Assessment, Appraisal, and Diagnosis

Catalog description

Prerequisites: CSL 510, IDS 520, IDS 521 Corequisite: CSL 553 This course is part of a two-course sequence that covers Assessment, Appraisal, and Diagnosis and Psychopathology. The CSL 544 course focuses on an introductory overview of the process of assessment, appraisal, diagnosis, and treatment, while the CSL 545 course focuses on the application of assessment, appraisal, diagnosis, and treatment of personality disorders/disorders of self and co-occurring disorders. Both courses include the following, with different respective emphases. PART A: Assessment, Appraisal: This part focuses on the principles of assessment, appraisal, and diagnosis in a multicultural society as related to diagnosis and current DSM, various assessment instruments: achievement, aptitude, intelligence, interest, and personality will be addressed as well as supervision in administering, scoring, and interpreting assessment tools. Here students examine the principles of educational, psychological, and vocational assessment in a counseling context, including concepts necessary for the selection, administration, scoring and interpretation of individual and group tests. Part B: Diagnosis: This part focuses on the major mental disorders as defined by the current DSM including an introduction to the etiology, diagnosis, treatment, appropriate psychopharmacological interventions, biological bases of behavior, and spiritual dimensions of these disorders. Here students explore the impact of culture and emerging technologies on the treatment of individuals and groups.