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5th May 2015, 01:05 PM
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Clinical Psychology Calcutta University
I am interested in the Clinical Psychology field and for that I want to take admission in the Calcutta University. Will you tell me the lists of courses available at the department of Psychology at Calcutta University? Also provide me the application form of this university?
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23rd May 2018, 04:16 PM
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Re: Clinical Psychology Calcutta University
My sister wants to do M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology from Calcutta University. She wants to know about admission requirements for this Course. So please give detailed information about M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology Course of Calcutta University?
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23rd May 2018, 04:19 PM
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Re: Clinical Psychology Calcutta University
The Department of Applied Psychology of Calcutta University was established in 1967. The Department offers M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology Course. Here I am giving information about this program: M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology: Qualification: Minimum 55% marks in aggregate in M.A. / M. Sc. in Psychology/ Applied Psychology from any recognized University Entrance Exam conducted by University. Selection Process: Entrance Exam Viva Voce Fees: Admission fee -- Rs. 5000/-(for each year) Tuition fee -- Rs. 5000/- (per month) Examination fee -- Rs. 1000/- (for each yearly examination) Application fee -- Rs. 1000/- (Rs.500 for SC/ST candidates) Total Intake: 12 Seats Calcutta University M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology Admission Form: Calcutta University M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology Syllabus: YEAR I: Paper I : Psychosocial Foundation of Behavior and Psychopathology Paper II : Statistics and Research Methodology Paper III : Psychiatry Practical : Psychological Assessments including Viva Voce YEAR II: Paper I: Biological Foundations of Behavior Paper II: Psychotherapy and Counseling Paper III: Behavioral Medicine Practical : Psychological Therapies including Viva Voce Part A (Psychosocial Foundations of Behavior) Unit - I: Introduction: Scope of clinical psychology; overview of the profession and practice; history and growth; professional role and functions; current issues and trends; areas of specialization; ethical and legal issues; code of conduct. Unit - II: Mental health and illness: Mental health care past and present; stigma and attitude towards mental illness; concept of mental health and illness; perspectives psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, existential and biological models of mental health/illness; Unit - III: Epidemiology: Epidemiological studies in Indian context; socio-cultural correlates of mental illness, mental health, psychological well-being and quality of life. Unit - IV: Self and relationships: Self-concept, self-image, self-perception and selfregulations in mental health and illness; learned helplessness and attribution theories; social skill model; interpersonal and communication models of mental illness; stress diathesis model, resilience, coping and social support. Unit - V: Family influences: Early deprivation and trauma; neglect and abuse; attachment; separation; inadequate parenting styles; marital discord and divorce; maladaptive peer relationships; communication style; family burden; emotional adaptation; expressed emotions and relapse. Unit - VI: Societal influences: Discrimination in race, gender and ethnicity; social class and structure, poverty and unemployment; prejudice, social change and uncertainty; crime and delinquency; social tension & violence; urban stressors; torture & terrorism; culture shock; migration; religion & gender related issues with reference to India. Unit - VII: Disability: Definition and classification of disability; psychosocial models of disability; impact, needs and problems; issues related to assessment/certification of disability areas and measures. Unit - VIII: Rehabilitation: Approaches to rehabilitation; interventions in the rehabilitation processes; models of adaptation to disability; family and caregivers issues; rights of mentally ill; empowerment issues; support to recovery. Unit - IX: Policies and Acts: Rehabilitation Policies and Acts (Mental Health Act of 1987, National Mental Health Program 1982, the Persons With Disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) Act 1995; Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) Act of 1992, National Trust for Mental Retardation, CP and Autistic Children 1999, Juvenile Justice Act of 1986; Mental Health Care Bill 2011; ethical and forensic issues in psychiatry practice); assistance, concessions, social benefits and support from government and voluntary organizations; contemporary challenges; rehabilitation ethics and professional code of conduct. Part B (Psychopathology) Unit - X: Introduction to psychopathology: Definition; concepts of normality and abnormality; clinical criteria of abnormality; continuity (dimensional) versus discontinuity (categorical), and prototype models of psychopathology; classification and taxonomies reliability and utility; classificatory systems, currently in use and their advantages and limitations. Approach to clinical interviewing and diagnosis; case history; mental status examination; organization and presentation of psychiatric information; diagnostic formulation. Unit - XI: Psychological theories: Psychodynamic; behavioral; cognitive; humanistic; interpersonal; psychosocial; and other prominent theories/models of principal clinical disorders and problems, viz. anxiety, obsessivecompulsive, somatoform, dissociative, adjustment, sexual, substance use, personality, suicide, childhood and adolescence, psychotic, mood disorders, and culture-specific disorders. Unit - XII: Indian thoughts: Concept of mental health and illness; nosology and taxonomy of mental illness; social identity and stratification (Varnashrama Vyawastha); concept of cognition, emotion, personality, motivation and their disorders. PAPER - II: Statistics and Research Methodology Unit - I: Introduction: Various methods to ascertain knowledge, scientific method and its features; problems in measurement in behavioral sciences; levels of measurement of psychological variables - nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio scales; test construction - item analysis, concept and methods of establishing reliability, validity and norms. Unit - II: Sampling: Probability and non-probability; various methods of sampling - simple random, stratified, systematic, cluster and multistage sampling; sampling and non-sampling errors and methods of minimizing these errors. Unit - III: Concept of probability: Probability distribution - normal, poisson, binomial; descriptive statistics - central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis. Unit - IV: Hypothesis testing: Formulation and types; null hypothesis, alternate hypothesis, type I and type II errors, level of significance, power of the test, p-value. Concept of standard error and confidence interval. Unit - V: Tests of significance - Parametric tests: Requirements, "t" test, normal z-test, and "F" test including post-hoc tests, one-way and two-way analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, repeated measures analysis of variance, simple linear correlation and regression. Unit VI: Tests of significance - Non-parametric tests: Assumptions; One-sample tests (sign test, Mc Nemer test); two-sample test (Mann Whitney U test, Wilcoxon rank sum test); k-sample tests (Kruskal Wallies test, and Friedman test) and chi-square test. Unit - VII: Experimental design: Randomization, replication, completely randomized design, randomized block design, factorial design, crossover design, single subject design, non-experimental design. Unit - VIII: Epidemiological studies: Epidemiological studies: Rates- Prevalence and incidence; Types- Prospective and retrospective studies; Diagnostic Efficiency Statistics (sensitivity, specificity, predictive values); Risk Estimation- odds ratio and survival analysis. Unit - IX: Multivariate analysis: Introduction, Multiple regression, logistic regression, factor analysis, cluster analysis, discriminant function analysis, path analysis, MANOVA, Canonical correlation, and Multidimensional scaling. Unit - X: Sample size estimation: Sample size determination for estimation of mean, estimation of proportion, comparing two means and comparing two proportions. Unit - XI: Qualitative analysis of data: Content analysis, qualitative methods of psychosocial research. Unit - XII: Use of computers: Use of relevant statistical package in the field of behavioral science and their limitations. Contacts Calcutta University Department of Applied Psychology 92, A.P.C Road, Kolkata-700 009. Ph: 033-2350-1397/8386(Ext- 390); Fax: 033-2351-9755 |