• Ensure the detection of mental disorders in children and adolescents;
• Ensure the proper identification of the symptoms of anxiety (general anxiety, social anxiety, performance anxiety, separation anxiety), OCD, PTSD, Phobia (including school phobia), depression, psychosis, eating disorders;
• Be responsible to carry out a suicide risk assessment;
• Carry out a Multiaxial Diagnosis following differential diagnosis;
• Evaluate the influence of neurological factors on cognitive, emotional, and behavioural processes;
• Administer and interpret neuropsychological assessments to evaluate cognitive functions.

• Acquire and develop the necessary knowledge about the two main classifications of mental disorders namely latest editions of ICD and DSM;
• Outline symptoms of the different mental disorders mentioned above;
• Recall the etiology and prevalence of mental disorders;
• Develop knowledge to identify the differences between suicide intent, suicide ideation, death wishes and self-harm;
• Describe the multi-axial diagnosis system;
• Explain the basic principles of neurological psychology;
• Describe the structural and functional components of the central nervous system.

• differentiate between a mental disorder and a group of symptoms;
• diagnose mental disorders when present, comorbidity and differential diagnosis;
• Carry out a suicidal risk assessment;
• Apply the multi-axial system;
• Examine how alterations in brain structures can impact behavior and cognitive processes.

This module will be assessed through: Assignment based on case studie/s.

Core Reading List

1. Wilmhurst, L., Kaufman A. S., Kaufman, N., L (2015). Essentials of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. Wiley&Sons.
2. Diamanduros, T., Tysinger, P. D., Tysinger, J.A., Femming, P.A. (2022). Child and Adolescent Psycopathology for School Psychlogy: A practical Approach. Springer Publishing Co Inc.
3. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
4. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) – 11th Revision
5. Bear, M., Connors, B., Paradiso, M. (2015) Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. Jones & Bartlett Learning