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Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology

Clinical psychology

Review period

The oral and written exams in Clinical Psychology are offered every semester.

The next period for the oral exams is between 13 and 17.03.2023. The written exam will take place on 16.03.2023 from 10:00 to 11:30 in HS1 (Chemistry Building) .

Please note the BOSS registration deadline of 14 days before the start of the exam period or before the exam date as well as the BOSS deregistration deadline of one week before the exam date for oral exams.

Exam topics & literature

Wittchen, H.-U. & Hoyer, J. (Eds.) (2011). clinical psychology & psychotherapy (2nd ed.). Berlin: Springer.

  • Chap. 1 (Basics and definitions).
  • Ch. 2 (Classification)
  • Ch. 3 (Epidemiology)
  • Ch. 4 (Familial transmission of mental disorders)
  • Chap. 5 (Basics of learning psychology)
  • Ch. 8.2 (Anatomy and function of the nervous system)
  • Ch. 13 (Social conditions of mental disorders)
  • Chap. 16 (Diagnostics)
  • Chap. 23-25 (Procedures of cognitive behavioral therapy)
  • Ch. 38 (Psychotic disorders)
  • Ch. 40 (Depressive disorders)
  • Chap. 41-44 (Anxiety disorders)
  • Chap. 46 (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)
  • Ch. 51 (Personality disorders)

Davison, G. C., Neale, J. M. & Hautzinger, M. (2007). clinical psychology. A textbook (7th ed.). Weinheim: Beltz.

  • Ch. 2 (Current paradigms in psychopathology and therapy).
  • Chap. 17.2, 17.3, 17.6 (Psychological interventions).

The DSM-5 should also be used to acquire knowledge about the classification and descriptive nature of the disorders addressed:

Falkai, P., Wittchen, H.-U., Döpfner, M., Gaebel, W., Maier, W., Rief, W., Saß, H. & Zaudig, M. (2015). diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders DSM-5. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Petermann, F. (Ed.) (2013). textbook of clinical child psychology (7th ed.). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

  • Ch. 1 (Fundamentals)
  • Ch. 3 (developmental psychopathology).
  • Chap. 5-6 (Developmental risks and deviations in childhood and adolescence).
  • Ch. 7 (Profound developmental disorders)
  • Ch. 8 (Reading and spelling disorder)
  • Ch. 9 (Calculation disorder)
  • Ch. 10 (Developmental motor disorders)
  • Ch. 11 (Speech and language development disorders)
  • Ch. 14 (ADHD)
  • Ch. 15 (Social behavior disorders)
  • Ch. 16 (Tic disorders)
  • Ch. 30 (Eating disorders)
  • Ch. 31-32 (substance use disorders)
  • Ch. 35 (Child maltreatment and child protection)
  • Ch. 36 (Children of mentally ill parents)
  • Ch. 37 (Prevention of mental disorders)
  • Ch. 43 (Psychotherapy)

The DSM-5 should also be used to acquire knowledge about the classification and descriptiveness of the disorders addressed:

Falkai, P., Wittchen, H.-U., Döpfner, M., Gaebel, W., Maier, W., Rief, W., Saß, H. & Zaudig, M. (2015). diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders DSM-5. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

More information

BA Module Final Examination Clinical Psychology (LABG; Module B-KP)

  • Registration for the exam is done via the BOSS system.
  • The examination is conducted in oral form on the current contents of the lectures Clinical Psychology I and Clinical Psychology II (see above).
  • At the beginning of the exam, one of the lecture topics can be chosen as an introductory topic. The first exam questions will be asked on this topic.
  • The final date and time of the exam will be announced about one week before the start of the exam period by notice as well as in the Moodle room of the last conducted lecture.

Partial Performance Examination (Psychology as a Minor Subject; Module NF-3)

  • Registration for the examination is done via the BOSS system.
  • The exam is in written form on the current contents of the lectures Clinical Psychology I and Clinical Psychology II (see above).
  • For students of Educational Science the following applies: If you have already unsuccessfully taken the oral examination, you are entitled to take the repeat examination in oral form as well. If you wish to do so, please contact the examiner with sufficient advance notice.