Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Code: PSI11129M

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Psychology

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

View psychological disorders as part of the normal development of children and adolescents;
Know the main models for classifying developmental disorders;
Identify the main psychopathological conditions of childhood and adolescence;
Develop research, reflection and intervention skills in the field of developmental psychopathology.

1. Normal and pathology in child and adolescent development
1.1 Introduction: Major axes of approach
1.2 Normal and pathological in child and adolescent development
2. Classification organizations in psychopathology
2.1 Current classification models
2.2 Models of care, assessment and diagnosis
2.3 Clinical assessment of children and adolescents
3. Protective and risk factors in developmental psychopathology
4. Broad frameworks of developmental disorders
4.1 Motor development disorders
4.2 Sensory disorders
4.3 Cognitive disorders
4.4 Affective disorders
4.5 Communication disorders
4.6 Learning disorders
4.7. Autism
4.8 Psychoses
4.9. Borderline pathologies
5. Psychopathology and child and adolescent behavior
5.1 Hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder
5.2 Sleep disorders
5.3 Eating disorders
5.4 Addictions

Teaching Methods

The professor combines a more expository teaching methodology for the various topics of the program (with students encouraged to participate by asking questions or making comments on the various topics) with a methodology of case studies and group discussions on relevant aspects related to the different clinical conditions and their understanding. Students' work will also be presented in class.

Assessment

The continuous assessment system requires student participation in (attendance at least 75% of classes) and the completion of two assignments: one conceptual in nature, weighing 30% of the final grade, and the other clinical in nature, weighing 20% ??of the final grade. The final assessment system during the regular exam period consists of the following components:
A written exam covering all topics taught in theoretical and theoretical-practical classes, weighing 60% of the final grade; a mandatory practical component: two assignments, identical to those proposed in the continuous assessment system, weighing 25% and 15%, respectively, of the final grade.