VZM33 Mental Health Promotion

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Viktor Pacholík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Mgr. Alice Prokopová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Mgr. Alice Prokopová, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Education and Health Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková
Supplier department: Department of Physical Education and Health Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
VZM33/KombiSem01: Sat 19. 10. 9:00–16:50 učebna 27, Sat 2. 11. 9:00–16:50 učebna 27, A. Prokopová
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
The objective of the course is to present the area of health psychology with a focus on supporting mental health, disease prevention, and effective methods of supporting mental health, both theoretically and practically based on self-experience.

The objective of the course is to introduce the issue of stressful, threatening and crisis situations so that the students are able to think about this issue in context and understand the risk and protective factors of mental health in stressful, threatening and crisis situations.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the students will:
- Understand the protective and risk factors of mental health, including their associations and contexts,
- Have a profound understanding of the psychological correlations of stressful, threatening and crisis situations in the life of an individual,
- Be able to use the knowledge for preventing or mitigating these situations,
- Be able to apply the knowledge in the area of promotion of mental health and prevention of mental diseases.
Syllabus
  • Content of seminars:
  • 1. Psychology of health, basic concepts;
  • 2. Protective and risk factors of mental health;
  • 3. Various theoretical approaches to mental health protection;
  • 4. Psychotherapy – various psychotherapeutic directions – basic overview;
  • 5. Personality change from various perspectives;
  • 6. Efficient factors of mental health promotion;
  • 7. Methods of mental health promotion I;
  • 8. Methods of mental health promotion II;
  • 9. Methods of mental health promotion III;
  • 10. ‘Flow phenomenon’ – an inspiring concept in the context of health promotion;
  • 11. Significance of self-reflection, self-knowledge;
  • 12. Selected methods aimed at self-knowledge.
Literature
  • CSÍKSZENTMIHÁLYI, Mihály. Flow : o štěstí a smyslu života. Translated by Eva Hauserová. Vydání druhé, upravené,. Praha: Portál, 2015, 326 stran. ISBN 9788026209188. info
  • CSÍKSZENTMIHÁLYI, Mihály. Creativity : Flow and the psychology of discovery and invention. First Harper Perennial Moder. New York: Harper Perrenial Modern Classics, 2013, viii, 456. ISBN 9780062283252. info
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Stanislav. Základy psychoterapie (Foundations of psychotherapy). Praha: Portál, 2006, 283 pp. Portál 5.verze. ISBN 80-7367-122-0. info
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, Naděžda. Krizová intervence pro praxi. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2004, 197 stran. ISBN 8024705869. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Pozitivní psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2004, 195 s. ISBN 80-7178-835-X. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Psychologie zdraví. Vydání druhé. Praha: Portál, 2003, 279 stran. ISBN 8071787744. info
  • Health psychology. Edited by Anthony J. Curtis. New York: Routledge, 2000, xvi, 190 p. ISBN 0415192730. info
Teaching methods
At the beginning of the term students shall select their preferred way of completing the course; one of them is a continuous seminar paper, the other one is active participation in a group aimed at mental health promotion methods.
Assessment methods
A precondition for successful completion of the course is either submission of a seminar paper on a selected aspect of mental health promotion (assignment and instructions – see ‘Teacher Information’), or active participation in a single self-experience teaching block held on Fridays aimed at specific health promotion methods.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/ped/podzim2024/VZM33/
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 16 hodin.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/predmet/ped/podzim2024/VZM33
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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