Course Calendar

Clinical Psychology - AP 5104
Jacquelyn Elbel, Ph.D.



Class Times: Tuesday @  1:00 - 2:50; Thursday@  1:00 - 2:50

Date

Topic

Text Reference

1/18, 1/23

Professional Skills:  Listening & Building Rapport 

 406, 391-398, 311-328

1/25

Overview to Clinical Psychology:  Psychological Theories:  Psychoanalytic, Behavioral, Humanistic, Systems, Cognitive, Biological

 121-133, 135-145, 165-178, 63-66

1/30, 2/1

Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorder, Cyclothymia, Depression, Dysthymia, Depression in the Elderly 

 198-211, 284, 290-300, 51-61

2/6

Handling a Suicidal Patient 

213-221

2/8, 2/13

 

 

Anxiety Disorders:  Panic, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive, PTSD, Adjustment Disorders 

223-238, 284, 300-303

2/15

Dissociative Disorders Amnesia, Fugue, Identity Disorder, Depersonalization 

274-281

2/20

EXAM 1

 

2/27

Somatoform Disorders:  Somatization, Conversion, Hypochondriasis, Pain, Body Dysmorphic Disorders 

240-251

3/1

Schizophrenic Disorders

       179-196,

        284-290

3/6

Delusional Disorders 

 

3/8

Eating Disorders:  Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia

        253-266

3/13

Personality Disorders

398-404

3/15, 3/20

Childhood Disorders:  Mental Retardation, Autism, ADHD, Pyromania, Trichotillomania, Learning Disabilities 

16-21, 30-38 

3/22

Sexual Dysfunction   Alcoholism/Drug Abuse

329-349, 371-389

3/27

EXAM 2

 

3/29, 4/3

Eliciting Compliance*

405

4/10

Handling Stress/Burnout*

           414-417

4/12, 4/17

Handling Crisis:  Rape/Domestic Violence 

351-370

4/19

Psychological Testing:  Intelligence, Achievement, Personality 

 98-100, 147-164

TBA

FINAL EXAM

 

  *NOTE*:  THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVISE COURSE OUTLINE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A PARTICULAR TOPIC.