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Clinical Psychology
Course leader:
Chris Allen, plus team
of practising clinical psychologists (visiting lecturers)
One term (15 units)
This is taught at the end of the second year. Its aims are to give students an understanding of the types of difficulties presenting to clinical psychologists throughout the lifespan, to understand normal and abnormal psychological processes and to acquire an understanding of the theories and approaches devised to explain and treat such psychological difficulties.
After studying this course, students will show an awareness of the range of clients seen by clinical psychologists and understand both normal and abnormal psychological processes and the continuum in between. They will also have knowledge of the current theories and models used to explain abnormal behaviour, and be aware of the therapeutic interventions used by clinical psychologists.
It contains the following topic areas:
- Introduction to clinical psychology.
- Child development and disorders.
- Stress.
- Theories of depression.
- Anxiety and phobias.
- Learning difficulties.
- Schizophrenia.
- Disorders of later life.
This course is assessed by both course work (40%) and written examination (60%).
Main texts:
Davidson & Neale
.
Abnormal psychology
. 9th
ed.Wiley, 2003.
Hawton, Salkovskis, Kirk & Clark.
Cognitive behaviour
therapy for psychology problems
. OUP, 1989.
Marzillier & Hall
(eds).
What is clinical
psychology?
OUP, 1999.