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1. Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy

• Criteria for Determining Abnormality.
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
• Childhood Disorders.
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
• Conduct Disorder.
• Intellectual Disability
• Asperger’s Disorder.
• Stereotypic Movement Disorder.
• Normal Functioning.
• Depression in Childhood.
• Anxiety Disorders.
• Types of Therapy: Adlerian, Behaviour, Existential, Gestalt, Person Centered Therapy, Psychoanalysis, Rational Emotive, Reality Therapy, Transactional.

2. Substance-Related Disorders

• Scope and Nature of Substance Abuse.
• Reasons for Using Drugs.
• Substance Dependence.
• Intoxication and Withdrawal.
• Alcohol Dependence and DT’s.
• Substance Dependence.
• Substance Abuse.
• Drug Misuse.
• Classes of Drugs.
• Amphetamines.
• Cocaine.
• Crack.
• Opium and Heroin.
• LSD.
• Other Drugs, Steroids, Ritalin, Inhalants, etc.
• Risks with Specific Drugs.
• Older Adults Susceptible to Prescription Misuse.

3. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

• Scope and Nature.
• Psychosis.
• Treating Psychosis.
• Schizo-affective Disorders.
• Delusional (Paranoid) Disorders.
• Onset of Schizophrenia.
• Symptoms of Schizophrenia
• Treating Schizophrenia.
• Schizophrenia and Violence.
• Biology of Schizophrenia.
• Antipsychotic Medications.
• Psychosocial Treatments.
• Role of the Patients Support System.

4. Mood Disorders

• Depressive Disorders.
• Determining Type of Depression.
• Unipolar Disorders and Bipolar Disorders.
• Risk Factors for Depression.
• Men and Depression.
• Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment.
• Types of Treatment.

5. Anxiety Disorders

• Scope and Nature.
• Anxiety Symptoms.
• Generalised Anxiety Disorders.
• Phobic Anxiety Disorders.
• Panic Disorder.
• Treatments – Intervention, Drugs, etc.
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

6. Somatoform, Factitious, and Dissociative Disorders

• Somatisation Disorder.
• Conversion Disorder.
• Pain Disorder.
• Hypochondriasis
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
• Factitious Disorders: Types, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis.
• Munchausen’s Syndrome.
• Dissociative Disorders.
• Psychogenic Amnesia.
• Psychogenic Fugue.
• Dissociative Identity Disorder.
• Depersonalisation Disorder.

7. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

• Scope and Nature.
• Hypoactive Sexual Disorder.
• Sexual Aversion.
• Female Sexual Arousal Disorder.
• Male Erectile Disorder.
• Female and Male Orgasmic Disorders.
• Premature Ejaculation.
• Dyspareunia
• Vaginismus.
• Secondary Sexual Dysfunction.
• Paraphilia
• Paedophilia.
• Gender Identity Disorder (Transsexualism).

8. Impulse-Control Disorders, Adjustment Disorder

• Symptoms of Adjustment Disorders.
• Risk Factors for Adjustment Disorders.
• Impulse Control Disorders.
• Intermittent Explosive Disorder.
• Kleptomania.
• Pyromania.
• Pathological Gambling.
• Trichotillomania.
• Compulsive Skin Picking.

9. Personality Disorders

• Scope and Nature of Personality Disorders.
• Antisocial Personality Disorder.
• Avoidant Personality Disorder.
• Dependent Personality Disorder.
• Histrionic Personality Disorder.
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
• Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder.
• Paranoid Personality Disorder.
• Schizoid Personality Disorder.
• Borderline Personality Disorder: Symptoms, Treatment, Research, etc.

10. Introduction to Criminal Psychology

• Definitions of Crime
• Consensus View of what Crime is
• Conflict View of Crime
• Interactionist View of Crime
• Scope of Criminal Psychology
• What Criminal Psychologists do
• Case Study
• Profiling
• Courts
• Correctional System

11. Psychological approaches to understanding crime

• Biological explanations of Crime
• Phrenology
• Eugenics
• XYY Chromosome Model
• Genetics
• Twin Studies
• Adoption Studies
• Nature, Nurture
• Environmental Explanations of Crime
• Family Influence
• Agency Explanations
• Rational Choice Theory

12. Psychology and understanding serious crimes

• Aggression
• Types of Aggression
• Terminology
• Drive Theories
• Freudian Theories
• Social Learning Theories
• Biological and Evolutionary Theories
• Types of Aggression
• Aggression an against Outsiders
• Aggression in Species
• Aggression in Humans
• Environmental Influences on Human Aggression
• Imitation or Modelling
• Familiarity
• Reinforcement
• Aggression and Culture
• Other Factors in Aggression: Alcohol, Pain, Frustration
• Murder
• Sexual Assault
• Stalking
• Pursuit Behaviour
• False Stalking Syndrome

13. Mental disorder and crime 1 (Learning disabilities and crime)

• Meaning of Learning Disabilities
• IQ Testing
• Crime and Intelligence
• Modern Intelligence Testing
• Learning Disabilities and Crime
• Sex Offences and People with Learning Disabilities
• Courts

14. Mental Disorder and Crime 2 (Psychopathy)

• Scope and Nature of Psychopathology
• Personality Disorder
• Psychopath
• Heartlessness
• Emotionless
• How do People become Psychopaths?
• Treatment

15. Gender and Crime

• Scope and Nature of Gender and Crime studies
• Rates of Crime
• Murder and Violence
• Prostitution
• Case Study … Women Offenders
• Victims
• Murder
• Domestic Violence
• Sexual Abuse

16. Youth and Crime

• Age of Criminal Responsibility
• Risk Factors
• Mental Health Risk
• Conduct Disorders
• ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
• Cumulative Effect of Risk Factors
• Prevalence and Offending
• Case Studies
• Young People as Victims

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