PSY 824 - Psychological Assessment II

Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to provide advanced training in the principles of psychological assessment. Training will be provided in diagnostic assessment using the DSM-5, with an emphasis on personality assessment, symptom-specific assessment tools, neuropsychological assessment tools and case formulation. Students will be expected to master the administration, scoring, and interpretation of individual instruments and become acquainted with the foundations and theory and research on which they rest. In addition, the course will emphasize the differential applicability of tests and assessment techniques to a wide range of referral problems and the principles of clinical inference that may be used to interpret, integrate, and communicate their diagnostic findings. Students will learn how to synthesize data from multiple sources and develop a case formulation.

Prerequisite: PSY 740; and admission to Doctor of Psychology program or permission of instructor.
Lecture Contact Hours: 3

Typically Offered: Fall