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Introduction to Assessment and Diagnosis (PSYC90011)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
Dr Isabel Krug
Overview
Availability | Summer Term - Dual-Delivery |
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This subject covers a range of fundamental issues in psychological interviewing and testing in professional settings, and may include: the principles of diagnostic decision making and the logic of clinical inference-making; widely used clinical tests of symptoms and personality; test administration and interpretation; the integration of material derived from the patient history with the mental state examination and other sources to arrive at a case formulation.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should:
Knowledge
- Apply the primary techniques in the assessment of adult psychopathology and personality to a broad range of clinical psychological problems.
Skills
- Conducting professional interviews and assessments (including formal diagnostic assessments), including assessment of risk, to formulate a conceptualisation of the presenting issues.
- Interpretation and communication of assessment findings in oral and written formats, including formal psychological reports, using culturally appropriate language.
Application of Knowledge and Skills
- Integrate, interpret and synthesise clinical psychological assessment data with the knowledge of psychopathology and personality to inform case formulation, diagnosis and prognosis to a broad range of different psychological problems varying in complexity
- Critically integrate patient history with mental state examination and information derived from multiple sources (e.g. informants and standardized assessment.
Generic skills
- Advanced information interpretation skills
- Advanced analytic, integration and problem solving skills
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into one of the following:
- 527CL Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
- 527CN Master of Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology)
- 080CL Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)/Doctor of Philosophy
- 080CN Master of Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology)/Doctor of Philosophy
Corequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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PSYC90031 | Adult Psychopathology | Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Completion of APAC approved psychology studies to fourth-year (Honours) level.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Practical class exercise (role-play)
| Mid semester | 30% |
Exam
| Week 4 | 70% |
Hurdle requirement: Hurdle requirement of compulsory attendance at Personality Assessment workshop and at least 80% attendance at all other teaching activities associated with this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 3 x 6 hours of lectures/seminars and a 6 hour Clinical Workshop Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 20 January 2021 to 4 February 2021 Last self-enrol date 22 January 2021 Census date 29 January 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 February 2021 Assessment period ends 11 February 2021 Summer Term contact information
Dr Isabel Krug
Time commitment details
85 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental health disorders (5th ed). Washington DC: Author.
Lewis, A.J., Gould, E., Habib, C., & King, R. (2010). Integrative assessment in Clinical Psychology. Australian Academic Press, Bowen Hills.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) Course Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)/Doctor of Philosophy
Last updated: 3 November 2022