Swinburne University of Technology - Melbourne Australia
Future Students - Courses
Duration
Contact Hours
Campus
Prerequisite
Corequisite
1 Semester
3 Hours per Week
Hawthorn
Admission to the Graduate Diploma of Science (Clinical Psychology) or Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) program.
Nil
Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points
A unit of study in the Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) and Graduate Diploma of Science (Clinical Psychology) .
This unit of study is intended as a brief introduction to biological psychology, brain structure and function and clinical neuropsychological methods.
Seminars
Neuropsychology component: Twocase studies (50%), Psychopharmacology component, Group presentation 50%
Graduates are capable in their chosen professional area: Able to gather information systematically from a range of sources. Highly developed verbal and written skills. A capacity to engage in informed critical enquiry and social debate. A sense of social responsibility for knowledge and its application. Graduates are entrepreneurial: Able to identify and realise opportunities for responsible innovation. An aptitude for socially responsible decision making. Graduates are adaptable and work effectively and ethically: Communicate effectively with professionals and the community. Understand, and are committed to, professional and ethical principles. Adaptable, flexible, open to new ideas and able to manage change. Able to work across a variety of situations with a variety of people. Recognise the need for life long learning. Graduates are aware of environments: Are culturally sensitive, with a respect for multiple points of view.
Graduates are capable in their chosen professional area:
Graduates are entrepreneurial:
Graduates are adaptable and work effectively and ethically:
Graduates are aware of environments:
In the neuropsychology component, the topics covered may include: Brain structure and imaging techniques. Psychiatric disorders related to brain structure and function. Adult neuropsychological disorders. Child neuropsychological disorders. Rehabilitation in a neuropsychological context. In the psychopharmacology component, topics covered may include: Principles of chemical transmission, the action of disease and drugs on chemical transmission. Neurochemical bases of bipolar depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Specific neurochemical actions of mood stabilizers, anxiolytics and sedative hypnotics, antipsychotics and cognitive enhancers.
In the neuropsychology component, the topics covered may include:
In the psychopharmacology component, topics covered may include:
Neuropsychology Lezak, M, Neuropsychological assessment, 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, 1995. Vanderploeg, RD (ed), Clinicians guide to neuropsychological assessment , 2nd edn, Erlbaum, Mahwah, New Jersey, 2001. Walsh, K & Darby, AO, Neuropsychology: a clinical approach, 4th edn, Churchill, 1999. Psychopharmacology Kaufman, DM, Clinical neurology for psychiatrists, 5th edn, Saunders, New York, 2001. Leonard, BE, Fundamentals of Psychopharmacology, 3rd edn, Wiley, London, 2003. Stahl, SM, Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific basis and practical applications, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000.
