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Bridging academic authority with modern digital learning – designed specifically for A-level Psychology success.
Bridging academic authority with modern digital learning – designed specifically for A-level Psychology success.
This course explores how psychologists understand, diagnose and treat mental health disorders with a particular focus on schizophrenia and other psychological conditions. You will examine different explanations of mental illness, including biological and psychological factors and evaluate the effectiveness of treatments such as drug therapy and psychological therapies. Through classic and contemporary research, you'll explore the challenges of diagnosing mental health disorders, including issues of reliability, validity and cultural differences. You'll also develop key research methods skills and investigate how psychological research can improve the understanding and treatment of mental health conditions. Throughout the course, you'll have the opportunity to practice short and long exam questions, as well as interactive quizzes on every sub-topic. This course covers the complete Edexcel A Level Psychology specification for the Clinical Approach.
4D’s – Diagnosis of mental disorders
Classification systems (DSM V and ICD) for mental health, including reliability and validity of diagnoses.
For schizophrenia: Symptoms and Features
The function of neurotransmitters as an explanation for schizophrenia.
One other biological theory/explanation - The Genetic Explanation of Schizophrenia
Social Causation: A Psychological Explanation of Schizophrenia
Biological treatment for schizophrenia - Drug treatment
Non-biological treatment for schizophrenia
Depression - symptoms and features.
Biological explanation of depression - MAOA gene
Non-biological explanation of depression - Cognitive
Drug Treatments for Depression
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Depression
Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
Classic study for schizophrenia - Rosenhan (1973)
Contemporary Study for schizophrenia: Carlsson et al. (2000)
Contemporary study for depression: Williams et al. (2013)
Key question in Clinical Psychology
Practical Project - A content analysis to see if there is a gender difference in talking about mental health issues.
Students in UK and international schools around the world preparing for Edexcel A-level Psychology Paper 2
This course is designed specifically for the Edexcel A-level Psychology specification (9PS0), though the content may be useful for other boards.
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