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This course, which is restricted to clinical psychology postgraduate students, is a broad survey of adult and child psychopathology. The focus is on description (including classification, differential diagnosis, epidemiology, etc) etiology, and to some degree assessment. The seminar forms a building block for the next year's focus on intervention.
This course is limited to students selected into the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology (PGDipClinPsyc).
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Biculturally competent and confident
Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
Subject to approval of the Head of Department.
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Enrolled students are advised to consult the course outline on AKO|LEARN for complete timetable information.
Sarah Christofferson
Janet Carter , Nadine Pow , Caitlin Aberhart , Neil Thompson , Martin Dorahy and Virginia McIntosh
Liz Waugh and Simon Goss
Enrolled students are advised to consult the course outline on AKO|LEARN for assessment information.
American Psychiatric Association; Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5-TR ; Fifth Edition; American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2022.
Beauchaine, Theodore P. , Hinshaw, Stephen P; Child and adolescent psychopathology ; Third edition; John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2017.
Beidel, Deborah C. , Frueh, B. Christopher; Adult psychopathology and diagnosis ; Eighth edition; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018.
Bonta, James , Andrews, D. A., Andrews, D. A; The psychology of criminal conduct ; Sixth edition; Routledge, 2016.
American Psychiatric Association; Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-5-TR ; American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2022.
These Textbooks are required, you need to have access to them, but you do not have to own them.
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Domestic fee $2,353.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
Maximum enrolment is 28
For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing .