- Department: Psychology
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Scott Cairney
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: H
- Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2024-25 |
Are all mental health disorders a reflection of similar underlying problems? This module explores the emerging and growing consensus that transdiagnostic approaches (i.e., focusing on commonalities across different mental health diagnoses, rather than differences between them) are necessary to improve understanding, classification and treatment of psychiatric conditions. Students will learn about the factors shared across people with different mental health diagnoses (e.g., memory problems, sleep disturbances, risk genes) and how these contribute to the development, persistence and resolution of various psychiatric conditions, including major depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. The module content will draw on neurobiology, cognitive psychology and psychiatry to provide students with an extensive, interdisciplinary understanding of the relevant theoretical perspectives. Alongside this theoretical knowledge, students will learn how transdiagnostic approaches feed into evidence-based treatments and clinical practice. The module will be delivered through a combination of formal lectures, small group-based activities (with presentations focused on the critical evaluation of scientific papers) and debates focused on emergent issues in transdiagnostic mental health research.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) Understanding mental health and its disorders: a transdiagnostic approach |
5 hours | 100 |
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Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) Understanding mental health and its disorders: a transdiagnostic approach |
5 hours | 100 |
The marks on all assessed work will be provided on e-vision.
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