Abnormal Psychology

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In Dunsland Cross

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    Course

  • Location

    Dunsland cross

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Abnormal Psychology - a distance learning course by BSYLearn the reasons why people may act in an unusual or disturbing way and how professionals can help them return to normal living through different types of therapy. Abnormal behaviour in psychology may range from stress, anxiety, depression, phobias, neuroses, psychoses, to schizophrenia.This abnormal psychology course is designed as a foundation to anyone interested in pursuing a career in social work, nursing, counselling, therapy or caring. It can also serve as an addition to your knowledge in the field.

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Dunsland Cross (Devon)
EX22 7YT

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Subjects

  • Psychology
  • Depression

Course programme

Training Course Content

The course syllabus is structured as follows:

  • Lesson One
    • Introduction
    • Defining Abnormal
      • Abnormal Behaviour
      • The Statistical Approach
      • Social Judgements
      • The Medical Model
    • Phobia
      • The Causes of Phobia
      • Social Phobia
  • Lesson Two
    • Phobias (Continued)
      • Sexual Phobias
      • Causes of Sexual Phobias
      • The Symptoms of Phobias
      • Agoraphobia
    • Fears of Illness and Death
      • Fear of Insanity
      • Fear of Illness
      • Fear of Dying and Death
      • Fear of Cancer
    • Stress
      • Living with Stress
      • The Holmes-Rahe Scale
      • Having a Baby
      • Getting Divorced
      • The Symptoms of Stress
      • Illnesses Linked to Stress
  • Lesson Three
    • Stress (Continued)
      • Causes of stress
      • Stress and Burnout
      • High Risk Occupations
    • Abnormal Moods
      • Shame
      • Jealousy
      • Greed
      • Fear
      • Loneliness
      • Guilt
  • Lesson Four
    • Panic Attacks
      • Symptoms of a Panic Attack
      • Who has Panic Attacks?
      • Types of Panic Attack
      • The Causes of Panic Attacks
      • Physical Causes
      • Emotional Causes
    • Anxiety
      • The Symptoms of Anxiety
      • How Anxiety Helps
    • Problems and Disorders
      • Abnormal Sex
    • Sexual Disorders
      • Paraphilias
      • Fetishism
      • Paedophilia
    • Other Forms of Sexual Dysfunction
      • Stress and Sex
      • Infidelity
  • Lesson Five
    • Disorders
      • Classifying Disorders
    • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)
      • Common Disorders
      • Eating Disorders
    • Depression
      • Types of Depression
      • Symptoms of Mild Depression
  • Lesson Six
    • Symptoms of Major Depression
      • Suicide and Depression
      • Myths about Suicide
    • Treatment for Abnormal Psychology
      • Cognitive Therapies
      • Counselling
      • Psychotherapy
      • Humanistic Psychotherapy
      • Hypnosis
      • Family Therapy
      • Behaviour Therapy
      • Psychoanalysis

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