1-Month: Introduction to Mental Disorders and Clinical Psychology

1.1 Understanding Mental Disorders

1. Meaning and need to classify mental disorders.

1.2 Diagnostic Tools and Models

1. DSM-V and ICD-10.
2. Models of psychopathology.

1.3 Contemporary and Legal Issues

1. Exploration of contemporary and legal issues in clinical psychology.

 

2-Month: Disorders and Psychopathology

2.1 Somatoform Disorders

1. Hypochondriasis.
2. Somatization.
3. Pain disorder.
4. Conversion disorder.
5. Factitious disorder.
6. Malingering disorder.
7. Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy.
8. Body dysmorphic disorder.
9. Clinical features and etiology.

2.2 Dissociative Disorders

1. Depersonalization disorder.
2. Dissociative amnesia and dissociative fugue.
3. Dissociative identity disorder.
4. Clinical features and etiology.

 

2.3 Personality Disorders

1. Cluster A, B, and C personality disorders.
2. Psychopathology: Clinical features and etiology.

3.1 Sexual Variants and Gender Issues

1. Paraphilias and hypersexual disorder.
2. Gender identity disorder.
3. Clinical features and etiology.

3.2 Sexual Abuse

1. Childhood sexual abuse.
2. Pedophilia, incest, and rape.
3. Clinical features and etiology.

3.3 Sexual Dysfunctions

1. Disorders of sexual desire, arousal, orgasm, and sexual pain.
2. Clinical features and etiology.

 

3-Month: Severe Mental and Neurocognitive Disorders

3.4 Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders

1. Subtypes of schizophrenia.
2. Other psychotic disorders.
3. Clinical features and etiology.

4.1 Neurocognitive Disorders

1. Brain damage and related impairments.
2. Disorders associated with head injuries (delirium, dementia, amnestic disorders).
3. Clinical features and etiology.

4.2 Developmental and Childhood Disorders

1. Mental retardation:
   • Microcephaly, hydrocephaly, macrocephaly, Down syndrome, PKU, cretinism.

AMD Classification & Developmental disorders: Dyslexia and Autism