Psychology 469: Clinical Psychology

Spring 1999

Instructor: W. Jake Jacobs

 

 

Introduction to Clinical Psychology (To be held on the Sierra Vista Campus)

This course may be available as a distance-learning course with permission from the instructor

 

Professor: W. Jake Jacobs

Office: Sierra Vista Campus Room 121

Office Telephone: 458-8278 x134

Home Telephone: 417-9464

Tucson Lab: 626-4825

Office Hours: Tuesday 4:00 - 6:00PM

Thursday 4:00-6:00 PM or by appointment

Required Texts:

Nietzel, M. T., Bernstein, D. A., & Milich, R. (1998). An introduction to clinical Psychology (5th edition). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Dawes, R. M. (1994). House of Cards. New York: Free Press.

Kendall, P.C., & Chambless, D. L. (Eds.). (1998). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Special Edition: Empirically Supported Psychological Therapies, 66, 3-167.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is a pilot of a core course in the psychology major at UASV. The course consists of five major sections. The first section, which gives an overview of psychopathology, is designed to introduce you to the range of problems entertained by the clinical psychologist. The second section, which examines problems and methods of diagnosis, is designed to introduce you to the ways in which clinical psychologists arrive at an appropriate and clinically useful diagnosis. The third section, which examines interventions directed toward primary (universal), secondary (high-risk groups), and tertiary (relapse prevention) targets is designed to introduce you to ways in which the development of psychological problems might be averted. The fourth section, which deals with psychotherapy, is designed to introduce you to empirically grounded ways in which a clinical psychologist might intervene once a psychological problem is present. The fifth and final section, which examines outcome assessment, is designed to introduction you to tools useful in examining the degree of success that an intervention might achieve.

DATE... ASSIGNED READINGS,

QUIZZES, REPORTS, AND FINAL

 

19 January Introduction: What clinical psychology is and what it is not.

 

 

DATE... ASSIGNED READINGS,

QUIZZES, REPORTS, AND FINAL

 

26 January NBM Chapter 1: Clinical psychology: Definitions and history

Dawes (1994) Chapters 1-2.

Quiz 1 (NBM: Chapter 1)

2 February NBM Chapter 2: Approaches to clinical psychology

Dawes (1994) Chapters 1-2.

Quiz 2 (NBM: Chapter 2)

9 February NBM Chapter 3: Assessment in Clinical Psychology

Dawes (1994) Chapters 3-4.

Kandall, P. C. (1998). Empirically supported psychological Therapies. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 3-6.

Quiz 3 (NBM: Chapter 3)

16 February NBM Chapter 4: Interviewing in Clinical Psychology

Dawes (1994) Chapters 5-6.

Chambless, D. L., & Hollon, S. D. (998). Defining Empirically Supported Treatments. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 7-18.

Quiz 4 (NBM: Chapter 4)

23 February NBM Chapter 5: Testing in Clinical Psychology

Dawes (1994) Chapters 7-8.

Kazdin, A. E., & Weisz, J. R. (1998). Identifying and developing empirically supported child and adolescent treatments. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 19-36-xxx.

Quiz 5 (NBM: Chapter 5)

2 March NBM Chapter 6: Observation in Clinical Psychology

Dawes (1994) Chapters 9-10

DeRubeis, R. J. & Crits-Christoph, P., (1998). Empirically supported individual and group psychological treatments for adult mental disorders. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 37-52.

Quiz 6 (NBM: Chapter 6)

 

DATE... ASSIGNED READINGS,

QUIZZES, REPORTS, AND FINAL

 

9 March NBM Chapter 7: Clinical Interventions: An Overview

Baucom, D. H., Shohan, V., Mueser, K. T., Daiuto, A. D., & Stickle, T. R. (1998). Empirically supported couple and family interventions for marital distress and adult mental health problems. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 53-88.

Quiz 7 (NBM: chapter 7)

16 March Spring Break

Campas, B. E., Faaga, D. A. F., Keefe, F. J., Leitenberg, H., & Williams, D. (1998). Sampling of Empirically Supported Psychological Treatments from health Psychology: Smoking, chronic pain, cancer, and Bulimia Nervosa. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 88-112.

23 March NBM Chapter 8: Clinical Interventions: Methods of Psychotherapy

Beutler, L. E. (1998). Identifying Empirically Supported Treatments: What if we didn’t? Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 113-120.

Quiz 8 (NBM: Chapter 8)

Summary and Review of House of Cards due today (23 March 1998).

30 March NBM Chapter 9: Research on Clinical Intervention

Garfield. S. L. (1998). Some comments on Empirically Supported Treatments. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 121-125.

Quiz 9 (NBM: Chapter 9)

6 April NBM Chapter 10: Clinical Child Psychology

Persons, J. B., & Silberschatz, G. (1998). Are results of randomized controlled trials useful to psychotherapists? Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 126-135.

Quiz 10 (NBM: Chapter 10)

13 April NBM Chapter 11: Health Psychology

Borkovec, T. D., & Gastonguay, L. G. (1998). What is the scientific meaning of Empirically Supported Therapy? Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 136-142.

Quiz 11 (NBM: Chapter 11)

 

DATE... ASSIGNED READINGS,

QUIZZES, REPORTS, AND FINAL

 

20 April NBM Chapter 12: Clinical Neuropsychology

Goldfried, M. R., & Wolfe, B. E. (1998). Toward a more clinically valid approach to therapy research. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 143-150.

Quiz 12 (NBM: Chapter 12)

27 April NBM Chapter 13: Forensic Psychology

Calhoun, K. S., Moras, K., Pikonis, P. A. & Rehm, L. P. (1998). Empirically supported treatments: Implications for treatment. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 151-162.

Quiz 13 (NBM: Chapter 13)

4 May NBM Chapter 14: Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology

Davison, G. C. (1998). Being Boulder with the Boulder Model: The challenge of Education and Training in empirically supported treatments. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 66, 163-167.

Quiz 14 (NBM: Chapter 14)

Summary and review of Kendall, P.C., & Chambless, D. L. (Eds.). (1998). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Special Edition: Empirically Supported Psychological Therapies, 66, 3-167due today (4 May 1998).

6-13 May Final Examination

 

QUIZES

 

  1. You will have fourteen short-answer quizzes during the term. Each 10-question quiz will occur at the beginning of class and is worth 100 points. The questions will come from the readings for that week.

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    I return the graded quiz the following week. Read over each quiz. If you have not received a fair mark on one or more questions, find and mark the place in the book that supports your argument, then come see me. Make the argument and defend it. You cannot lose points by doing this, and in about 80% of the cases you will gain points. You have one week to challenge the mark. After that, you must accept it.

     

    If you miss a quiz, you have one week to make it up. After that, the quiz will be scored receives zero. The average score for the fourteen quizzes constitute ¼ of the final grade.

     

  2. There will be two book summaries and reports. The first, a summary and review of Robin Dawes House of Cards is due 23 March 1999. I expect you to summarize Dawes’ argument and data (the underlying story), then to present a critical review of Dawes’ story. The second, a summary and review of the Kendall, P.C., & Chambless, D. L. (Eds.). (1998). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Special Edition: Empirically Supported Psychological Therapies, 66, 3-167, is due 4 May 1998. Again, I expect you to summarize the arguments and data contained in this journal (the underlying story), then to report a critical review of the story itself. We will grade both papers with an eye toward an accurate summary of the story (no straw men here!) and the logic of the critical review. The score on each review will constitute ¼ of the final grade.

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  3. There will be a essay final examination. Nothing will appear on that exam except the following:

 

"Over the term, I have told you a story from one perspective, the books and reading have told you the same story from another perspective. Integrate and outline that story."

 

I encourage you to form groups of three to five people about three weeks before the exam. You should prepare the essay as a group, bring it to me for a critique, receive the critique, go away and rewrite the essay, bring it back to me for a critique, receive the critique, etc until I tell you that it is an A. At that point, go away and, as individuals, memorize the story. Come to class on the day of the final and write, from memory, the story in the bluebook you bring with you (people who do not follow this routine usually end up with a D or a C for this portion of the course). I will be available to review stories, as created by groups of people, until three days before the final examination. The score on this examination will constitute ¼ of the final mark.

 

GRADING

 

90-100% = A

80-89% = B

70-79% = C

60-69% = D

Below 60% = F