PSBB074 Mental Illness - Children and Adolescents

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Kateřina Bartošová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. et Bc. Aneta Adjei (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Kateřina Bartošová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: • 1) Work with information on theory of psychopatology in order to gain a deeper understanding of presented films. • 2) Interpret key moments of selected films. • 3) Create a simple psychological profile of a film character.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to : understand selected disorders portrayed in the films • create a short study of a film character
Syllabus
  • 1. anxiety + trauma 2. depression + suicide 3. autism 4. eating disorders 5. ADHD
Literature
  • WEDDING, Danny and Ryan M. NIEMIEC. Movies and mental illness : using films to understand psychopathology. 4th edition. Boston: Hogrefe, 2014, xvii, 455. ISBN 9781613344613. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods: lectures, group work, discussion, work with specialized publications
Assessment methods
1. active participation in lessons - discussion
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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