PSY 302 – Psycho-diagnostics

PSY 302 – Psycho-diagnostics; Weekly hours: 2+1, ECTS: 4
The goal of this course is to familiarize students with psycho-diagnostics and psychological assessment, using DSM-IV-R, organizational structure and professional terminology and the ways of developing assessment plans. The course  includes the following themes: Introduction to clinical work, defining normality / insanity, classification and diagnosis, multi axis classification with review to each axis from  I to V, with special emphasis on diagnostic categories and their characteristics, diagnostic impression and interpretation, clinical interview with assessment, defining objectives, level of treatment, research ethics in psycho-diagnostics.