CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description

The course covers a general overview of the definition of the field of clinical psychology; the educative and ethical issues in the field; who is the clinical psychologist and what are the academic and practical obligations of the profession; the role and status of a clinical psychologist in the course of diagnosing assessing and treating clients within the boundaries of team work or individual practice. The professional identity of a clinical psychologist, the working areas or units (clinics, universities, hospitals, private practice, community centers etc.) are to be emphasized and defined as well, to clarify the discriminative characteristics of the profession by itself.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Course outcomes

1. 01 1.Analyzing requirements of being a clinical psychologist.
2. 02 2.Defining (2) what seeing a client means.
3. 03 3.Discussing (5) what clinical assessment means and deciding (2) how clinical assessment is performed.
4. 04 4.Being able to analyze (4) literature regarding diagnosis and report (3) study.

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Kramer, G.P., Bernestein, D. A., Phares, V. (2014). Klinik Psikolojiye Giriş, 1. Baskı, İ. Dağ (çev.), Mentis.
2. 02 Linden, W. ve Hewitt, P. (2014). 1. Baskı. Klinik Psikoloji. M. Şahin (çev.). Nobel

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1- Analyzing (4) requirements of being a clinical psychologist SOLO 4
2. L02 2- Defining (2) what seeing a client means. SOLO 2
3. L03 3. Discussing (5) what clinical assessment means and deciding (2) how clinical assessment is performed. SOLO 4
4. L04 4. Being able to analyze (4) literature regarding diagnosis and report (3) study. SOLO 4

Program Outcomes

1. P01 to compare and criticize contemporary psychotherapy approaches
2. P02 to make specific psychotherapy techniques under supervision
3. P03 to pull together interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary studies
4. P04 to follow national and international publications and to participate scientific meetings for be informed about innovations and developments
5. P05 to conduct informing activities about Community Mental Health
6. P06 to practice all the time within the frame of profession and ethical principles of clinical psychology
7. P07 to examine psychological researches with critical point of view
8. P08 to conduct scientific research with combining clinical applications to analyze and interpret research results
9. P09 to analyze and interpret research results
10. P10 to identify, to diagnose and analyze and explain the lifelong psychological disorders
11. P11 to assess and diagnose individual basically
12. P12 to know and apply basic psychological help and intervention

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