Postgraduate Course: Critical Psychology and Child Mental Health (CLPS11044)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Clinical Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will be an option course on the MSc in Children and Young People's Mental Health and Psychological Practice. The course will introduce students to critical psychology and a number of associated theories. It will encourage students to question what psychology is and what it does, paying particular attention to developmental psychology theories and psychological and psychiatric explanations of children's mental health difficulties.
Aims
- To examine the practical and philosophical implications of debates between mainstream and critical approaches to psychology.
- To critically examine theories of child developmental.
- To critically examine commonly accepted explanations of childhood mental health difficulties.
- To consider alternative explanations of childhood mental health difficulties.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 20 |
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Web Timetable |
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| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. To be able to demonstrate a firm understanding of a range of critical theories.
2. To be able to draw on social constructionist accounts to evaluate psychological knowledge in relation to children.
3. To be able to demonstrate skills in critical discourse analysis and its application to discourses of children's mental health.
4. To be able to demonstrate skills in reflexivity in relation to the production of psychological knowledge.
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Assessment Information
| Approx. 5000 words across a range of written assignments. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Charles Marley
Tel: (0131 6)51 3982
Email: Charles.Marley@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lorna Sheal
Tel: (0131 6)51 3970
Email: L.Sheal@ed.ac.uk |
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