COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND CULTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 6073 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND CULTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLAY DIRIK

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The aim of course is to teach historical, cultural perspectives of psychopathology and philosophical issues in the classification of psychopathology. Also to transfer sociocultural conception of psychopathology and cultural clinical psychology. Moreover, another aim of course is to discuss cultural aspects of anxiety, eating disorders and cultural issues in the management of depression and treatment of alcohol abuse and dependence. Finally, cultural aspects of child psychopathology and biopsychosocial considerations in refugee mental health will be discuss.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To analyze historical and cultural perspectives of psychopathology.
2   To summary sociocultural conception of psychopathology and cultural clinical psychology
3   To differentiate importance of culture for different disorders.
4   To design different intervention models by a cultural approach.
5   To conduct different practices by a cultural approach with children psychopathology.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Acquaintance, description of course content, discussion about methodology of course
2 Historical Perspectives of psychopathology Millon, T. (2010). Contemporary directions of Psychopathology. New York: The Guilford Press.
3 Philosophical Issues in the Classification of Psychopathology Millon, T. (2010). Contemporary directions of Psychopathology. New York: The Guilford Press.
4 Cultural Perspectives of psychopathology Millon, T. (2010). Contemporary directions of Psychopathology. New York: The Guilford Press.
5 Sociocultural Conception of Psychopathology Millon, T. (2010). Contemporary directions of Psychopathology. New York: The Guilford Press.
6 Cultural Issues in the Coordination of DSM -V and ICD-11 Millon, T. (2010). Contemporary directions of Psychopathology. New York: The Guilford Press
7 Cultural Clinical Psychology Kazarian S. S. & Evans, D. R. (1998). Cultural Clinical Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice New York: Oxford University Press
8 midterm exam
9 Culture and Anxiety Disorders Kazarian S. S. & Evans, D. R. (1998). Cultural Clinical Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice New York: Oxford University Press
10 Cultural Aspects of Eating Disorders Kazarian S. S. & Evans, D. R. (1998). Cultural Clinical Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice New York: Oxford University Press
11 Cultural Issues in the Management of Depression Kazarian S. S. & Evans, D. R. (1998). Cultural Clinical Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice New York: Oxford University Press
12 Incorporating Culture into the Treatment of Alcohol Abuse and Dependence Kazarian S. S. & Evans, D. R. (1998). Cultural Clinical Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice New York: Oxford University Press
13 Cultural Aspects of Understanding People with SchizophrenicDisorders Kazarian S. S. & Evans, D. R. (1998). Cultural Clinical Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice New York: Oxford University Press
14 Culture and Child Psychopathology Kazarian S. S. & Evans, D. R. (1998). Cultural Clinical Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice New York: Oxford University Press

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Millon, T. (2010). Contemporary directions of Psychopathology. New York: The Guilford Press.
2- Kazarian S. S. & Evans, D. R. (1998). Cultural Clinical Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice. New York: Oxford University Press
3- Committee on Cultural Psychiatry (2005). Cultural Assessment in Clinical Psychiatry. Report No. 145. Washington: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
4- Wen-Shing Tseng & Jon Streltzer (2005) .Culture and Psychotherapy: A Guide to Clinical Practice. Washington: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- Lecture
- Presentation
- Case studies
- Questions-Answers
- Discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Seventy percent attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zubeyit.gun@gediz.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.154555
LO.25555
LO.35554
LO.455554
LO.55555

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