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BMRI5004: Translational and Clinical Neuroscience
2024 unit information
This unit of study introduces the principal disorders of mental health and current methods for diagnosing and understanding them. Disorders of development, mood, personality and cognitive decline will be introduced from the perspective of clinical staging and in the context of other diagnostic criteria. The unit will also describe fundamental principles of clinicopathology and provides and overview of the latest technologies and techniques being utilised at the Brain and Mind Centre to identify early diagnostic biomarkers for disease. Through biomarker identification and development, windows for therapeutic intervention that can prevent or delay progression from earlier to later stages of a disorder can be defined, and the effectiveness of early intervention strategies can be evaluated.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Brain and Mind Science
| Code | BMRI5004 |
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| Academic unit | Brain and Mind Science |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand and investigate the relevance and importance of different diagnostic models and criteria for the identification and management of a variety of brain and mind disorders
- LO2. demonstrate a critical understanding of neuroimaging and electroencephalography techniques, and how these can be used to identify preclinical markers of brain and mind disorders.
- LO3. identify a range of risk factors during a spectrum covering childhood, adolescence and old age that are associated with the manifestations of clinical symptoms of various brain and mind disorders
- LO4. evaluate a case study by interpreting various assessment techniques to develop a differential diagnosis or formulation considering diagnostic models (including the clinical staging model) and understand the range of suitable interventions.
- LO5. critically evaluate assessment tools used in research and clinical practice and present outcomes to an audience of peers
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal evening | Mallett Street, Sydney | |
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Semester 1 2024
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Online | Mallett Street, Sydney |
Modes of attendance (MoA)
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