PS_BA022 Psychopathology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Irena Komendová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Mojmír Svoboda, CSc. (lecturer)
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
Mon 12:30–14:05 B2.13
Prerequisites
PS_BA010 Neuroscience
PSA_040 Neuroscience The course follows up and complements the courses of General Psychology and Psychology of Personality. The lectures are followed up by seminars at Mental Hospital Brno-Cernovice next winter semester. That seminar is further followed up by two-hours lecture with a seminar of Special Psychiatry at Psychiatric Clinic in Brno-Bohunice in next (summer) semester. The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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 aim of this course is to inform students about the basic psychological functioning disorders, about the systematic classification of this disorders, and about their continuity with the non-pathological parts of the mind.
Syllabus
  • Issues and topics: The definition of the field, its classification within the system of science, Systematic classification of human mental disorders, Aetiology of mental disorders, Disorders of perception, Attention disorders, Memory disorders, Thought disorders, Speech disorders, Disorders of intellectual ability, Disorders of emotions, Behavioural disorders, Disorders of consciousness, Personality disorders, Incidence and epidemiology of mental disorders, Types of therapy (brief overview).
Literature
  • Höschl, C., Libiger, J., Švestka, J. (2002). Psychiatrie. Praha: Tigis.
  • Raboch, J., Zvolský, P. et al. (2001). Psychiatrie. Praha, Galén.
  • Dörner, K., Plog, U. (1999). Bláznit je lidské. Praha: Grada.
  • Dušek, K., Chromý, K., Janík, K., Kalvach, Z. (1975). První pomoc v psychiatrii. Praha: Avicenum.
  • Svoboda,M. /ed./, Češková, E., Kučerová, H. ( 2006): Psychopatologie a psychiatrie pro psychology. Praha, Portál.
  • SMOLÍK, P. (2002). Duševní a behaviorální poruchy: průvodce klasifikací, nástin nozologie, diagnostika. Praha: Maxdorf.
Teaching methods
Teaching is realized as lectures which contains some practical examples or case studies.
Assessment methods
Teaching proceeds two teaching hours once a week. This course is completed with a credit and an exam. Finalization is the standard oral exam. Psychopathology is a part of the B.A. examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
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