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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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2014-2015

Admission requirements

Developmental Psychopathology (2nd year) or similar course required (in the latter case, contact the psychology study advisers for admission).

Description

This course extends students’ knowledge of normal and abnormal development from infancy through to adolescence, and simultaneously builds knowledge around the approaches to assessment and intervention for clinical problems arising during this time.

Representative problems covered in the course include:

  • Anxiety Disorders

  • Autism

  • Somatoform Disorders

  • Psychosis/Schizophrenia

  • Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

  • Attachment Disorders

The lectures will be conducted by experts in the topic being addressed, generally psychiatrists, with emphasis on the daily practice within the field of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Course objectives

  • To gain knowledge and comprehension of the clinical disorders discussed during the lectures.

  • To develop an understanding of the assessment, diagnosis and treatment approaches used in the field of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Subsidiary objectives:

  • To develop an understanding of the current relevant developments within the field of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

  • To become familiar with the different challenges in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and how they influence clinical decision making.

Timetable

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2014-2015):

Registration

Course

Students need to enroll for lectures and work group sessions. Please consult the Instructions registration

Examination

Students are not automatically enrolled for an examination. They can register via uSis from 100 to 10 calendar days before the date; students who are not registered will not be permitted to take the examination. Registering for exams

Electives students

You have to enroll for each course separately.

Mode of instruction

Eight lectures, each incorporating a presentation by an expert in the field.

Assessment method

Exam: open (e.g., short essay) and multiple choice questions about the assigned literature, topics discussed during lectures, and case examples in which a diagnostic or treatment policy has to be formulated. The assigned textbook may be used during the exam.

The Faculty of Social Sciences has instituted that instructors use a software programme for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. In case of fraud disciplinary actions will be taken. Please see the information concerning fraud.

Blackboard

Information on blackboard.leidenuniv.nl

Reading list

  • Rutter, M. a. o. Rutter’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 5th ed. 2008. Blackwell Publishing

Please note: Textbook can be purchased from study association Labyrint (with significant reduction).

Contact information

Dr. A. C. Miers
Room 3B47
Phone: +31715273688
E-mail: acmiers@fsw.leidenuniv.nl