Instructors: Norma El-Shammaa,
M.D.
Phone: 301-774-4220
Email: melshammaa@pol.net
Course Description:
This course helps students to increase their ability to use
the DSM-IV-TR to make accurate clinical diagnoses, develop
treatment plans that will motivate clients, and that
research has shown to be effective strategies for clients
identified problem(s).
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of the
course, students should:
-
The signs
& symptoms in Psychiatry
-
Classification in Psychiatry and psychiatric rating scales
-
DSM-IV
Overview
-
Additional conditions
-
Emergency
conditions
-
Treatment
Plan
Required Text:
Kaplan and Sadock’s ; Synopsis of Psychiatry; LWW
Woody, Sheila;
Treatment Planning in Psychotherapy: Taking the guesswork
out of clinical care; Guilford press
Quick Reference to the
Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV-TR (Quick Reference to
the Diagnostic Criteria from Dsm); American psychiatric
Association
On-Site Lesson Schedule:
Readings Prior to
Arrival: Chapter 1 & 2: Treatment Planning in
Psychotherapy: Taking the guesswork out of clinical care
The Instructor will give an overview of the course and will
emphasize the important points.
Distance Learning Lesson
Schedule:
| Week |
Lesson |
Text
Book |
Test
Schedule |
| 1 |
Signs & symptoms in Psychiatry |
Chapters 8
Text #1 |
Test 1 |
| 2 |
Classification in Psychiatry and psychiatric rating
scales |
Chapter 9
Text #1 |
Test 1+2 |
| 3 |
DSM-IV Overview |
Text
#3 |
Test 3 |
| 4 |
Additional conditions that may be a focus of clinical
attention |
Chapter 33
Text #1
|
Test 3+4 |
| 5 |
Emergency psychiatric medicine |
Chapters 34
Text #1 |
Test 5 |
| 6 |
The
PACC approach to treatment planning |
Chapters 1
Text #2 |
Test 5+6
|
| |
Please mail (Post Office) Assignment +
Printed Answers of the 1st 6 weekly Tests
|
|
Writing an
Assignment
|
| 7 |
Developing a problem list |
Chapters 2
Text #2 |
Test 7 |
| 8 |
Treatment planning using a phase approach |
Chapters 3
Text #2
|
Test
7+8 |
| 9 |
Ongoing measurement |
Chapters 4
Text #2 |
Test 9 |
| 10 |
Illustrating progress through graphing |
Chapters 5
Text #2 |
Test
9+10 |
| 11 |
Review
of progress
|
Chapter 6
Text #2 |
Test 11 |
| 12 |
Treatment planning and its applications |
Chapter 7
Text #2 |
Test
11+12 |
| |
REMEMBER to mail (Post Office) your
answers for the Final Test + the last 6 Weekly Tests
|
|
Final TEST
|
|
Grading Scale:
|
Test Schedule |
Percentage of
course grade |
|
A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 60-69
F Below 60 |
Test 1- Test 12
Final Test
Assignment
|
60%
20%
20% |
Assignment Topic:
Will be announced
Course Requirements:
1. Attending the course’s lectures in the announced
conference.
2. Having daily access to the Internet and basic typing
skills.
3. Turning assignments after the dead line may reduce the
score by 25 %
4. There will be a comprehensive final exam which will be
following all the rest of the work that has been completed
and turned in.
Note:
Your Assignment:
All papers must be typed or word-processed using a
12-point Arial font. Papers must be doubled-spaced with
one-inch margins on all sides.
Your paper has to be mailed and postage stamped no later
than the dead line.
1. First page is the title page (title, your name,
instructor’s name, course name)
2. Assignment
3. Last page is the reference page.
