Semesterapparat 0027:11:05:0011 @ DB Thüringen

Entwicklungspsychopathologie

PD Dr. Weichold, Karina - Semesterapparat 0027:11:05:0011 (ThULB Jena:TB Geisteswissenschaften / Ebene 1:Psychologie) - DBT Dokument 16431
Ansprechpartner: Lipinski, Jacqueline von

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abstract
Overview Paper (in German)
Syllabus
1. Overview on Aims, History, and Key Principles of Developmental Psychopathology
2. Models of Development in Developmental Psychopathology
A - Generic models
B - Examples for genetic and ecological influences
3. Core Theoretical Concepts of Developmental Psychopathology
A - Risk and protective factors, protective mechanims
B - Resilience
4. Core Methodological Concepts of Developmental Psychopathology
A - Cascades and pathways
B - Longitudinal models
5. Assessment of Psychopathology
A - Dimensional and categorical approaches
B - Cross-cultural validity
6. Cultural Diversity
A - Culture and psychopathology
B - Examples of differences in symptoms and correlates
7. Childhood Psychopathology: Attachment-Related Disorder
A - Excursus: Role of early childhood experiences
B - Early attachment organization
C - Pathways to psychopathology
8. Psychopathology in Adolescence: Models of Antisocial Behavior
A - Excursus: General framework for developmental psychopathology in adolescence
B - Family and peers as risk factors
9. Models of Prevention & Policy Issues
A - Basics of prevention science
B - Prevention as test of theories
C - Example of intervention impact
D - Nexus between research and public policy
E - Examples of policy-relevant statements
10. The sample case of disaster
A - Basics of prevalence and victimization
B - Intervention principles
C - Examples of postdisaster symptoms and recovery
Presentations
Exam

Abstract

The discipline of developmental psychopathology is an innovative approach to understanding behavioural problems in the full context of human development, emphasising variations in adaptation, the processes that account for that variation, and how maladjustment may be prevented or ameliorated. Pathways to normative and deviant behaviour are seen in an integrative framework, stressing biological, social and psychological sources and their interplay. The first part (4 topics) introduces the aims, history and key principles of developmental psychopathology, followed by a more in-depth clarification of the particular model of development, as well as core theoretical and methodological concepts characteristic of the discipline. Examples are resilience in spite of adversities or the analysis of cascade effects across time. The second part (2 topics) deals with dimensional and categorical assessment approaches concerning a range of problem behaviours, from precursor deviations of normal development to fully established disorders, including the role of cultural differences in symptoms and correlates. The third part (2 topics) addresses prototypical deviations and disorders that emerge during childhood and adolescence. Each of the two topics begin with introductory remarks on the framework for psychosocial development during the life period covered, followed by models and results on the etiology of attachment disorder and a range of serious antisocial behaviours, such as aggression and delinquency. Special emphasis is given to interindividual differences in trajectories and their antecedents. The last part refers to measures of prevention concerning developmental psychopathology, with a special emphasis on prevention trials as means of testing developmental theories. Furthermore, the role of research on developmental psychopathology in policy advising and the formation of social policy are addressed. Note that developmental psychopathology covers the entire lifespan, but in this introductory course childhood and adolescence in particular are addressed. Nevertheless, evidence for the continuity and discontinuity across the entire lifespan will be given.

Overview Paper (in German)