Overview

Topics covered in this module include: • Applied Psychology in Counselling (Mental Health and Wellbeing in Counselling) • Beyond the DSM and ICD (Diagnosing and Declassifying) • Anxiety (Case Study) • Mood (Case Study) • Psychosis (Case Study) • Sexuality (Case Study) • Child Sexual Abuse (Case Study) • Trauma (Case Study) • Psychopharmacology (Case Study) • Wellbeing, Resilience, and Positive Psychology (Case Study) • Wellbeing and Transactional Analysis (Case Study)

Please note that these lectures are subject to confirmation and may be changed dependent on the availability of the guest speakers.

Topics covered in this module include: • Applied Psychology in Counselling • Beyond the DSM
• Psychopharmacology
• Mood • Anxiety • Psychosis • Child Sexual Abuse
• Dissociation • Sexuality • Wellbeing, Resilience, and Positive Psychology

Please note that these topics are subject to change dependent on staff availability, unexpected circumstances, and the assessed needs of the students

Assessment Strategy

Assessment criteria for this module are:

Excellent (A*, A+, A, A-) • Insightful understanding of the assessment, symptoms, risks, and treatment for different forms of mental distress • Comprehensive knowledge of mental health and wellbeing • Detailed understanding with no factual errors • Critical analysis showing evaluation and synthesis of ideas • Novel and innovative originality in approach, interpretation, and voice • Extensive and comprehensive independent research • Logically defended arguments with evidence for all claims • Highly focused and well structured • Excellent presentation with accurate and appropriate expression • Correct format in appropriate referencing style

Good (B+, B, B-) • Clear understanding of the assessment, symptoms, risks, and treatment for different forms of mental distress • Strong knowledge of mental health and wellbeing • Clear understanding and mostly free of factual errors • Some analysis showing critical evaluation and links between ideas • Novel originality in approach, interpretation, and voice • Considerable independent research from appropriate sources • Coherent arguments with evidence for most claims • Focused and well structured • Clear presentation with accurate and appropriate expression • Mostly correct format in appropriate referencing style

Threshold (C+, C, C-) • Basic understanding of the assessment, symptoms, risks, and treatment for different forms of mental distress • Some knowledge of mental health and wellbeing • Understanding of the main concepts with no major factual errors • Basic analysis showing obvious points of evaluation and links between ideas • Some originality in approach, interpretation, and/or voice for part of the work • Some independent research from appropriate sources • Arguments presented with evidence for the most important claims • Readable structure showing focus at times • Acceptable presentation with appropriate expression • Attempt at correct format in appropriate referencing style with no major errors

If you do not meet the threshold, then your work will be graded as a Fail. Fail grades vary from Poor (D+, D, D-, E+, E, E-) to Very Poor (F).