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PSYCHOLOGY 712: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND ADVANCEDPSYCHOTHERAPY PROCESSUnit Index Numbers: 309535Tuition Pattern: Seminar/Workshop, 4 hours/weekCredit Points: 25Unit Requisites: Psychology 701, 704 and 705Unit Coordinator: A/Prof Jenny Thornton(9266 7087) Room: 401.310Lecturer:A/Prof Jenny ThorntonSyllabusThis unit addresses psychopathology through a thorough review of psychological disorders basedon the DSM-IV and the ICD-10. It includes consideration of predisposing, precipitation, perpetuatingand protective factors. Psychopharmacology will be addressed in relation to each of the disorders. Inaddition, the unit addresses some of the more advanced psychotherapy skills and concepts that arerequired for working with more complex client populations, including ruptures in the therapeuticalliance, defenses, transference, and counter-transference. Such psychotherapy processes arelinked to understanding the personality structure, developmental processes, and psychopathology ofthe client, as well as the research on evidence-based practice.Learning OutcomesOn Complete to this unit students can:1. Provide accurate DSM-IV/ICD-10 diagnoses of individuals with psychological disorders.2. Provide a complete case formulation including DSM-IV diagnosis, predisposing, precipitating,perpetuating, and protective factors, and treatment plan.3. Select and utilize treatments consistent with case formulations and based on the researchliterature regarding evidence-based practice.4. Work effectively with more advanced psychotherapy processes in their treatment of patientswith psychopathology/complex clinical presentations.5. Identify appropriate psychopharmacological treatment(s) for each psychological disorder.Unit OutlineWeek1Unit ContentIntroduction to psychopathology: case formulation; review of DSM-IV & ICD-10.Predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating and protective factors.2 Working with advanced psychotherapy processes I.3 Working with anger, hostility, resistance.Page 49 of 88Curtin University is a trademark of Curtin University of Technology.CRICOS Provider Code 00301J (WA), 02637B (NSW)