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Syllabus INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY - 51812
עברית
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Last update 10-10-2016
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: psychology

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: |Renana Elran

Coordinator Email: renana.elran@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Sunday 10:00 - 10:45

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Renana Elran

Course/Module description:
We will address the term "psychopathology" critically and examine several theoretical paradigms:
- Biological-Medical
- Social
- Psychological
- Subjective

Course/Module aims:
Prepare the student to be able to apply the diagnostic measures based on DSM-V to reach a diagnosis and differential diagnosis of the patient, as well as create a dynamic formulation.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Interviewing a patient
2. Reaching a Noseological diagnosis according to DSM -V
3. To suggest a dynamic formulation
4. To be able to evaluate coping skills alongside the psychopathology.
5. To be familiar with suicidal risk asessment

Attendance requirements(%):
90

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:

Course/Module Content:
1. הקדמה: בלבול השפות
2. המושג פסיכופתולוגיה
3. גישה מימדת מול גישה קטגורית
4. גישה קטגורית להפרעות נפשיות - DSM-V
5. הראיון הקליני
6. הראיון הפסיכיאטרי: לקיחת סטטוס פסיכיאטרי
7. אובדנות: הערכת סיכון ועקרונות טיפול
8. גישה מימדית - פורמולציה פסיכודינאמית
9. גישות לפסיכופתולוגיה:
- גישה ביולוגית-אמפירית
- גישה מערכתית-חברתית-תרבותית
- גישות פסיכולוגיות
10. מנקודת מבט סובייקטיבית: גישת ההחלמה ומפגש אישי
11. סיכום

Required Reading:
Maddux, J. E., Gosselin, J. T., & Winstead, B. A. (2008). Conceptions of psychopathology: A social constructionist perspective. Maddux, James E. (Ed); Winstead, Barbara A. (Ed). (2008). Psychopathology: Foundations for a contemporary understanding (2nd ed.). (pp. 3-18). New York, NY, US: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.

McWilliams, N. (2015). More simply human: on the Universality of Madness. Psychosis Vol 7(1), pp 63-71.

Hacking, I., 2013. Lost in the Forest. Review of DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition by the American Psychiatric Association. London Review of Books [Online] vol. 35 no. 15 pp. 7-8. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n15/ian-hacking/lost-in-the-forest

בנימין, אברהם (1972), הראיון המסייע, (תרגום: ינאי י.), ספרית פועלים: תל אביב, פרק 3: תפיסת העולם, עמ' 53-73.

אוגדן, ת. (2002), "הפגישה האנליטית הראשונה", בתוך: הקצה הפרימיטיבי של החוויה, עם עובד, עמ' 128-143

M.I.N.I בעברית; Mental Status Form
APA
Practice Guideline for the Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults

APA (2004) Assessing and Treating Suicidal Behavior – A quick reference guide

אורבך, י. (2001). אמפתיה טיפולית למשאלת ההתאבדות עקרונות טיפול באובדניים. שיחות ט"ו(2), 105-114.

Perry, S. et al (1987), The Psychodynamic Formulation: Its purpose, Structure, and Clinical Application, The American Journal of Psychiatry 1987 May;144(5), pp 543-50.
Hinshelwood, R.D. (1991).

Psychodynamic Formulation in Assessment for Psychotherapy. British Journal of Psychotherapy Vol 8(2), pp 166-174.

Kihlstrom, J. F. (2002). To honor Kraepelin...: From symptoms to pathology in the diagnosis of mental illness.Beutler, Larry E. (Ed); Malik, Mary L. (Ed). (2002). Rethinking the DSM: A psychological perspective. Decade of behavior. (pp. 279-303). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association. xiii, 331 pp.

ר.ד. לאינג (1977), האני החצוי, הוצאת הקיבוץ המאוחד, פרק 2: היסודות האכזיסטנציאל-פנומנולוגיים להבנת הפסיכוזה, עמ' 16-25.

Szasz, T. S. (1960). The Myth of Mental Illness. American Psychologist. Vol 15(2), Feb 1960, 113-118.

Horowitz, L. M. (2004). The Interpersonal View of Psychopathology. Horowitz, Leonard M. (2004). Interpersonal foundations of psychopathology. (pp. 253-263). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association. x, 347 pp. doi:10.1037/10727-013

Blatt, S. J., & Luyten, P. (2009). A structural-developmental psychodynamic approach to psychopathology: Two polarities of experience across the life span. Development and Psychopathology. Vol 21(3), Aug 2009, 793-814.

Karon, B. (1992), The Fear of Understanding Schizophrenia, Psychoanalytic Psychology, V9(2), pp. 191-211.

דיגן, פטרישיה (1996). החלמה וקשר התקווה. הוצג בוועידה השישית לבריאות הנפש של אוסטרליה וניו-זילנד, בבריסביין, אוסטרליה, ב- 16/9/1996.

Additional Reading Material:
Kleinman, A. (1988). What is a psychiatric diagnosis. In: Rethinking Psychiatry: From Cultural Category to Personal Experience, pp. 5-17. New York: Free Press. Library: JMS: RC 455.4 E8K57 (1077089).

Daniel, M. & Carothers, T (2007). Mental status examination. In M. Hersen & J. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of clinical interviewing with adults. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications., pp 49-63.

Wakefield, Jerome C. (1992). The Concept of Mental Disorder: On the Boundary between Biological Facts and Social Values. American Psychologist, Vol 47(3), Mar 1992, 373-388.
Lilienfeld, S. O., & Marino, L. (1995). Mental Disorder as a Roschian Concept: A Critique of Wakefield's “harmful dysfunction” Analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 104, 411-420.
Vaillant G. & Vaillant C. Normality and Mental Health. In: Freedman A., Kaplan H. & Sadock B. (2006), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry II. Baltimore: Williams & Witkins.
Widiger, T. A. & Mullins-Sweatt, S. N. (2007). Mental disorders as discrete clinical conditions: Dimensional versus categorical classification. In M. Hersen, S. M. Turner, & D. C. Beidel. (Eds). Adult Psychopathology and Diagnosis (5th ed., pp.3-33). NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Mental Status Examination. In: Freedman A., Kaplan H. & Sadock B. (2006), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry II. Baltimore: Williams & Witkins
Beauchaine, T. P., Neuhaus, E., Brenner, S. L., & Gatzke-Kopp, L. (2008). Ten good reasons to consider biological processes in prevention and intervention research. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 745–774.

Gitlin M., Clinical Manifestations of Psychiatric Disorders: Disturbances in Thinking & Disturbances in Consciousness. In Freedman A., Kaplan H. & Sadock B. (2006), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry II. Baltimore: Williams & Witkins.

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 10 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

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