Are you OK? We often ask each other this question. We are often concerned about the psychological well-being of our family members, friends, and, most importantly ourselves. In this course, we will discuss issues concerning psychological well-being and mental health in Singapore: the early signs of not being “OK”, when you might need professional help, and where you might find the appropriate help. The course will be taught by a seasoned mental health practitioner in Singapore, in collaboration with our in-house faculty members.
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Year Taken: AY18/19, Sem 1
Lecturer: Lim Choon Guan
Assessments: Mid-term/s (40%), final exam (60%)
Workload/difficulty: I’m okay for bothYes, it’s that module. Open book. Massively oversubscribed. Dr Lim is an actual psychiatrist with the Institute of Mental Health, so that’s cool. His slides are well-rounded, somewhat heavy in content, with frequent nods to local statistics. Each lecture is about 50 slides, which he delivers with charisma and ease. His repository of resources includes his own notes, and other expositions; it’s a nice touch that I appreciate. No textbook – it’s a personalised course. Mid-terms are MCQ, final exam has essay questions.
I wouldn’t say this module is easy to ace, though it is easy to S/U. I will note that it didn’t significantly value-add to my knowledge as a psychology student because a lot of the content is implicated in other cores e.g. abnormal psychology. The module stands well on its own however, and is a good primer for anyone interested in exploring mental health as a topic.
This review was reposted with the kind permission of Gwyneth. Originally published at https://gwynethtyt.com/2021/06/01/ntu-psych-mods/
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Year Taken: AY13/14, Sem 2
Grade: B+I took this module in year1 sem1 alone without taking with any friends. I made friend with a NBS student who told be that the whole cohort were mostly NBS final year students. That time I was seriously chua sai as NBS are well trained in speed writing and essay writing mah LOL. The lecturer is from IMH and conduct lively lectures when I took it. However he seemed to have grown older and looked shag when I attended his lecture this year (#updated in 2015).
This is really an easy module, and I think a B is possible with minimum effort put in. Everything is in open book. There will be 1 40% 40 True False midterm and 1 60% choose 3 out of 4 questions finals. I got 31/40 for midterm, which is the median (I have another core midterm at the same time, hence i chop chop finish this within 10minutes and rush over to another). The final questions format are quite standard. The questions will demonstrate a case study with symptoms provided. Then each questions will be split into 3 sub-questions, respectively demanding 3 possible disorder problems, effects on society (family, friends, etc), and ways to solve the disorder.
In order to prepare for finals, I advice you to spend like around 1 or 2 days to categories the lecture notes. Use your Microsoft Word to group different type of disorders and their respective symptoms, effects and ways to solve them (medication, counselling, etc). I swear you don’t have any time to flip your lecture notes in order to write a long essay full of points during finals. Update: AY2015/16, lecturer did sent email on disorder categories for students as they requested from him. Maybe you can try getting his summary from your friends?
If you are aiming for an A- and above, prepare your notes and write at least 1 page for each sub-questions (which I did, some up to 2 pages). For midterm, 37/40 is a minimum to temporary secure an A-. This is probably the reason I got B+ in the end. I probably did well in finals but not the midterm.
This review was reposted with the kind permission of Yunzi. Originally published at https://joysofyz.blogspot.com/2016/05/what-electives-to-take-score-in-ntu.html
June 8, 2021
