PSY 758 - Problems and Intervention with Adults

(3 units)

Classification and etiology of symptoms, syndromes, and practical knowledge regarding their prevention and treatment.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate an advanced level of competency in evaluating and performing a functional analysis of the affective, cognitive, and behavioral problems with which individuals present for psychological treatment.
2. demonstrate an advanced level of competency in identifying and determining the priority of the problem sets with which individuals present for psychological treatment.
3. summarize current research and critically review the literature pertaining to empirically supported treatments for psychological problems.
4. discuss the relationship of psychological problems to the overall health and wellbeing of individuals who present for psychological treatment.
5. explain and critically evaluate the psychometric soundness of the primary systems used to classify and diagnose psychological problems.
6. articulate in writing and verbally a comprehensive case conceptualization and recommendations for psychological management of the problem set(s) summarized in the case conceptualization.

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