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  • Level 7
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online only
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $890 NZ Domestic
    $3,670 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
  • Prerequisites
    • 20 Credits or more at Level 6 and Above in Psychology.
    Contact us to check your prerequisites
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This course provides an understanding of a range of adult psychological disorders. The focus is on the aetiology, assessment and treatment of the disorders.

Topics covered in this course include:

  • anxiety (agoraphobia, panic, post-traumatic stress, generalised anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder)
  • depression
  • bipolar disorder
  • suicide
  • schizophrenia
  • alcohol-related problems
  • eating disorders
  • personality disorders and
  • bicultural and ethical issues in intervention.

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed.

Textbooks

There is a textbook required for this course. Visit our textbook page for more information.

Textbook information

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.

How to apply

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