PSYCHO-DIAGNOSTICS AND ASSESSMENT

Paper Code: 
PSY 225 A
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

 

  1. To train students in psycho diagnosis and psychological assessment.
  2. To impart knowledge and skills required for psychological assessment and diagnostic testing.

Course Outcomes (COs):

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Learning Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

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PSY 225(A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psychodiagnostics and Assessment

The students will be able to –

CO62: Developing competencies for assessing the psychological functioning of individuals through techniques such as psychological assessment, observation and interviewing.

CO63: Make a multi axial diagnosis of clinical conditions and develop a psycho diagnostic formulation.

CO64: Demonstrate active listening skills and aspects of writing a clinical case history and developing treatment plans.

CO65: Demonstrate awareness of ethico-legal issues and other critical issues associated with psychotherapy.

CO66: Understanding the essence of a reflective practitioner by engaging in reflective processes that make him or her aware of his or her strengths and vulnerabilities.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Classification of Psychiatric Disorders
  • International Classification ICD 11, and DSM V; 
  • Problems of Differential Diagnosis

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Diagnostic Formulation and Treatment
  • Case History;
  • Mental Status Examination and
  • Observation of the Mental And Physical Status of The Patient.

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Clinical Assessment
  • Psychiatric Interview,
  • Psychiatric Report;
  • Psychological testing of Intelligence and Personality,
  • Brain damage.
  • Medical assessment of Psychiatric patient.

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Emergency Interventions
  • Approach to the Patient;
  • Risk management for common psychiatric emergency,
  • Psychosis,
  • Mania,
  • Anxiety,
  • Disposition.

 

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Ethics in Clinical Psychological and Allied Sciences
  • Current bioethical Principles: Autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, justice, professionalism;
  • Ethics in Psychiatry: boundaries, informed consent, dual roles, training, research;
  • Cultural themes and Essential Skills Psychiatry.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Kaplan, H. I. & Sadock, B. J. (1989). Modern Synopsis of Comprehensive Text Book of Psychiatry (4th Ed.). London: William and Wilkins.
  • Wolman, B. B. (1965). Handbook of Clinical Psychology. USA: Tata Mc Graw Hills.
  • Cutler, J.L. & Marcus, E.R. (2010). Psychiatry (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford.
  • Robert, L. W., Layde, J. B., & Balon, R. (2013). International Handbook of Psychiatry.

 

Academic Year: 
2020-21
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