Models in clinical psychology: conception of human being, theoretical and epistemological underpinnings, management of client-psychologist relationship, research in clinical psychology. Phenomenology as an operational reference. Review of the main psychopathological syndromes. Main features of the clinical interventions and therapeutic relationship. The multiple activities of the clinical psychologist: prevention, diagnosis, counseling, therapy and research.
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Learning Objectives
Knowledge and Understanding
The Clinical Psychology program aims to provide a theoretical framework of reference of the discipline in the variety of its joints and provide some basic tools necessary to evaluate the different types of request of psychological help.
Knowledge and comprehension skills applied
The course will provide students: 1) The transition from experimental and quasi-experimental research to clinical intervention; 2) The analysis of the application and the diagnostic process in clinical psychology; 3) Characteristics and methods of use of certain clinical instruments of psychological investigation; 4) The conduct of the first interview, the management of the case report
Autonomy of judgement
Particular emphasis will be given to understanding the complexity of the management of individuals through the study of the clinical cases, illustrated and discussed in classroom.
Communicative Skills
The course will provide students with the knowledge necessary for the activity concerning the psychological analysis and the correct communication with the figures who are involved in various mental health fields.
Ability to learn
the topics treated in the course of clinical psychology are indispensable for the preparation of the final Test and for the attendance of the master's degree courses oriented towards clinical psychologists.
Prerequisites
The basic concepts of Psychology: General, Development, Social, Psychometric, Physiological
Teaching Methods
oral lectures with interventions of experts
Further information
A few professional writers and other experts will be invited to illustrate the nature of psychology as human discipline
Type of Assessment
Knowledge and ability
written examination composed of open questions
Knowledge and comprehension skills applied
Discussion in the classroom in which students will participate in the analysis of clinical cases.
Autonomy of judgement
In the exam, there will be problems and issues aimed at evaluating the student's ability to properly frame the pathological problems.
Communicative Skills
The examination will assess the ability to know how to treat clinical and pathological aspects with an adequate level of deepening and with appropriate technical language.
Ability to learn
The topics indispensable for the preparation of the final Test and for the attendance of the master's degree courses oriented towards clinical psychologists will be object of verification through open questions during the exam
Course program
Aim of the course is to illustrate the essential of clinical psychology and its complexity. It will be stressed to adopt a phenomenological as well hermeneutic perspective in the clinical work. The cocept of “demand analysis” will be discussed in length. The unifying element throughout the course will be an integrative perspective, to avoid to get caught by “fashionable” last minute models which cyclically pop up inside this discipline. In the applied part of the course, the most common mental disorders will be described and analyzed. An important part of the course will deal with personality disorders and with assessment instrument to demonstrate the different phases of clinical intervention.