Training and Qualification Program for Psychologists
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Training and Qualification Program for Psychologists
Psychological Services Unit
★ Program Highlights
| Qualifies You For Professional Classification Professional Practice License | Direct Supervision Under the guidance of a select group of consultants | Accredited Program By the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties |
▣ Program Themes
| Interviewing Skills | Diagnosis of Mental Disorders | Intelligence and Personality Scales |
| Case Formulation and Psychological Reporting | Psychological Counseling |
❖ Target Audience
Graduates of the Department of Psychology at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels.
✎ Program Content
| No. | Topic | Brief Description |
| 1 | Introduction to Psychology — The Psychologist | A general introduction to the program and its objectives, and the psychologist: values, ethics, duties, fields, responsibilities, and skills. |
| 2 | Indicators and Criteria of Normality and Abnormality | Definitions, indicators and signs of abnormality, and the criteria distinguishing normality from abnormality. |
| 3 | Psychological Terminology | Adjustment, psychological stress, frustration, inner conflict, motivation, complexes, primary defense mechanisms, psychosis and neurosis. |
| 4 | Clinical Case Study and Formulation | Organizing and documenting information related to the patient's case systematically and comprehensively, leading to a final diagnosis and treatment plan. |
| 5 | The Counseling and Clinical Interview | Equipping trainees with the foundations, skills, types, principles, procedures, and stages of the interview in counseling and psychotherapy, with hands-on practice in conducting it. |
| 6 | Mental Disorders: Mood and Schizophrenia Spectrum | Their concept, classification, symptoms, causes, and prevalence rates according to the DSM and ICD diagnostic manuals. |
| 7 | Mental Disorders: Anxiety | Their concept, classification, symptoms, causes, and prevalence rates according to the DSM and ICD diagnostic manuals. |
| 8 | Mental Disorders: Obsessive-Compulsive and Trauma | Their concept, classification, symptoms, causes, and prevalence rates according to the DSM and ICD diagnostic manuals. |
| 9 | Mental Disorders: Personality | Their concept, classification, symptoms, causes, and prevalence rates according to the DSM and ICD diagnostic manuals. |
| 10 | Mental Disorders: Childhood | Their concept, classification, symptoms, causes, and prevalence rates according to the DSM and ICD diagnostic manuals. |
| 11 | Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy | An overview of the major theories in counseling and psychotherapy, their applications, and how to employ them in practice. |
| 12 | Psychological Measurement | An introduction to the theories and principles of psychological testing and measurement, with a range of standardized measures of intelligence, personality, and neuropsychological functioning. |
