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

9/7, 9/12

Professional Skills:  Listening & Building Rapport 

 406, 391-398, 311-328

9/14

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

 121-133, 135-145, 165-178, 63-66

9/19, 9/21

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

 198-211, 284, 290-300, 51-61

9/26

Handling a Suicidal Patient 

213-221

9/28, 10/3

 

 

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

223-238, 284, 300-303

10/5

Dissociative Disorders Amnesia, Fugue, Identity Disorder, Depersonalization 

274-281

10/10

EXAM 1

 

10/17

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

240-251

10/19

Schizophrenic Disorders

       179-196,

        284-290

10/24

Delusional Disorders 

 

10/26

Eating Disorders:  Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia

        253-266

10/31

Personality Disorders

398-404

11/2, 11/7

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

16-21, 30-38 

11/9

Sexual Dysfunction   Alcoholism/Drug Abuse

329-349, 371-389

11/14

EXAM 2

 

11/16, 11/21

Eliciting Compliance*

405

11/28

Handling Stress/Burnout*

           414-417

11/30, 12/5

Handling Crisis:  Rape/Domestic Violence 

351-370

12/7

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.