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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Course
2013-2014

Admission requirements

First year psychology completed. Developmental Psychopathology (2nd year) or similar course recommended (in the latter case, contact the Psychology study advisors 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.

  • 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 (2013-2014):

Mode of instruction

A maximum of 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.

From January 1, 2006 the Faculty of Social Sciences has instituted the Ephorus system to be used by instructors for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. 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).

Registration

Electives students

You have to enroll for each course separately.

Exam registration

Registration for the (re)exam is not automatic. Students, who haven’t registered, cannot participate in the (re)exam

Contact information

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