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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
KPS 5051	CLINICAL INTERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

Offered By

Clinical Psychology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLAY DIRIK

Offered to

Clinical Psychology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide knowledge and skills based on individual assessment, general and idiosyncrotic case formulation which is necessary for therapeutic intervention.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to explain principles of psychological assessment applications
2	To be able to administer general interview format, content and requisities
3	To be able to question critical constructs in assessment based on different psychoapthologies
4	To be able to prepare idiosynrotic case formulation
5	To be able to administer various psychological tests
6	To be able to interpret psychological test results
7	To be able to integrate and report fidnings of observation, interview and tests
8	To be able to present current lietrature findings of assessment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction of course, general clinical assessment principles
2	Format of first and other sessions
3	Ethics in psychoogical assessment
4	Clinical assessment in mood and anxiety disorders
5	Clinical assessment in tsomatoform,eating, sexual function disorders
6	Clinical assessment in personality, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
7	Report writing in clinical assessment
8	Various psychoogical tests in clinical assessment
9	Mini Mental Assessment, Bender-gestalt test, MMPI
10	TAT and House Tree Person test
11	Examination of administration examples of students
12	Examination of administration examples of students
13	Examination of administration examples of students
14	Examination of administration examples of students

Recomended or Required Reading

Balon, R & Sevgraves, R. T. (2009). Clinical Manual of Sexual Disorders. Washington:
American Psychiatric Publishing.
Beck, J. (2005). Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems. New York: The Guilford
Press.
Beck, A., Freeman, A., Davis, D. D. (2004). Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders.
New York: The Guilford Press.
Berman, P. S., & Shopland, S. (2005). Interviewing and Diagnostic Exercises for
Clinical and Counseling Skills Building. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.
Fairburn, C. (2008). Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disorders. New York: The
Guilford Press.
Gilson, M., Freeman, A., Yates, M. J., Freeman, S. M. (2009). Overcoming Depression: A
Cognitive Therapy Approach. New York: Oxford University Press.
Hersen, M. (2004). Psychological Assessment in Clinical Practice. East Sussex: Taylor &
Francis Books Inc.
Savaşır, I., Soygüt, G., & Barışkın, E. (2009). Bilişsel-Davranışçı Terapiler. Ankara:
Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Question-answer
Discussion
Observation and administration

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1, 2, 3, 8: Midterm
2. LO 2, 5: Presentation and Clinical Assessment Report
3. LO 4, 5, 6, 7: Clinical Assessment Raport
4. LO 3, 8: Presentation and report

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is obligatory to attent at least 70% of the courses.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Esin Yılmaz Samancı
e-mail: esin.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 14.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Preparing assignments	1	10	10
Preparing presentations	1	20	20
Preparation for midterm exam	1	15	15
Preparation for final exam	1	26	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	6	84
Final	1	3	3
Quiz etc.	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			203

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10
LO.1	5	5				5	5	5	5
LO.2	5	4					5	5	5
LO.3	5	4		4	4	5	5
LO.4	5			4	4	4	5
LO.5	5	5	4		4	4	5
LO.6	4	5	4			4	5
LO.7	4	5	4			4	5
LO.8	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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