PS_BA031 Foundations of clinical psychology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Lubomír Vašina, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Katarína Durkáčová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Alena Jůzová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Monika Mrázková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Lucie Slivečková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Eva Vášová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Irena Komendová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:10–14:55 zruseno Aula FAVU; and Tue 15. 5. 9:10–12:25 U25
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PS_BA031/01: each odd Monday 9:10–10:45 U29, K. Durkáčová, A. Jůzová, M. Mrázková, L. Slivečková, E. Vášová
PS_BA031/02: each odd Monday 10:50–12:25 U29, K. Durkáčová, A. Jůzová, M. Mrázková, L. Slivečková, E. Vášová
PS_BA031/04: each even Monday 10:50–12:25 U29, K. Durkáčová, A. Jůzová, M. Mrázková, L. Slivečková, E. Vášová
PS_BA031/05: No timetable has been entered into IS. K. Durkáčová, A. Jůzová, M. Mrázková, L. Slivečková, E. Vášová
Prerequisites
PS_BA020 Social Psychology II
PS_BA001; PS_BA010
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
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to critically evaluate various kinds of theories about a human being in health and illness.
Syllabus
  • Philosophical, theoretical and practical basics of clinical psychology. Basic paradigm: a/energy-information-adaptability b/maturation-learning-growth /psychological point of view/ c/symbiosis-identity-role /splitting/ separation/ individualization/ basal self/ I-you-we-they/ personality-society-transcendence 2.Definition and subject of clinical psychology. History of clinical psychology. 3. Human being in health and illness, in process of medical care and prevention 4.self defenses and complex defensive character structures. 5.Adherence, congruence, compliance, reactance, placebo-effect, nocebo-effect, suggestion, sharing, transfer and counter-transfer, interaction and therapeutic relationship, empathy, acceptance, adoption, support, respect and understanding. Reflection and self-reflection. Maturation. Meaning of mirroring in therapy. Meaning of haptic, movement, music, imagination and word in therapeutic relationship. 6. Introspection. 7. Methodological problems in clinical psychology. 8.Biological therapy 9. Basics of pharmacotherapy 10.Topical drug dependencies. Emotion and disorders. 11. Individual, family and group psychotherapy. 12. Relaxation, imagination and meditation in therapy.
Literature
    required literature
  • VAŠINA, Lubomír. Vademecum Psychologie Clinicae (General Clinical Psychology). 1. vyd. Brno: Institut mezioborových studií Brno, 2011, 256 pp. ISBN 978-80-87182-18-5. info
Teaching methods
Lecture plus classes discussion between lecturer and students about subject of the clinical psychology
Assessment methods
Short oral exam (graded credit) plus essay-5pages A4
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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