Interventions in clinical psychology and health: prevention, promotion and treatment.
Positive Psychology.
Development and evaluation of an intervention to psychological well-being promotion in simulated situation.
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Seligman, M.E.P., Rashid, T., e Parks, A.C. (2006). Positive Psychotherapy. American Psychologist, 61, 774-788.
Learning Objectives
a) Make the student able to investigate the "knowledge " about the development and implementation of interventions in clinical and health psychology, providing the tools to evaluate their efficacy and effectiveness.
b) Make the student able to investigate the "know how " in clinical and health psychology offering, through an application study, the ability to deal with a specific model of psychological well-being promotion.
c) Make the student able to "being" in clinical and health psychology within a positive psychological paradigm.
Prerequisites
Notions of clinical psychology
Teaching Methods
frontal lessons and exercises
Further information
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Type of Assessment
final vote /30
Course program
Lessons will be focused on interventions in clinical and health psychology: development, implementation and evaluation of prevention, promotion and treatment interventions, both in clinical as well as of health psychology.
It will detail the Positive Psychology, with special attention to the development of psychological well-being and happiness according to the main models in the literature such as the Well-being Therapy (Fava), Positive Psychotherapy (Seligman) and Human Happiness (Fordyce).
Students will be involved in application and evaluation of an intervention to promote psychological well-being.