PSBA031 Introduction to Clinical Psychology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Kateřina Bartošová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Jahnová (lecturer)
Mgr. Helena Klimusová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Hana Přikrylová Kučerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Stroupková (lecturer)
Mgr. Monika Vodová (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Vyhnalová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 8:00–9:40 B2.13; and Wed 6. 4. 17:00–18:40 C42, Wed 20. 4. 18:00–19:40 C51, Wed 4. 5. 18:00–19:40 C51, Wed 11. 5. 18:00–19:40 C51
Prerequisites
PSBA020 Social Psychology II
PSBA001; PSBA010
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Clinical psychology gives the students opportunity to build up thesaurus of knowledges about a human being in health and illness, about a human being with dysbalance and dysfunction. All these facts in the context of prevention, prophylaxis and therapy. The basic clinical psychological paradigma are: dysfunction - abnormity - pathology health - deficit - illness prophylaxis - prevention - intervention sanogenesis - integration - self-realization
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to critically evaluate various kinds of theories about a human being in health and illness.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to clinical psychology - definition, history; clinical psychologist, competence, education, ... 2. Diagnostic methods and research in clinical psychology 3. Ethics in clinical psychology 4. Legal aspects of clinical psychology 5. The relationship between doctor and patient, patient and doctor 6. Illness/disorder and health, normality, significance of illness; technical terminology and basic concepts 7. Communication in healthcare (specific situations and specific groups of patients) 8. Problems of pain 9. Trauma, posttraumatic development 10. Burnout syndrome 11. Workholism; chronic fatigue syndrome 12. Work with people in the terminal stage 13. Introduction to psychosomatics
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KRAMER, Geoffrey P., Douglas A. BERNSTEIN and Vicky PHARES. Introduction to clinical psychology. Eighth edition. Boston: Pearson. viii, 518. ISBN 0205871852. 2014. info
Teaching methods
Lecture plus classes discussion between lecturer and students about subject of the clinical psychology
Assessment methods
Oral exams or a written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
Further literature will be specified in individual lectures.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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