PSBA031 Introduction to Clinical Psychology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Coufalová (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Jahnová (lecturer)
Mgr. Helena Klimusová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Kateřina Koros Bartošová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Hana Přikrylová Kučerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
PSBA020 Social Psychology II
PSBA001; PSBA010
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
Clinical psychology gives the students opportunity to build up thesaurus of knowledges about a human being in health and illness, about a human being with dysbalance and dysfunction. All these facts in the context of prevention, prophylaxis and therapy. The basic clinical psychological paradigma are: dysfunction - abnormity - pathology health - deficit - illness prophylaxis - prevention - intervention sanogenesis - integration - self-realization. After completing the course, students will be able to be oriented in all of the above areas, know all relevant terminology and be aware of relevant overlaps to other applied science disciplines. Students will also gain an understanding of the scope and conditions of a career in clinical psychology and the key ethical and legal implications of the psychological profession.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to navigate the relevant terminology and framework topics of clinical psychology and critically evaluate different approaches to human health and illness. At the same time, students will be able to apply basic ethical and legal aspects in a relevant way in the field.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to clinical psychology - definition, history; clinical psychologist, competence, education, ... 2. Diagnostic methods and research in clinical psychology 3. Ethics in clinical psychology 4. Legal aspects of clinical psychology 5. The relationship between doctor and patient, patient and doctor 6. Illness/disorder and health, normality, significance of illness; technical terminology and basic concepts 7. Communication in healthcare (specific situations and specific groups of patients) 8. Problems of pain 9. Trauma, posttraumatic development 10. Burnout syndrome 11. Workholism; chronic fatigue syndrome 12. Work with people in the terminal stage 13. Introduction to psychosomatics
Literature
    required literature
  • BAŠTECKÁ, Bohumila and Jan MACH. Klinická psychologie. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2015, 759 stran. ISBN 9788026206170. info
  • KRAMER, Geoffrey P., Douglas A. BERNSTEIN and Vicky PHARES. Introduction to clinical psychology. Eighth edition. Boston: Pearson, 2014, viii, 518. ISBN 0205871852. info
  • BAŠTECKÁ, Bohumila. Klinická psychologie v praxi. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2003, 420 s. ISBN 8071787353. info
    recommended literature
  • Pomerantz, A. M. (2008). Clinical Psychology. Science, Practice, and Culture. United States, hardback, 535 pages.
  • Clinical handbook of psychological disorders : a step-by-step treatment manual. Edited by David H. Barlow. Fifth edition. New York: The Guilford press, 2014, xvi, 768. ISBN 9781462513260. info
  • PLANTE, Thomas G. Současná klinická psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2001, 444 s. ISBN 8071699632. info
Teaching methods
Lecture plus classes discussion between lecturer and students about subject of the clinical psychology.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
Further literature will be specified in individual lectures.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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