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Year 2 Medicine.
Contact: Three lectures and two tutorials/seminars a week, with six hours of field work.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject, students should understand: major frameworks and methods of psychological assessment relevant to patient management; theory and clinical examples relating brain systems to behaviour; the presentation and treatment of major psychological disorders; current developments in behavioural medicine relevant to contemporary medical practice.
Content:
Psychological assessment; the nature of communication; frameworks for assessment; concepts of normality; methods of assessment with clinical relevance. Brain and behaviour; memory disorders; language disorders; disorders of perception; adaptive behaviour syndrome; recovery and rehabilitation. Abnormal psychology; models of mental illness; problems in childhood and adolescence; psychological nature and treatment of common disorders. Behavioural medicine; grief, pain, stress; sexual, eating and sleep disorders; substance dependency. Patient management: common patient anxieties; preparation for medical procedures; patient compliance and treatment outcome. The sick role and illness behaviour; adjustment to chronic illness and disability. The role of the psychologist in contemporary medicine.
Assessment:
A research project (15 per cent); an essay of up to 2,000 words (25 per cent) and a 3-hour end-of-semester written examination (60 per cent).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Volume 4 page 135)
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