Psychiatric diagnostics and theory specific assessment 2 - cognitive behavioural therapy, 2 credits

For admission to the course, at least the Pass grade is required in the course Psychiatric diagnostics and specialised assessment 1.

Knowledge and understanding
- account for psychiatric diagnostic methods such as DSM IV, and how they are structured
- account for current knowledge of phenomenology, aetiology, processes and epidemiology of certain psychiatric syndromes
- account for some findings within the evolutionary psychology at a general level
- account for some findings within neuropsychology/neuroscience at a general level
Skills and abilities
- use different diagnostic instruments for diagnosis of mental disorders in some patient groups
- use the most common diagnosis system within psychiatry in communication with other professional groups
- be able to establish functional behavioural analyses based on learning psychological principles
Values and attitudes
- relate knowledge of developmental psychology to a certain psychopathology.
- explain, and take a position to the usability of a development psychopathological perspective in relation to the current cognitive behaviour therapy in some disease groups
- discuss and assess different conceptualisation models of psychological problems

- diagnostic aids/manuals
- psychopathology: phenomenology, aetiology, processes and epidemiology, and its relation to psychotherapy
- neuropsychology and its relation to psychotherapy
- evolutionary psychology
- developmental psychology and developmental psychopathology
- conceptualisation of psychological problems of learning psychology

The teaching is given as lectures, clinical demonstrations of different diagnostic aids and group exercises with elements of practical proficiency training.

Examination may take place individually or in groups in the form of oral and written examinations and practical proficiency tests, e g video recordings of diagnostic interviews.
For a failed grade, 5 more examination opportunities are given.
All the teaching is compulsory. In case of absence of no more than 20%, the student should be given a complementary assignment for the lecture that the student has been absent from. At an absence of more than 20% during the course, it can not be approved. Students who have not achieved a Pass grade due to too high absence will have an opportunity to make up for this part in the next course.

The course has been cancelled

Course evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines established by the Board of Education.

The student should submit a certificate from the employer to certify that he/she has, in the current semester, been working part-time in psychiatric care, or the equivalent.