2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PSYC3556 Developmental Psychopathology

15 creditsClass Size: 80

Module manager: Dr Paige Davis
Email: P.E.Davis@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Pre-requisite qualifications

Successful completion of all pass for progression modules in Level 2 of: BSc Psychology or MPsyc, BSc Advanced Psychology, BA Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Thought (and its International and Industrial variants) or BSc Psychology with Education (and its International and Industrial variants)

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module is designed to provide students with an understanding of the field of developmental psychopathology focusing on the trajectory of different DSM-5 disorders. It takes into account diagnosis, theory, assessment and applications to clinical practice. This module will equip students that are interested in working clinically or in educational settings with children and adolescents who present with different psychopathologies with key knowledge specific to Developmental Psychopathology as a specialised area of study.

Objectives

This module aims to provide a depth of knowledge around DSM-5 diagnosis of disorders, developmental psychopathological theory, assessment used in the field and applications to clinical practice through evidence-based intervention. Culture will be considered throughout the module as well as current debates and issues around each disorder.

The module will be taught by an expert in the field and students will develop further knowledge around Developmental Psychopathology through emphasis on relevant literature.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. An understanding of how clinicians use the DSM-5 to diagnose psychopathology.
2. An ability to evaluate and critique complex theoretical models used by Developmental Psychopathologists to explain disorder, diagnostic instruments and methods used to assess child psychopathology.
3. An ability to critically review evidence-based intervention.

Skills outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
1) Critical thinking skills: Students will be able to interact with diagnostic tools and models they have likely not come across before and will be able to show critical analysis of these tools and models.
2) Application of Research and theory to Practice: Students will be supported to apply current research on intervention to specific developmental disorders and treatment plans.
3) Evaluating and synthesising information: Students will be supported to formulate a holistic view of the development of disorder from diagnosis to intervention.

Syllabus

1) What is Developmental Psychopathology? Understanding a Developmental Systems Perspective
2) Mood Disorders
3) Anxiety Disorders
4) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
5) Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) & Conduct Disorder (CD)
6) Eating Disorders and Anorexia and Bulimia
7) Autism Spectrum Disorder
8) Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lectures	8	2.00	16.00
seminars	3	1.00	3.00
Private study hours			131.00
Total Contact hours			19.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will have two opportunities for formative feedback before their assessments.

-Seminar 1 will be placed near the beginning of the semester (Week 2 or 3) and will focus on the exam and how to prepare and revise throughout the semester. Examples of essays that would get better marks will be highlighted. The students will have their first practice case and students will have the chance to get into groups and devise essay plans for their practice together with group and individual feedback.

-Seminar 2 will be held looking at a second practice case released 1 week before the seminar. Students will write their own practice reports and bring them to put them together as one case report. They will again have the chance to have feedback from the module leader.

-Seminar 3 will be a question-and-answer session around the case report assessment.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Online Time-Limited assessment	48 hr	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 03/05/2024 16:45:02

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