HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Psychology

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Gal Lazarus

Coordinator Email: gal.lazarus@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: By appointment

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Gal Lazarus

Course/Module description:
The course is intended for master's degree students studying in the clinical and clinical-rehabilitation tracks and is built on the foundations laid down in the "Fundamentals of Psychopathology" course held in the first semester. The course will encompass common psychiatric diagnoses with an emphasis on the symptomatic criteria of the DSM-5, phenomenology, and central approaches to understanding the etiology and the maintaining factors. The course will include many clinical examples to strengthen the integration between theory and practice.

Course/Module aims:
Extending the students' familiarity with common psychiatric diagnoses according to a medical and psychological model based on different approaches as well as developing critical clinical thinking about the use of the different approaches in practical work. Additionally, the course will accompany the experience of the students in the clinical practicum while providing relevant knowledge and tools.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Know common psychiatric diagnoses as described in DSM-5.
2. Understand the etiological background for these diagnoses.
3. Give a diagnosis according to the DSM-5 criteria.
4. Discuss diagnoses and differential diagnoses.
5. Know the recommended indications for treatment according to diagnosis.

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lectures and guest lecturers, discussion of reading materials, discussion of vignettes, videos, group presentations by students.

Course/Module Content:
1. Anxiety disorders
2. Eating disorders
3. PTSD
4. OCD
5. Substance use disorders
6. Personality disorders
7. Psychotic disorders
8. Neurodevelopmental disorders

Required Reading:
1. American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.)
Additional materials will be detailed later and uploaded to the Moodle (some will be selected from the list that appears under further reading)

Additional Reading Material:
1. Sadock, B. J. (2015). Kaplan & Sadock's synopsis of psychiatry: behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (Vol. 2015, pp. 648-655). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
2. מוניץ, ח,. אליצור, א,. טיאנו, ש,. נוימן, מ. )2017(. פרקים נבחרים בפסיכיאטריה מהדורה שישית, הוצאת דיונון: אוניברסיטת תל-אביב.
3. Gabbard, G. O. (2014). Psychodynamic psychiatry in clinical practice. American Psychiatric Pub.
4. צ. מרום, א. גלבוע שכטמן, נ. מור, וי. מאיירס )עורכים(, טיפול קוגניטיבי התנהגותי במבוגרים: עקרונות טיפוליים. תל אביב, דיונון.

Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 80 %
Active Participation / Team Assignment 10 %
Presentation / Poster Presentation / Lecture 10 %

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