VZkM33 Mental Health Promotion

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.3. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Mgr. Alice Prokopová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Evžen Řehulka, CSc.
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
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 knowledge about the area of social pathology, and the knowledge required for a deeper understanding of socially pathological phenomena in a psychological context.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the students will:
- Understand the protective and risk factors of mental health, including their associations and contexts,
- 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
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Stanislav. Základy psychoterapie (Foundations of psychotherapy). Praha: Portál, 2006, 283 pp. Portál 5.verze. ISBN 80-7367-122-0. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Psychologie zdraví. Vydání druhé. Praha: Portál, 2003, 279 stran. ISBN 8071787744. 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
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny.
Teacher's information
http://www.ped.muni.cz/whealthedu/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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