PSMB088 Case study seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Ševčíková (lecturer), PhDr. Zuzana Slováčková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Ševčíková
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Knowledge of psychopathology; psychodiagnostic methods for adults and basics of psychiatry.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main goal of the course is to give students an insight into real case studies from the environment of a psychiatric hospital. The seminars will be focused on the differential diagnosis of a wide range of diagnoses encountered while working in clinical psychology.
Learning outcomes
During the semester, students will become familiar with the course of psychodiagnostic examination within individual case studies; the most common diagnoses they may encounter during practice in healthcare facilities; they will learn to independently think about the differential diagnosis of various types of disorders and diseases; they will be able to make diagnostic balances based on the results of individual psychodiagnostic methods.
Syllabus
  • Larning the course of psychodiagnostic examination through individual case reports: clinical observation, anamnesis, status praesens psychicus; differential diagnosis, selection of appropriate methods; clinical balance; evaluation of the conclusion of the examination
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HUMPOLÍČEK, Pavel and Václav ŠNOREK. Psychodiagnostika dospělých. Edited by Mojmír Svoboda. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2013, 487 stran. ISBN 9788026203636. info
  • OREL, Miroslav. Psychopatologie : nauka o nemocech duše. 3., aktualizované a doplně. Praha: Grada, 2020, 430 stran. ISBN 9788027125296. URL info
  • SVOBODA, Mojmír, Eva ČEŠKOVÁ and Hana KUČEROVÁ. Psychopatologie a psychiatrie pro psychology (Psychopathology and psychiatry for psychologists). Vydání třetí. Praha: Portál, 2015, 320 pp. ISBN 978-80-262-0976-8. info
  • DUŠEK, Karel and Alena VEČEŘOVÁ-PROCHÁZKOVÁ. Diagnostika a terapie duševních poruch. 2., přepracované vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2015, 646 stran. ISBN 9788024748269. URL info
Teaching methods
Case studies, group discussion
Assessment methods
1) Active participation in lectures 2) Final colloquium: The course ends with a colloquium (graded P/N). Students will receive a psychodiagnostic examination order in the group - they will set questions for an anamnestic interview, hypotheses, choose suitable diagnostic methods for their verification and present a developed differential diagnosis.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
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