You will learn more about the symptoms, signs and treatments of all different types of psychological conditions. We have expert psychology tutors at hand to aid you through this course if you run into any difficulty.
E-Learning Structure
The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 11 in-depth lessons:
1. Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy
- Criteria for Determining Abnormality
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- Childhood Disorders
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Conduct Disorder
- Mental Retardation
- Asperger’s Disorder
- Stereotypic Movement Disorder
- Normal Functioning
- Depression in Childhood
- Anxiety Disorders
- Types of Therapy: Alderian, Behaviourism, Existential, Gestalt, Person Centred
- Therapy, Psycho analysis, Rational Emotive, Reality Therapy, Transactional
2. Delirium, Dementia, Amnesic and Other Cognitive Disorders
- Types of Cognitive Disorders
- Delirium
- Dementia
- Types of Dementia
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Comparing Dementia and Delirium
- Amnesia
- Cognitive Disorder NOS
- Pseudo Dementia
- Research Methods in Biopsychology
3. Substance-Related Disorders
- Scope and nature of Substance Abuse
- Reasons for Using Drugs
- Substance Dependence
- Intoxication and Withdrawal
- Alcohol Dependence and DT’s
- Substance Dependence
- Substance Abuse
- Drug Misuse
- Classes of Drugs
- Amphetamines
- Cocaine
- Crack
- Opium and Heroin
- LSD
- Other Drugs, Steroids, Ritalin, Inhalants, etc
- Risks with Specific Drugs
- Older Adults Susceptible to Prescription Misuse
4. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
- Scope and Nature
- Psychosis
- Treating Psychosis
- Schizoaffective Disorders
- Delusional (Paranoid) Disorders
- Onset of Schizophrenia
- Symptoms of Schizophrenia
- Treating Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia and Violence
- Biology of Schizophrenia
- Antipsychotic Medications
- Psychosocial Treatments
- Role of the Patients Support System
5. Mood Disorders
- Depressive Disorders
- Determining Type of Depression
- Unipolar Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
- Risk Factors for Depression
- Men and Depression
- Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment
- Types of Treatment
6. Anxiety Disorders
- Scope and Nature
- Anxiety Symptoms
- Generalised Anxiety Disorders
- Phobic Anxiety Disorders
- Panic Disorder
- Treatments: Intervention, Drugs, etc
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
7. Somatoform, Factitious, and Dissociative Disorders
- Somatisation Disorder
- Conversion Disorder
- Pain Disorder
- Hypochondriasis
- Body Dysymorphic Disorder
- Factitios Disorders: Types, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis
- Munchausen’s Syndrome
- Disconnective Disorders
- Psychogenic Amnesia
- Psychogenic Fugue
- Disconnective Identity Disorder
- Depersonalisation Disorder
8. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
- Scope and Nature
- Hypoactive Sexual Disorder
- Sexual Aversion
- Female Sexual Arousal Disorder
- Male Erectile Disorder
- Female and Male Orgasmic Disorders
- Premature Ejaculation
- Dispareunia
- Vaginismus
- Secondary Sexual Dysfunction
- Paraphilia
- Paedophilia
- Gender Identity Disorder (Transexualism)
9. Eating and Sleep Disorders
- Scope and nature of Eating Disorders
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Bulimia
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Treatment Strategies
- Research Findings and Directions
- Sleep Disorders: Scope and Nature
- Treatments for Sleep Apnoea
- Prognosis for Sleep Apnoea
10. Impulse-Control Disorders, Adjustment Disorder
- Symptoms of Adjustment Disorders
- Risk Factors for Adjustment Disorders
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Kleptomania
- Pyromania
- Pathological Gambling
- Trichotillomania
- Compulsive Skin Picking
11. Personality Disorders
- Scope and Nature of Personality Disorders
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Histrionic Personality Disorder
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
- Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder: Symptoms, Treatment, Research, etc
Course Aims
- Describe how you would diagnose a case of suspected Autism in a child of 4 years of age
- Do an internet search for images of PET scans and MRI of brains affected by delirium or dementia include the images in an essay discussing these disorders
- Describe briefly the subtypes of Schizophrenia
- Outline a cognitive model of depression
- Develop a treatment to overcome a client’s fear of spiders
- Explain the primary criticisms of dissociative identity disorder
- Provide a diagnosis of a case study and justify your diagnosis
- Explain what distinguishes a preference of sexual act or object as a paraphilia
- Explain how eating disorders develop
- Develop a diagnostic table for impulse control disorders
- Differentiate between Narcissistic and Histrionic personality disorders
How Does A Warnborough Online Course Work?
You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
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