SPc312 Pathopsychology

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. et Mgr. Věra Linhartová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive 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 course provides a basic orientation to the psychological issues of people with chronic illness, people with disabilities, and people with certain types of mental illness. The course is broadly conceived, using a range of theoretical and practical disciplines, particularly medical (psychiatry, neurology and others) and is oriented towards special education, psychology, and possibly sociology, and aims to support people with difference and their application in life. The aim of the course is to teach students the basic concepts that can be used to characterize and describe psychological phenomena that develop outside the statistical norm, to understand the mechanism of development.
Learning outcomes
Student after completing the course: - Knows the psychological issues of different types of disabilities, handicaps and some of the most common mental illnesses - is able to work professionally in a multidisciplinary team including doctors, psychologists and other professionals - is familiar with the psychological characteristics of people with disabilities and can respond appropriately to them -know the background and circumstances for interpreting differences in a person's psychological functions, especially their possible implications in a social context.
Syllabus
  • 1. The subject and meaning of pathopsychology, pathopsychology in psychology, the development from the pathopsychological concept to the functional concept and otherness
  • 2. Norm and the concept of norm, the question of normality, disability, otherness, handicap, mental illness
  • 3. Trends and changes in terminology, mental health as a continuum, otherness as part of a continuum versus norm and pathology
  • 4. Quality of life for people with difference, experience, plasticity and layers of difference, starting points for an inclusive society and education
  • 5. Causes of mental illness, heritability of psychological traits and environmental influences, factors in the development of disability
  • 6. Mental disorders
  • 7. Cognitive impairment
  • 8. Disorders of perception
  • 9. Memory disorders
  • 10. Thinking disorders
  • 11. Speech disorders
  • 12. Emotional and motivational disorders 13. Impaired instincts 14. Disorders of the will 15. Disorders of consciousness and attention 16. Psychology of people with difference, differences in the personality psychology of people with different types of disabilities
  • 17. Family of the child with difference
  • 18. Self-perception and self-concept in people with difference
  • 19. Somatic illness as a psychological problem, experience of illness, psychosomatics
  • 20. Consequences of sensory impairment and NKS in communication, behaviour and experience
  • 21. Psychological examination, cooperation between psychologist, psychiatrist and special educator
Literature
    required literature
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Současná psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2014, 815 stran. ISBN 9788026206965. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Vyd. 5., rozš. a přeprac. Praha: Portál, 2012, 870 s. ISBN 9788026202257. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese :variabilita a patologie lidské psychiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1999, 444 s. ISBN 80-7178-214-9. info
    recommended literature
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie, Zuzana HADJ-MOUSSOVÁ and Stanislav ŠTECH. Psychologie handicapu. 2. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 230 s. ISBN 8071849294. info
    not specified
  • OREL, Miroslav. Psychopatologie : nauka o nemocech duše. 2., aktualizované a doplně. Praha: Grada, 2016, 338 stran. ISBN 9788024755168. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, lectures, class discussion, group interactive work, homeworks.
Assessment methods
Written test, research of professional sources, peer to peer reflection of research.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
Teacher's information
Conditions for successful completion of the course

A) exam - pı́sem test

B) timely submission of two assignments - a research paper and a feedback paper (of your choice selected by you) on the work of a colleague

1. Research from current sources on one of the chosen topics The learner will produce a text discussing current knowledge on a narrower issue within the topic, summarising findings from specialist sources, particularly research studies, naming current trends. The student chooses one of the predefined topics, logs in to the IS in the Topic Schedule for the course.

The text will be based on at least 3 current international sources. The sources will be published no more than 10 years ago and will be written in a language other than Czech, Slovak or Ukrainian. For searching articles and publications, I recommend quality peer-reviewed sources from established academic institutions. The text will be a minimum of 1 800 characters (symbols and spaces).

2. Feedback on peer/non-peer research We are looking for descriptive feedback and reflection on the quality of the research and the selection of sources. The text will be a minimum of 900 characters (symbols and spaces).

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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