SUBJECT

Psychodiagnostics and Clinical Case Presentation I.

practical

master

Faculty of Education and Psychology

4

Semester 2

Spring semester

Aim of the course:

The aim of the course is to get acquainted with the most important concepts and methods (interviews and tests) of clinical psychological diagnostics. The process of psychological diagnosis is conceived as a complex procedure where the clinician uses his/her personality-, developmental-, and social-psychological knowledge for the better understanding of personality and pathology. Emphasis is laid on the integration of the current symptomatological-phenomenological diagnostic concepts (DSM, ICD) and the emphatic-characterological diagnosis (PDM). The most important test methods used in adult psychodiagnostics are presented. In the pratical part the interview technics will be praticed and clinical material will be discussed.

Learning outcome, competences

knowledge:

• Diagnostic.

attitude:

• Focused.
• Empathic observer.

skills:

• Discussion skills.
• Diagnostic skills.

Content of the course

Topics of the course

• Ethical issues in the diagnostic work.
• Concepts of the clinical psychological diagnostics.
• Interview types and techniques.
• Mental State Examination.
• Major clinical tests in adult diagnostics (WAIS-IV, TAT, MMPI, Bender VMGT, Rorschach)

Learning activities, learning methods

Frontal lecture.

Small group discussion.

Evaluation of outcomes

Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation:

requirements

mode of evaluation: 1-5 scale

criteria of evaluation:

Active presence.

Written exam.

Oral presentation.

Written assignments.

Compulsory reading list

McWilliams N (2011). Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure int he Clinical Process. New York, London, Guilford.

Argelander, H. (1976). The Initial Interview in Psychotherapy. New York: Human Sciences Press.

Recommended reading list

Kellerman H, Burry A (2007). Handbook of Psychodiagnostic Testing: Analysis of Personality in the Psychological Report. Springer.

Lichtenberger, EO, Kaufman, AS (2013). Essentials of WAIS-IV Assessment. John Wiley and Sons.

Nussbaum, AM (2013). The Pocket Guide to the DSM-5tm Diagnostic Exam. Washington DC, London, England: American Psychiatric Publishing.