Information Package / Course Catalogue
Psychiatric Assesment and Clinical Interview Techniques
Course Code: HTR546
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

In this course, students using the nursing process in accordance with principles purposes therapeutic interview with the patient the is expected to do an interview.

Course Content

In this course, mental status examination, assessment areas of mental health, apply process of nurse-patient communication in assessment of mental health, therapeutic relationship and phases and use the therapeutic communication in the nurse-patient relationship is analyzed

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To know the principles of mental health assessment
2.To discuss the importance of using mental health nurse-patient communication in the assessment process,
3.To use in principles nurse-patient therapeutic conversation
4.To know the principles of mental health assessment
5.To use in principles nurse-patient therapeutic conversation
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Birckhead LM. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. JB. Lippincott Company, Pennsylvania, 1989.
2.Carson VB, Arnold EN. Mental Health Nursing. Saunders Company, London, 1996.
3.Cook JJ, Fontaine KL. Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. Addison-Wesley, California, 1991.
4.Fortinash K.M. Psychiatric Mental Helath Nursing. Mosby Company, California, 1996
5.Doise w. Palmonari A.(Ed.). Social Interaction in Individual Development, Cambridge University Press, London, 2010
6.Janosik EH, Davies JL. Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Second Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, United States of America, 1989.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Mental status examination
Week 2 - Theoretical
Assessment areas of mental health
Week 3 - Theoretical
Apply process of nurse-patient communication in assessment of mental health
Week 4 - Theoretical
Assessment of nurse-patient interview in general framework
Week 5 - Theoretical
Development of a therapeutic realtionship
Week 6 - Theoretical
Phases of the therapeutic relationship
Week 7 - Theoretical
Phases of the therapeutic relationship
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Phases of the therapeutic relationship (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Therapeutic communication in the nurse-patient relationship
Week 10 - Theoretical
Components of therapeutic communication
Week 11 - Theoretical
Components of therapeutic communication
Week 12 - Theoretical
Impasses in the therapeutic communication
Week 13 - Theoretical
Therapeutic communciation and nursing process
Week 14 - Theoretical
Special situations in therapeutic communications
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination2%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Term Project210122
Reading142028
Individual Work114115
Midterm Examination215132
Final Examination124125
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
4
5
3
5
3
1
5
4
OÇ-2
4
3
5
3
2
3
4
5
OÇ-3
3
4
3
5
3
4
2
4
OÇ-4
4
3
5
4
3
4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
5
4
3
2
3
4
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026