Psychological diagnosis in clinical practice 2404-P-4-PK-DPPK

The subject consists of two modules carried out in parallel by two teachers.

Module A (15h):
"The diagnostic process in clinical psychology and standardized structured interviews"
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1. Types of clinical diagnosis,
2. Psychological diagnosis in clinical practice - the influence of the examinee's attitude on test results, the importance of the relationship between the examinee and the diagnostician,
3. Specifics of the interview and clinical observation,
3. Assessment of mental state - in a psychological context,
4. Planning the diagnostic process: formulating the purpose of diagnosis, selection of diagnostic tools
5. Selected tools for assessing mental disorders: BDI II, KPD
6. Structured interview in clinical diagnosis: SCID-5-PD.
7. The importance of using various techniques in the diagnostic process and integration of test results.
8. Communicating research results: communicative, social and ethical aspects.

Module B (15h):
"Observation and free and semi-structured interview in the clinical practice of a diagnostic psychologist"
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1. Self-reflective tasks introducing the issues of psychological clinical diagnosis based on in-depth interview and psychological observation.
2. Categories of observable behaviors and their importance for clinical diagnosis.
3. Various ways of creating notes from interviews and psychological observations.
4. Functional diagnosis. Composing questions for a psychological interview on topics that often arise in clinical practice.
5. Reformulating diagnostic questions, adequately responding to statements indicating the resistance of the examined person.
6. Group simulation game: psychological interview with the length of a full-scale diagnostic session. Training attention and perceptiveness and developing the skill of using various conversational instruments.
7. Nosological diagnosis. Constructing a diagnostic interview aimed at differentiating similar mental disorders based on the ICD diagnostic criteria.
8. Practical exercises in teams: role-playing (diagnostic sessions) along with a discussion of the techniques and treatments used by the psychologist and how the client responds to them.
9. Controversial diagnostic methods on the example of the projective Rorschach Test.
10. Humanistic approach in the process of getting to know a sick person: psychological and psychiatric perspective.