rosenhan’s case ‐ A legal case (The Law perspective on mental health) 3 Models of abnormal behavior (3 sessions). Reading: Comer (2010). Abnormal Psychology (7th edition). Chapter 3 ‐Classroom activity: ‐ A legal case (The Law perspective on mental health) ‐Group assignment: Psychological drugs market – National trends 4 Vulnerability factors: Bio‐psycho‐social elements (2 sessions) Reading: Kearney & Trull (2012). Abnormal Psychology and Life‐ A Dimensional Approach ‐ Chapter 3: Risk and Prevention of Mental Disorders ‐Classroom activity: A case from a diathesis‐stress point of view ‐Group assignment: The global burden of disease ‐Group assignment: Social factors and mental health ‐Group assignment: Gender and psychopathology 5 Research methods and designs in the study of abnormal behavior (1 session) Reading: Kearney & Trull (2012). Abnormal Psychology and Life‐ A Dimensional Approach ‐ Chapter 3: Risk and Prevention of Mental Disorders 6 Assessment, classification and diagnosis of abnormal behavior. The Mental Exam State (5 sessions): Reading: ‐Introduction to Clinical Psychology‐ An Evidence‐Based Approach ‐ Hunsley, Lee (2010) ‐ Chap 3: Classification and diagnosis. ‐Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Rating Criteria ‐Mental Status Examination (List of problems) ‐Home assignment: Creating a new mental disorder: Option 1) Pathological jealousy Option 2) Happiness deficit disorder ‐Classroom activity: Mental Exam State videos ‐Group assignment: Transdiagnostic approaches in psychopathology ‐Group assignment: A MES interview Exam 1
Required reading for Lessons 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12: Patricia R. Casey & Brendan Kelly (2008). Fish's Clinical Psychopathology: Signs and Symptoms in Psychiatry 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Disorders of perception, consciousness and attention (6 sessions). Classroom activity: Clinical cases ‐Group assignment: Hallucinations in normal people? ‐Group assignment: Psychoactive substances and hallucinations. ‐Group assignment: Drugs for hyperactive kids? ‐Group assignment: Can selective attention be trained? Memory disorders (3 sessions). Classroom activity: Clinical cases Clive Wearing: Prisoner of consciousness ‐Group assignment: Training autobiographical memory? Thought and language disorders (4 sessions). Classroom activity: ‐PANASS video (subtitled?) ‐Clinical cases ‐Group assignment: Are soccer fans crazy? Delusions vs. overvalued ideas ‐ Group assignment: Rumination as a transdiagnostic problem Psychomotor disorders (3 sessions) Classroom activity: ‐Gilles de la Tourette video ‐Clinical cases Emotional and motivational disorders (4 sessions) ‐Group assignment: Mood regulation deficits ‐Group assignment: The role of positive emotions in Psychopathology Disorders in sleep and eating behaviors. (6 sessions) Classroom activity: ‐Narcolepsia video ‐Clinical cases Classroom activity: ‐Abnormal eating behaviors video ‐Clinical cases ‐Group assignment: Mood disorders: A DSM5 overview Main psychological disorders: Prototypes and syndromic organization (6‐8 sessions) Readings: Not assigned yet ‐Home assignment: Madness from inside (a list will be provided) Classroom activity: Clinical cases ‐Group assignment: Mood disorders: A DSM5 overview ‐Group assignment: Anxiety disorders: A DSM5 overview Exam 2
PRACTICE CONTENTS It will include Clinical cases, first‐account descriptions of Clinical problems, etc. using videos, written clinical vignettes, etc. These contents will cover: 1. Definition of abnormal behavior: Limitations, biases and cultural norms 2. Definition of abnormal behavior: A legal view. 3. Psychopathology of cognition: Clinical vignettes 4. Psychopathology of emotions and motivation: Clinical vignettes 5. Psychopathology of basic functions (sleep and eating behaviors): Clinical vignettes 6. Prototypes of the most common clinical syndromes and disorders: Clinical vignettes Source Weight Exams: 60% Midterm 1: 50% Midterm 2: 50% Home assignments & class quizzes: 20% Group presentation of selected topics: 15% It will be also considered participation in experiments conducted in our lab as well as any other contribution (e.g., translation of materials, subtitling videos, etc.)