Clinical Diagnostic Testing 2500-EN-S-145
The course is divided into four sections. The first section introduces to what is an assessment in clinical psychology and briefly presents psychological tools aiming to get the general idea of patient's or client's problems. During this part of the course, students will be practicing with SCL-90-R, CEQ-58, BDI, STAI and one of the structured diagnostic interview MINI.
The second part of the course is devoted to assessment of intellectual and cognitive abilities of a diagnosed person on an example of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition (WAIS® IV). Structure, administering, scoring and interpreting of WAIS-IV will be presented in details. Students will be practicing with the tool on each other. Student's impressions of both roles - the respondent and the administrator will be discussed.
The next part of the course will cover the assessment of personality of a diagnosed person on an example of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Second Edition (MMPI-2). Structure, administering, scoring and interpreting of MMPI-2 will be presented in details. During classes, students will be practicing with clinical cases.
The last, fourth part of the course will try to answer the question in what sense a clinical psychological diagnosis can help when the patient's psychiatric diagnosis is already known on an example of the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB). Structure, administering, scoring and interpreting of MCCB will be presented in details. Students will be practicing with the tool.
Type of course
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course student will be able to:
- administer, score and interpret SCL-90-R, CEQ-58 and MINI
- administer, score and interpret the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV)
- administer, score and interpret the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Second Edition (MMPI-2)
- compare the results, interpret and draw diagnostic conclusions from the multiple test results (SCL-90-R, CEQ-58, WAIS-IV, MMPI-2 and MINI)
Assessment criteria
WAIS-IV administering and report: 50% of final grade
- Your task will be to administer WAIS-IV to a partner from the class and write a short paper contain age, sex, education, and behavior of your partner during the test. Those papers along with WAIS-IV answer sheets (without name of your partner) will be collected in a class. This part is worth 25% of your grade. Specific assignment requirements will be given by the instructor during the class.
- Then your task will be to score, interpret and write a feedback based on anonymous data (short paper and WAIS-IV answer sheet) that you will draw during the class. This part is worth 25% of your grade. Specific assignment requirements will be given by the instructor during the class.
Final test report: 50% of final grade
- Throughout the course, you will be receiving further information about a particular case (patient's history, test data: patient’s scores on SCL-90-R, MINI, MMPI-2 and WAIS-IV. Your task will be to write an overall assessment of the person.
Grading scale:
97% or more = 5!
92-96% = 5
84-91% = 4.5
76-83% = 4
68-75% = 3.5
60-67% = 3
below 60% = 2 (fail)
1 unexcused absence is allowed, 2 more absences are only allowed in
case of formal excuse. More than 3 absences results in not passing the course. Any missed work must be made up independently by the student.
Additional information
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