Clinical Psychology - PFYZ109C

• Title: Clinical Psychology
• Guaranteed by: Department of Physiotherapy (51-300400)
• Faculty: Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, C+Ex [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 28 [hours]
• Capacity: 16 / unknown (16)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: deregister from the credit exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled; deregister from the exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Mgr. Danuše Jandourková
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Bc. Zuzana Donáthová
• Pre-requisite : PFYZ002C
• In complex incompatibility with: PFYZ219C

Annotation

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Helena Vomáčková, Ph.D. (05.09.2019)

The course follows the course "General Psychology" in the 1st year of study. Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to gain an overview in the field of clinical psychology, especially the knowledge in the topics of clinical psychology related to the work of a physiotherapist.

Aim of the course

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Helena Vomáčková, Ph.D. (19.09.2020)

Learning Outcomes:

The aim of the course is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and general competencies so that after the completion of the course the students:

• demonstrate knowledge of psychological disorders

• demonstrate knowledge of the principles of treatment performed by a clinical psychologist for people with mental disorders to improve people's daily lives

• demonstrate knowledge of the basic role of stress and how it affects individuals mentally and physically.

• demonstrate orientation in more general problems and theories related to personality and intelligence

Literature

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Helena Vomáčková, Ph.D. (05.09.2019)

BENNETT, P. Abnormal and clinical psychology: An introductory textbook. McGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2011.

CASTONGUAY, L.G., Oltmanns T.F. Psychopatology. From science to clinical practice. New York: The Guilford Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4625-2881-3.

MYERS, D. G. Psychology. New York: Worth Publishers, 2013.

NOLEN-HOEKSEMA, S. N., FREDRICKSON, B. L., LOFTUS, G. R., LUTZ, C. Atkinson and Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology. Cengage Learning, 2014.

WORTMAN, C. B., LOFTUS, E. F., WEAVER, C. Psychology. New York: McGraw Hill, 1999.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Helena Vomáčková, Ph.D. (05.09.2019)

Credit Requirements:

• written essay

Exam Requirements:

• oral exam

Syllabus

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Helena Vomáčková, Ph.D. (05.09.2019)

Lectures:

1. Basic terminology, definition of mental illness, concept of normality

2. Body appearance, self-perception

3. Crises, psychic deprivation, frustration, stress

4. Mental illness and heredity - Ericson's model

5. Bio-psycho-social concept of mental illness - Ericson's model, models of health, system's conception

6. Basic psychotherapy of the patient, his family and his social environment

7. Psychological factors influencing patient's reactions and his family of illnesses

8. Strategies for patient's education

9. Psychological problems of aging, dying and death

10. Extraordinary life events and disease probabilities

11. Psychosomatics in rehabilitation

12. Psychological problem associated with pain

13-14. Psychology of health service worker and health care environment

Learning resources

Last update: Renáta Jandová (28.07.2023)

Study Aids:

Moodle2: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=3548