Clinical Psychiatry

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1002768BER for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

For this course you have to meet certain enrolment requirements. For an overview of the enrolment requirements check https://www.vub.be/en/studying-vub/practical-info-for-students/study-guidance/study-path/individual-study-path#paragraph--id--71647 Students must have taken ‘General Psychology’, before they can enroll in ‘Clinical Psychiatry and Theoretical and Historical Fundamentals of Psychology’. Students who are enrolled in a shortened study program can take this course unit.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

Department

Experimental and Applied Psychology

Educational team

Dirk Van West (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

52 contact hours Lecture
155 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Mental Disorders (DSM-5)

Neurocognitive disorders
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Depressive Disorders
Bipolar and Related Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Trauma-and Stressor-Related Disorders
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
Sexual Dysfunctions
Gender Dysphoria
Paraphilic Disorders
Sleep-Wake Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Personality Disorders

Course material

Handbook (Recommended) : Leerboek Psychiatrie, Hengeveld M.W., van Balkom A.J.L.M., 3de druk, De Tijdstroom, 9789058982780, 2016
Digital course material (Required) : De powerpointpresentatie van het HOC is ter beschikking, Canvas

Additional info

The powerpointpresentations are available in Canvas.

Complementary study material:

* Hengeveld M.W., van Balkom A.J.L.M. Leerboek Psychiatrie. De Tijdstroom, Utrecht, 2016 (3rd edition).

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Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Psychiatry in general

The student is able to sum up the different mental functions and elements of the psychiatric assessment and is able to apply this in a systematized manner in an exemplary case.

The student is able to distinguish the different types of psychiatric classification and diagnosis and is able to clarify the structure of the DSM classification system. Furthermore the student is able to apply this on a case.

The student can define psychiatric epidemiology and has knowledge of prevalence data with respect to the major psychiatric syndromes.

The student is able to describe and recognize the risk and protection factors responsible for the etiology and development (pathogenesis) of psychiatric syndromes. Furthermore the student is able to apply this on a case.

The student is able to name and explain the different biological determinants of psychiatric syndromes (physiopathogenesis).

The student is able to name and explain the different psychological and social determining factors of psychiatric syndromes (psychopathogenesis).

Psychiatric syndromes (DSM5)

The student is able to describe and illustrate the symptomatology of this syndrome. He/she is able to explain the differential diagnosis, present the epidemiological data, show that he/she has insight in the different causal and maintaining factors of biological, psychological and social type, and finally is able to indicate which treatment interventions can be used in a treatment plan for a patient suffering from this syndrome.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: Theoretical knowledge about major psychiatric disorders is examined by written exam (open questions) in first and second examination period.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Theoretical knowledge about major psychiatric disorders is examined by written exam (open questions) in first and second examination period.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context