Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Behavioural Disorders
Full course description
The course covers the range of cognitive and behavioural problems that accompany the most common neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia, ADHD, autism and acquired brain injuries). The course provides insight into the underlying neurobiological and psychological mechanisms, and it touches on the principle of vulnerability, and protective/risk factors in the aetiology of behavioural disorders.
The final assessment for this course is a numerical grade between 0,0 and 10,0.
Course objectives
You will gain an understanding of the psychological, neurobiological, and epidemiological mechanisms underlying cognitive and biological models of developmental-, psychiatric-, and neurological disorders and neuropsychiatric syndromes.
PSY4408
Period 1
2 Sep 2024
25 Oct 2024
ECTS credits:
4.0Instruction language:
EnglishCoordinator:
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), PBLAssessment methods:
Attendance, Written examKeywords:
Behavioural disorders, cognitive and biological models, Development, neuropsychiatry, acquired brain injury, neuropsychology, intervention