Report Writing

This course teaches the student to interpret psychological test data from various psychological assessments (e.g., intellect, personality, and emotional and social development). Students learn to formulate diagnoses and treatment recommendations, as well as to communicate findings, verbally and in writing, through both comprehensive and brief, summary reports. Contents of this course include the essentials of writing integrated psychological evaluations regarding patients. Incorporated into the written psychological report are the clinical interview, reality testing and cognitive functioning, intellectual functioning, the source and nature of anxiety, impulse control and impulse control mechanisms, defensive structures, identity issues, interpersonal interaction, personality style, diagnosis, prognostic factors, and treatment recommendations for the individual who is being described.