Clinical Psychology Revision Guide

This is a revision guide for Clinical Psychology which follows the Edexcel A Level Psychology Specification (2015).

These notes have been used by numerous students to support them with revision and include both A01 Knowledge Points as well as A03 Evaluation points, both in the form of bullet points and PEEL Paragraphs.

This has relevant content including:

• The 4Ds of Diagnosis
• Classification Systems (ICD & DSM)
• Reliability & Validity of Diagnosis
• Schizophrenia
  • Bio Explanations (Neurotransmitters, Genetics)
  • Non-bio Explanation (Social Drift)
  • Bio Treatment (Drug Therapy)
  • Non-bio Treatment (Family Therapy)
• Anorexia Nervosa
  • Bio Explanation (Genetics)
  • Non-bio Explanation (Socio-cultural)
  • Bio Treatment (Drug Therapy)
  • Non-bio Treatment (CBT)
• Individual & Developmental Differences
• Classic Study – Rosenhan
• Contemporary Studies – Carlsson and Guardia
• Key question
• Issues & Debates
• Methodology / Research Methods

I hope I can support you and your students during their A Level studies with a visually pleasing revision guide and I wish you all the best of luck.