Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

This subject is not offered in 2014.

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Objectives, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.
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This subject will provide students with the opportunity to view the evolution of human behaviour throguh the life cycle from a developmental perspective.

• Describe key developmental life stages through childhood and adolescence
• Describe key developmental psychological, social and biological factors involved in normal and abnormal development through childhood and adolescence
• Describe key developmental psychological, social and biological factors involved in the onset, progression, natural history and treatment options in specific common child and adolescent psychiatric disorders
• Describe key continuities and discontinuities between adult and child and adolescent psychiatric practice
• Outline and discuss the developmental context within which the bio-psycho-social approach is used for the assessment and treatment of child and adolescent psychiatry disorders
• Describe the influences of chronic illness, impairment, disability and handicap on development at an individual, interpersonal, family and social level

1. Oral presentation as part of a series of related presentations and discussion that totals 25 minutes, scheduled during teaching period weeks 2-12 (50% of assessment)
2. Written essay on child and adolescent psychiatry 2500 words due four weeks after the presentation (50% of assessment)
3. A hurdle requirement of 75% attendance of sessions, unless there are exceptional circumstances.

• Quay, H C, Werry, J S (eds) (1986) Psychopathological Disorders of Childhood, 3rd edition. John Wiley & Sons, New York
• Rutter, M (ed) Developmental Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Press, Washington DC, 1987
• Rutter, M., Taylor E. (eds) (2002) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Modern Approaches, 4th edition, Blackwell Scientific, Oxford
• Rutter M, Tumma, Lann (eds) (11988) Assessment and Diagnosis in Child Psychopathology, Guildford Press, New York

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.