PYC3702/201/1/2019
Tutorial Letter 201/1/2019
Abnormal Behaviour and Mental Health
PYC3702
Semester 1
Department of Psychology
Feedback – Assignment 01
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,Dear Student
After the completion of your first assignment we trust that you are well on your way to mastering the
content of the Abnormal Behaviour and Mental Health course. We would like to encourage you to follow
the recommended study programme (please refer to Tutorial Letter 101/3/2019, pp. 9-10) and work
through the syllabus systematically. Abnormal Behaviour and Mental Health is not a subject you can
master in one week. Over and above the facts that you have to know, you are also expected to display
insight into the nature and causes of the various mental disorders, to be able to classify and explain
them according to different theoretical perspectives, and to be able to make suggestions about how to
prevent the various disorders. Superficial knowledge of the subject will only confuse you and result in
poor examination performance.
It is very important that you work consistently and that you remain active and engaged on the discussion
forums on myUnisa. This online community of students mastering the curriculum for PYC3702 is a rich
source of support and mutual learning. Do not hesitate to contact one of your lecturers if you encounter
any problems with your studies that are not addressed on these forums.
If you cannot reach a particular lecturer, please phone the secretary in charge of Abnormal Behaviour
and Mental Health, Mrs Cornia Nel at (012) 429-8233. She will put you in contact with the lecturer who
is available.
Each of these lecturers are responsible for a specific section of your curriculum and we therefore
strongly advise you to direct your queries regarding the specific sections directly to the responsible
lecturer. Only when you do not get a response to your query from the specific lecturer – please allow for
at least 48 hours response time – should you redirect your query to one of the other lecturers in the
module.
Please see the table below for the responsible lecturers.
SECTION OF CURRICULUM
LECTURER E-MAIL/Tel Sue et
Title TUT-LU
al.
(Externalising Disorders of Childhood
and Adolescence) Disruptive –
Intermittent Explosive Disorder, 16 501-6
Conduct Disorder, Oppositional-Deviant
Disorder
Mrs Louise Henderson
(Module leader) Impulse Control Disorders 15 501-6
Tel. 012 429 8214 Neurocognitive Disorders 13 503-15
Suicide 9 502-13
Anxiety and OCD and related disorders 5 501-7
(Childhood and Adolescence Mood and
Anxiety Disorders) 8, 16 502-12
Mrs Elmarié Visser
Depressive Disorder
Bipolar and Related Disorders 8 502-12
Tel. 012 429 8270
Psychopathology from an African
- 501-4
Perspective
Mrs Banti Mokgatlhe
Substance Use Disorders 11 502-10
Tel. 012 429 8238
Sexual 14 502-11
Dysfunctions/Paraphilias/Gender
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Dysphoria
Somatic Symptom Disorders 7 502-8
Dr Janice Moodley
Schizophrenia and other Psychotic 12 503-14
Dissociative Disorders 7 502-8
Dr Nico van Zyl
Tel. 012 429 8239 Personality Disorders 15 501-6
Abnormal behaviour and mental health 1 501-1
Perspectives/Models 2 501-3
Assessment and classification:DSM-5 3 501-5
Ms Christine Laidlaw
Trauma and Stress 9 502-9
Childhood and Adolescence
Tel. 012 429 88294
(Neurodevelopmental and Internalising 16 503-16
Disorders)
1 FEEDBACK ON ASSIGNMENT 01
Assignment 01 was based on learning units 1 to 7 and 9 in Tutorial Letter 501 and 502, and the
corresponding chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 15 and 16 (“Externalising Disorders among the Youth”) in the
prescribed book. These chapters are no more important than the other chapters in the syllabus, but it is
important that you master them, especially learning units 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and their associated chapters in
the prescribed book, before you continue with the rest of the learning material.
By now those of you who have submitted Assignment 01, will have received a printout in which the
correct answers, your answers and your marks are recorded. If you submitted Assignment 01 and have
not yet received a printout, please contact the Assignments Section immediately at
and if you still do not receive the information, contact Mrs C. Nel, either by
telephone (012) 4298233, e-mail or by letter.
Compare your answers with the correct answers contained in this feedback letter. The aim of the
feedback is to give you the correct information concerning each question and to explain the correct
answers to you in case you have problems understanding them. Should you still experience problems
and feel unsure about the learning material, we encourage you to contact one of the lecturers, see table
above for specific sections assigned to specific lecturers, so that these problems can be solved.
We wish you success and hope you enjoy your studies!
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Tutorial Letter 201/1/2019
Abnormal Behaviour and Mental Health
PYC3702
Semester 1
Department of Psychology
Feedback – Assignment 01
BARCODE
,Dear Student
After the completion of your first assignment we trust that you are well on your way to mastering the
content of the Abnormal Behaviour and Mental Health course. We would like to encourage you to follow
the recommended study programme (please refer to Tutorial Letter 101/3/2019, pp. 9-10) and work
through the syllabus systematically. Abnormal Behaviour and Mental Health is not a subject you can
master in one week. Over and above the facts that you have to know, you are also expected to display
insight into the nature and causes of the various mental disorders, to be able to classify and explain
them according to different theoretical perspectives, and to be able to make suggestions about how to
prevent the various disorders. Superficial knowledge of the subject will only confuse you and result in
poor examination performance.
It is very important that you work consistently and that you remain active and engaged on the discussion
forums on myUnisa. This online community of students mastering the curriculum for PYC3702 is a rich
source of support and mutual learning. Do not hesitate to contact one of your lecturers if you encounter
any problems with your studies that are not addressed on these forums.
If you cannot reach a particular lecturer, please phone the secretary in charge of Abnormal Behaviour
and Mental Health, Mrs Cornia Nel at (012) 429-8233. She will put you in contact with the lecturer who
is available.
Each of these lecturers are responsible for a specific section of your curriculum and we therefore
strongly advise you to direct your queries regarding the specific sections directly to the responsible
lecturer. Only when you do not get a response to your query from the specific lecturer – please allow for
at least 48 hours response time – should you redirect your query to one of the other lecturers in the
module.
Please see the table below for the responsible lecturers.
SECTION OF CURRICULUM
LECTURER E-MAIL/Tel Sue et
Title TUT-LU
al.
(Externalising Disorders of Childhood
and Adolescence) Disruptive –
Intermittent Explosive Disorder, 16 501-6
Conduct Disorder, Oppositional-Deviant
Disorder
Mrs Louise Henderson
(Module leader) Impulse Control Disorders 15 501-6
Tel. 012 429 8214 Neurocognitive Disorders 13 503-15
Suicide 9 502-13
Anxiety and OCD and related disorders 5 501-7
(Childhood and Adolescence Mood and
Anxiety Disorders) 8, 16 502-12
Mrs Elmarié Visser
Depressive Disorder
Bipolar and Related Disorders 8 502-12
Tel. 012 429 8270
Psychopathology from an African
- 501-4
Perspective
Mrs Banti Mokgatlhe
Substance Use Disorders 11 502-10
Tel. 012 429 8238
Sexual 14 502-11
Dysfunctions/Paraphilias/Gender
2
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Dysphoria
Somatic Symptom Disorders 7 502-8
Dr Janice Moodley
Schizophrenia and other Psychotic 12 503-14
Dissociative Disorders 7 502-8
Dr Nico van Zyl
Tel. 012 429 8239 Personality Disorders 15 501-6
Abnormal behaviour and mental health 1 501-1
Perspectives/Models 2 501-3
Assessment and classification:DSM-5 3 501-5
Ms Christine Laidlaw
Trauma and Stress 9 502-9
Childhood and Adolescence
Tel. 012 429 88294
(Neurodevelopmental and Internalising 16 503-16
Disorders)
1 FEEDBACK ON ASSIGNMENT 01
Assignment 01 was based on learning units 1 to 7 and 9 in Tutorial Letter 501 and 502, and the
corresponding chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 15 and 16 (“Externalising Disorders among the Youth”) in the
prescribed book. These chapters are no more important than the other chapters in the syllabus, but it is
important that you master them, especially learning units 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and their associated chapters in
the prescribed book, before you continue with the rest of the learning material.
By now those of you who have submitted Assignment 01, will have received a printout in which the
correct answers, your answers and your marks are recorded. If you submitted Assignment 01 and have
not yet received a printout, please contact the Assignments Section immediately at
and if you still do not receive the information, contact Mrs C. Nel, either by
telephone (012) 4298233, e-mail or by letter.
Compare your answers with the correct answers contained in this feedback letter. The aim of the
feedback is to give you the correct information concerning each question and to explain the correct
answers to you in case you have problems understanding them. Should you still experience problems
and feel unsure about the learning material, we encourage you to contact one of the lecturers, see table
above for specific sections assigned to specific lecturers, so that these problems can be solved.
We wish you success and hope you enjoy your studies!
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