Class Criminal Psychopathology

Counseling curricular unit with a view to providing general concepts of psychopathology, main nosological systems and understanding of the expression of mental disorder in the criminal context

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1. Psychopathology: Definition and Corollaries 2. Semiological analysis 3. Diagnosis: General aspects of psychopathological nosography: DSM V and ICD 10 4. Particular aspects of criminal psychopathology: cause / comorbidity / effect. 5. Most common mental disorders in youth populations  - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, behavioral disorders, opposition-defiant disorder, substance use disorder. 6. Most common mental disorders in the adult population in a forensic context       Substance use disorders       Schizophrenias and other psychotic disorders       Mood disorders       Parafilias       Impulse control disorders       Personality disorders in a forensic context 7. Psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder 8. The issue of predictability and psychopathological danger and responsibility in the criminal context.  9. Mental health in the criminal context: Implications 10. Case study  

Simulated Case Stud in video

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