Clinical Psychology (BS -VII, PSY-401)

DESCRIPTION& OBJECTIVES

  • To produce students with a strong knowledge of skill and acumen in the detection, evaluation and diagnosis of various psychological conditions.
  • To understand and change abnormal behavior, cognition, and emotions through the application of principles and techniques of Clinical and counseling Psychology.
  • The development of counseling and clinical psychology as a distinct profession

CONTENTS

  1. Diagnosis and scientific nature of Clinical and Counseling Psychology
  2. Historical Overview of Clinical and Counseling Psychology
  3. Diagnostic Systems in clinical Psychology
  4. Assessment in Clinical and Counseling Psychology
  5. Psychological Testing in Clinical and Counseling Psychology

 

COURSE SCHEDULE

 

Week

Topics and Readings Give Reading No from your list of readings above and its Page Nos. relevant to the topic(s) covered each week

Dates

1.

Definition, Introduction and scope of Clinical Psychology

History and Evolution of Clinical  Psychology

 

2.

Differences in clinical and counselling psychology

Careers in clinical psychology

 

3.

Process of clinical assessment, Goals in clinical assessment, Tools of clinical assessment

Uses of clinical tools, Dimensions in clinical assessment 

 

4.

Uses of Interviews in clinical psychology

Ethical Issues in clinical Psychology

 

5.

DSM-V and ICD-10, Comparison of DSM -IV and DSM-V

Assessment in clinical  psychology,

 

6.

Introduction of objectives and projective techniques

 

 

7.

Introduction of cross cutting measures

 

8.

Psychometric Approach; Effective Concentration; Mental Practice

 

9.

Mid Term Week

 

10.

House Tree Person Test

Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank Test

 

11.

Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test

Siddique Shah Depression Scale

 

12.

Beck Anxiety Inventory

Raven Progressive Matrices

 

13.

Introduction of Theoretical Approaches 

Psychoanalytic approach

 

14.

Affective Approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Approaches

 

15.

Structured and semi structured interviews

Class test

 

16.

Depression; Anxiety; Blood State; Stress responsively, Self Esteem; Body Image.

 

 
 

Course Material

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