Entry requirements
Only open to master’s students in Psychology. Students are strongly advised to first follow the course in Advanced Psycho-diagnostics, but this is not obligatory.
Description
This course extends students’ knowledge of abnormal development from infancy through to adolescence, and simultaneously builds knowledge around the approaches to assessment, prevention and intervention for clinical problems arising during this time.
Representative problems covered in the course include: Anxiety, Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Personality Disorders, Schizophrenia, Attachment disorders, Eating Disorders, and others.
During the course emphasis is given to:
1. The requirements to properly set a diagnosis; One requirement is a symptom case history. A symptom case history considers the child’s or adolescent’s symptoms and problems in different contexts (e.g., family, school, free-time). The importance of attending to symptom presentation in these different contexts for assessment, diagnostics and treatment are discussed.
2. Different forms of treatment and treatment planning;
3. Critical evaluation of (scientific) information, e.g. related to the effectiveness of different forms of intervention and treatment.
Course objectives
The main course objective is to develop the academic skills and competencies necessary for psychologists to both critically and professionally participate in the decision making processes within the field of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Specifically, after course completion it is expected that students will be able to:
critically evaluate the scientific issues, developments, or trends associated with child and adolescent psychiatric disorders using the assigned reading, group presentation, written paper and workgroup discussions;
formulate a basic analysis of a patient case study in the form of a descriptive diagnosis, diagnosis hypotheses and a treatment plan achieved through case study analysis during workgroups and in the written paper;
understand how symptom presentation in different contexts can influence the diagnostic process, achieved through class discussion of case studies.
Timetable
For the timetable of this course please refer to MyTimetable
Registration
NOTE As of the academic year 2021-2022, you must register for all courses in uSis.
You do this twice a year: once for the courses you want to take in semester 1 and once for the courses you want to take in semester 2.
Registration for courses in the first semester is possible from early August. Registration for courses in the first semester is possible from December. The exact date on which the registration starts will be published on the website of the Student Service Center (SSC)
By registering for a course you are also automatically registered for the Brightspace module. Anyone who is not registered for a course therefore does not have access to the Brightspace module and cannot participate in the first sit of the exam of that course.
Also read the complete registration procedure
Mode of instruction
The course consists of 8 lectures, which last 2 hours each. The course starts with one introductory lecture, and we will discuss one different theme in the next 7 lecture sessions, incorporating a critical discussion of the literature and clinical cases with an expert in the field. Attendance during each of the 8 lectures is mandatory.
Assessment method
The final grade is based on a digital group presentation (40% of final mark) and an individual written paper (60% of final mark).
Active participation in the workgroups is required but not officially assessed.
Please note:
For the group digital presentation students are allocated to a group as soon as the course commences. Registration for the course therefore requires that you actually follow the course.
Please take this into consideration before registering.
The Institute of Psychology follows the policy of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences to systematically check student papers for plagiarism with the help of software. Disciplinary measures will be taken when fraud is detected. Students are expected to be familiar with and understand the implications of this fraud policy.
Reading list
Literature related to each workgroup topic will be provided during the course. A few examples:
Benes, F.M. (2003). Why does psychosis develop during adolescence and early adulthood? Editorial review. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 16, 317–319
Cummings, C. M., et al. (2014). Comorbidity of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents: 20 years after. Psychological Bulletin, 140, 816-845.
Molina et al. (2009). The MTA at 8 years: Prospective follow-up of children treated for combined-type ADHD in a Multisite study. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 48:5I, 484-500.
Contact information
Dr. J. van Hoorn
Room 3B42
Phone: +31715272727
E-mail: j.van.hoorn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl