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This unit covers the principles of psychological testing and overviews the psychological tests used in clinical settings (with special attention to selected tests), test administration and interpretation and report writing. Topics include intelligence, memory, neuropsychological problems, personality, structured psychiatric schedules, learning difficulties, physical disabilities and forensic and cultural issues.
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This compulsory unit will involve students working on a research project in groups of four under the direction of a staff member. Students work as a team on the project, but the staff member ensures that each student provides appropriate input. While the group may work together to search the relevant literature and collect data, students will work individually on writing the thesis including the introduction and individually presenting and interpreting results of the research in thesis style.
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This unit is designed to encourage students to apply developmental theories to real-world problems across the lifespan. A series of developmental predicaments will be presented and students will be required to integrate multiple theoretical perspectives and systems to explain behaviours and/or predict developmental trajectories. The unit will also introduce students to the clinical reasoning process from assessment through to theoretically informed models of intervention and identification of potential research topics.
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The overall objective of this unit is to provide an understanding of the approaches used by social psychologists to investigate social phenomena. This will be achieved by presenting and attending seminars on a range of contemporary topics drawn from the scientific literature on social psychology. In addition, each student will conduct a review of the literature on a particular topic area in social psychology and distil this review into a comprehensive and up to date account of the state of the scientific knowledge on the topic. This review will be used as a basis for specific recommendations for future research in the form of a proposed study.
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The aims of this unit are to introduce and develop students' understanding and awareness of current topics in contemporary neuroscience. Students will develop the ability to critically evaluate, present and discuss research papers. This seminar series will cover a wide range of topics in the field of neuroscience such as neural stem cell research, transgenic research, neural basis of emotions, anxiety disorders, depression and drug addiction.
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This unit draws on the theories of systemic therapy and Self Psychology and applies them to therapeutic work with clients. It will focus on applying these theories to selected cases and will reinforce conceptualisations and intervention with actual cases. Emphasis will be placed on reinforcing and linking all of the skills taught in the overall course in the effective treatment of clients. Attention will also be placed on the effectiveness of the treatment procedures.
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This unit will examine contemporary themes in personality research, including the place of personality research within psychology as a whole, the relationship between culture and personality, and recent evidence from genetic research. The unit will also examine the nature of self, identity and 'personality pathology' (eg, dissociative identity disorder). The aim is to provide a critical approach to the material and examine the contributions from various schools of thought within personality (eg, psychodynamic, humanistic and trait approaches).
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The focus of this unit will be on complex human cognition, reasoning, thinking and information processing. The unit will explore topics including dual process theories of human cognition, the adaptive heuristics vs biases debate, the role of the fourth heuristic (emotion) in information retrieval and manipulation and other topics in the area of human judgement and decision making.
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The focus of this unit is impairments of cognitive and behavioural functioning following brain damage, with an emphasis on their clinical presentation and assessment, as well as what these disorders reveal about the functional organisation of the brain. Topics include disorders of memory; language and aphasias; perception and gnosis; apraxias; attention/neglect; and the frontal lobes - impairments of executive functioning and adaptive behaviour.
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This unit provides an in-depth discussion of drug neuropharmacology and contemporary issues in clinical psychopharmacology. Students are introduced to a range of topics, including principles of drug pharmacokinetics and dynamics, drug-receptor pharmacology, neuroanalytical methodology, chemical neuroanatomy, and modern drug treatment strategies for a range of cognitive, pathological, and neurological disorders.
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Initially this unit will involve case presentations by staff and/or visiting clinicians; students will then present cases seen during their clinical placements. These will include history, formulation of presenting problem, hypotheses, assessment procedure and results, and recommendation or management plans where appropriate. Students will be expected to contribute to the discussion of these cases and to make suggestions about relevant clinical issues. Professional and ethical issues will also be addressed including the role of the clinical neuropsychologist working with other professionals and within organisations, and matters covered in the APS Code of Ethics and the CCN Standards of Professional Practice in Neuropsychology.
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This unit traces the history of the development of cognitive and behaviour therapies and introduces some important and recent examples of theory and practice. It aims to give students a practical introduction to the major treatment techniques that are generally thought of as cognitive behaviour therapy, and to provide students with some of the core practical skills necessary to become a Scientist-Practitioner. In particular, the unit aims to extend students' existing searching skills to answering clinical questions such as 'which treatment is optimal for this particular client?' and 'how do I practically deliver this particular treatment?' The unit also intends to introduce students to behavioural assessment and case formulation, and to provide students with the rationale and practical skills for delivering relaxation training, breathing control, graded exposure, and cognitive restructuring for common psychological problems.
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This unit will focus on developmental changes in brain structure and function, and some of the neuropsychological abnormalities. It will include assessment, diagnosis and treatment/intervention for the behavioural and cognitive consequences of acquired damage to the previously normal developing brain, and developmental difficulties in acquiring cognitive abilities. Material covered will include embryology and CNS development after birth; hemispheric specialisation; review of normal cognitive development including sensorimotor, memory, language and problem solving; environmental influences such as family, school, etc.; paediatric neurological disorders including head injury, cerebrovascular tumours, hydrocephalus, epilepsy, childhood dementia, infections, spina bifida; developmental disorders such as autism, attention deficit disorder, nonverbal learning disability; assessment techniques; and rehabilitation.
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Comprises a presentation and discussion of ongoing research work in neuropsychology. Each student will be expected to present a research plan for their research dissertation (PSYN825 Research Proposal) before data collection begins. Each student will also be required to present a critical analysis of a neuropsychological research article. The unit is intended to assist students to be in touch with and critically evaluate current research in neuropsychology.
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The aim of this unit is to develop a basic understanding of the diagnosis, theories and current models of the major forms of psychopathology. Models to be discussed will be those that are scientifically testable and therefore amenable to examination of their empirical support.
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The aim of this unit is to familiarise students with the cognitive-neuropsychological approach to the understanding and assessment of acquired and developmental disorders of cognition.
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This unit examines theories of recovery of function following brain damage. Various methods of intervention and remediation employed with the brain-damaged will be discussed, including general and directed stimulation, functional reorganisation, environmental manipulation, cognitive processing techniques, behavioural methods and cognitive-neuropsychological rehabilitation.
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Comprises a presentation and discussion of ongoing research work in neuropsychology. Each student will be expected to present a research plan for their research dissertation (PSYN825 Research Proposal) before data collection begins. Each student will also be required to present a critical analysis of a neuropsychological research article. The unit is intended to assist students to be in touch with and critically evaluate current research in neuropsychology.
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Candidates are required to gain experience by placement for a minimum of 250 hours in each of four different clinical neuropsychology settings. Placements will be so arranged as to ensure that candidates have supervised experience with a range of different kinds of clinical settings (eg, child, geriatric, head injury, rehabilitation, stroke, and neurology/neurosurgery).
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Candidates are required to gain experience by placement for a minimum of 250 hours in each of four different clinical neuropsychology settings. Placements will be so arranged as to ensure that candidates have supervised experience with a range of different kinds of clinical settings (eg, child, geriatric, head injury, rehabilitation, stroke, and neurology/neurosurgery).
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Candidates are required to gain experience by placement for a minimum of 250 hours in each of four different clinical neuropsychology settings. Placements will be so arranged as to ensure that candidates have supervised experience with a range of different kinds of clinical settings (eg, child, geriatric, head injury, rehabilitation, stroke, and neurology/neurosurgery).
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Candidates are required to gain experience by placement for a minimum of 250 hours in each of four different clinical neuropsychology settings. Placements will be so arranged as to ensure that candidates have supervised experience with a range of different kinds of clinical settings (eg, child, geriatric, head injury, rehabilitation, stroke, and neurology/neurosurgery).
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All students must pass the administration of the WAIS-III, WMS-III and WISC-IV which is mandatory for the completion of the unit. This will include a psychometric report. Failure on a second attempt on any of the pass-outs or psychometric report will result in the student being required to show cause to the Dean of Faculty as to why candidature in the degree should not be terminated. Full details on what is expected will be provided in class before the pass-out examination.
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The main aim of this unit is to build on the content of PSYN821 Psychological Assessment I by focusing on assessment of neuropsychological conditions and the selection of test batteries for particular conditions. For example: assessment of dementia, traumatic brain injury, stroke, sports-related concussion, and malingering. Full use of clinical case material and exposure to a wide range of tests is provided. Students are expected to research a particular battery and present the findings in class or at a workshop. Introduction to the MMPI-2 is also included.
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A range of neuropathological conditions which the clinical neuropsychologist is likely to encounter will be discussed in terms of pathology, neuropsychological presentation, course of disease, assessment and treatment. These will include head injury, dementia, alcohol-related brain damage, epilepsy, cerebrovascular disease, anoxia, cerebral tumour, hydrocephalus; M.S., AIDS infectious diseases, and psychopathology (including schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and PTSD).
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