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JKSSB Psychiatric Social Worker / Drug De-Addiction Counsellor Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Official 120-mark written examination syllabus for Psychiatric Social Worker / Drug De-Addiction Counsellor covering Sociology, Social Stratification & Social Development (Unity in Diversity Nehru, Dalit Meaning, Evolutionary Thinkers Comte/Marx/Spencer, Group Typologies Unsocial/Pseudo/Anti/Pro-social, Status & Role Ralph Linton Ascribed/Achieved, Caste Indological/Anthropological/Sociological Perspectives, Disaster Natural Hazards, Underdevelopment Theories, Talcott Parsons Social Action Systems, Dependency Theory Center-Periphery Dominance, Wallerstein World-Systems Productivity/Trade/Finance Hegemony, Ulrich Beck Risk Society, Balwant Rai Mehta 1957, 73rd Panchayati Raj Amendment, Sociology of Education Marxist vs Durkheim Functionalism, Moral Codes, Fluorosis Toxicology, Urban Governance 74th Amendment Nagar Palika/Panchayat/Mahanagar Nigam, Socialization Agencies, Tribal Communities Singpho Arunachal, Marginalized Children Classroom Inclusivity), Social Work Methods, Criminology & Social Policy (Criminology Etiology, Criminal Anthropology Lombroso, Psychoanalytic Crime Theory Freud, Edwin Sutherland White Collar Crime, Economic Sectors Cottage/Primary/Secondary/Tertiary, Social Case Work Relationship Empathy/Autonomy/Confidentiality vs Sympathy, Community Development Programme 1952, Max Weber Economy & Society, Lenski Societal Evolution Hunting-Pastoral-Agrarian-Industrial, Max Muller Naturism, Davis-Moore Stratification, UNCHR 1946, Environmental Movements Chipko Bahuguna / Bishnoi Amrita Devi, Prarthana Samaj 1867, Govind Guru Samp Sabha 1883, Social Work Interviewing Skill, Mary Richmond Social Diagnosis 1917, Sir Dorabji Tata School TISS 1936 Manshardt, Field Practicum Sequence Orientation-Observation-Concurrent-Block, Bruce Tuckman Group Dynamics Norming Stage, Social Work Research, Affirmative Action, Free Market Development, Social Administration Planning/Staffing/Budgeting/Networking, NITI Aayog Governance, Soft HRM Mutual Commitment, Geriatric Social Work Value Respect, Flagship Schemes SGSY/BBBP/PMAY/Mahila Shakti Kendra, Howard Goldstein Ecological Social Work 1996, Disaster Management Act 2005, NPAC 2016, POCSO e-Box Child Sexual Abuse, Safety Policy Goals, Social Project Lifecycle Selection-Planning-Execution-Followup-Evaluation-Recording, Employee Relations & Trade Unions, Democratic Leadership, Work-Life Balance, Performance Appraisal Goals Sequence), Psychopathology, Psychoanalysis & Counselling Psychology (Freud Id Pleasure Principle, Libido Energy, Id-Ego-Superego Structural Model, Ethological Critical Periods Bowlby/Lorenz, Bipolar vs Unipolar Affective Disorders, Festinger Cognitive Dissonance 1957, Rotter Locus of Control 1954, Rogers-Maslow Self-Actualization, Social Cognitive Perception Schemas, Social Facilitation Co-action, Baddeley Working Memory Phonological Loop, Tversky-Kahneman Availability Heuristic, Cattell 16PF -> Eysenck PEN -> Big Five -> HEXACO Chronology, Henry Murray Psychogenic Needs 1938, Erikson Psychosocial Stages Initiative-Industry-Identity-Generativity, Bandura Health Self-Efficacy, Kohlberg Moral Reasoning Stages, Piaget Cognitive Development Sensorimotor-Preoperational-Concrete-Formal, Carol Dweck Growth Mindset, Joseph Wolpe Systematic Desensitization Counterconditioning, Psychoanalytic Transference & Countertransference), Neuropsychology, Clinical Assessment & De-Addiction Interventions (Alcohol Hepatic Cirrhosis, CNS Depressants Pharmacology GABA Reduction, National Trust Act 1999 Autism/CP/MR/Multiple Disabilities, NIMH CATIE Antipsychotic Trials, Operant Conditioning Skinner Reinforcement, Eric Berne Transactional Analysis I am OK You are OK, Aaron Beck Cognitive Depression Triad, Kübler-Ross DABDA Stages of Grief, Carl Rogers Person-Centered Core Conditions, Johann Christian Reil Coining Psychiatry 1808, Dr. Sarada Menon First Woman Psychiatrist, Stockholm Syndrome Hostage Attachment, Broca Motor Aphasia vs Wernicke, Neuroplasticity Synaptic Reorganization, DSM-5 Cluster B Personality Disorders Borderline/Histrionic/Antisocial/Narcissistic, Drug Tolerance Neuroadaptation & Withdrawal, Dysthymia Persistent Depressive Disorder 2 Years, Intermittent Explosive Disorder Aggression, Adrenal Cortisol Stress Regulation, Rehabilitation Psychology Scope vs Occupational Therapy, WHO Biopsychosocial ICF Disability Model, ADHD Classroom Behavioral Management, Projective Personality Assessment Thematic Apperception Test TAT vs Objective MMPI/MCMI/BDI), and Psychological Research Methodology, Statistics & Psychometrics (Stroop Color-Word Interference Effect, Signal Detection Theory Hits/False Alarms, True Experimental IV Manipulation, Focus Group Qualitative FGDs, Repeated Measures Within-Subjects Design, Psychometric Item Analysis Discrimination Index, Standard Scores Stanine/Z-score, KR-20 Reliability, Osgood Semantic Differential Scaling, Criterion-Related Concurrent vs Predictive Validity, Statistical Tests Matching Shapiro-Wilk Normality / Cohen d Effect Size / Kendall Tau Rank Correlation / Levene Homogeneity of Variance, Inferential p < .05 Interpretation Chance Probability <5% and Null Rejection, Three-Group Comparisons One-Way ANOVA).

📜 Notification:Advt No. 04 of 2024 & Advt No. 03 of 2025 (OMR Examination 2025)
TOTAL MARKS
120 Marks
TIME DURATION
120 Mins
NEGATIVE MARKING
-0.25 Mark
UNITS / SECTIONS
5 Sections

Declared Weightage vs. Observed Exam History

The Declared Weightage represents the marks allocated in the official notification. The Observed Count reveals the actual number of solved questions asked in real past papers from our verified dataset.

UNIT 1

Sociology, Social Stratification & Social Development

25 Marks
Evolutionary Thinkers (Comte, Marx, Spencer), Status & Roles (Ralph Linton), Caste Perspectives (Indological, Anthropological, Sociological) & Talcott Parsons Social Systems
Declared: 12 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Dependency Theory (Core-Periphery), Wallerstein World-Systems Hegemony, Ulrich Beck Risk Society, 73rd/74th Constitutional Amendments, Socialization & Marginalization in Education
Declared: 13 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 2

Social Work Methods, Criminology & Social Policy

25 Marks
Criminology Etiology, Criminal Anthropology (Lombroso), Psychoanalytic Crime (Freud), White-Collar Crime (Sutherland), Social Case Work Principles (Mary Richmond 1917) & TISS 1936
Declared: 13 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Field Practicum Sequence, Tuckman Group Dynamics (Norming), Affirmative Action, Flagship Schemes (SGSY, BBBP, PMAY), Chipko/Bishnoi Movements, POCSO e-Box & Disaster Management Act 2005
Declared: 12 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 3

Psychopathology, Psychoanalysis & Counselling Psychology

25 Marks
Freud (Id Pleasure Principle, Libido, Structural Model, Transference), Cognitive Dissonance (Festinger), Locus of Control (Rotter), Self-Actualization (Rogers/Maslow) & Personality Trait Models (16PF, PEN, Big Five, HEXACO)
Declared: 13 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Ethological Theory (Bowlby), Erikson Psychosocial Stages, Kohlberg Moral Reasoning, Piaget Cognitive Development Milestones, Growth Mindset (Carol Dweck) & Systematic Desensitization (Wolpe)
Declared: 12 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 4

Neuropsychology, Clinical Assessment & De-Addiction Interventions

25 Marks
Broca Motor Aphasia vs Wernicke, Neuroplasticity, Cortisol Stress Regulation, Alcohol Hepatic Damage, CNS Depressants Pharmacology, Drug Tolerance & De-addiction Counselling
Declared: 12 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
DSM-5 Cluster B Personality Disorders (Borderline, Histrionic), Dysthymia, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, ADHD, National Trust Act 1999, CATIE Trials, WHO ICF Biopsychosocial Model & Projective TAT
Declared: 13 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 5

Psychological Research Methodology, Statistics & Psychometrics

20 Marks
Experimental IV Manipulation, Repeated Measures Within-Subjects Design, Focus Group Discussions (FGD), Stroop Effect & Signal Detection Theory in Memory
Declared: 10 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Shapiro-Wilk Normality, Cohen d Effect Size, Kendall Tau Correlation, Levene Test, One-Way ANOVA, p < .05 Interpretation, Psychometric Validity (Concurrent) & KR-20 Reliability
Declared: 10 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)

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