Course: Clinical psychology 1

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Course title Clinical psychology 1
Course code FZS/KPZ1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Woleská Jana, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Introduction to the subject of psychology: definition of clinical psychology, meaning of clinical psychology, its position within psychological sciences, content of clinical psychology and its cooperation with medical disciplines. 2. Personality: the formation of personality of an individual, the structure of personality, personality traits, issues of normality and pathology of personality, personality changes caused by disease. 3. Illness as a challenging life situation: definition of health and illness, image of illness, reflection of illness in the psyche of the individual, individuality of individual reactions in illness. 4. Autoplastic image of illness and its modifications: psychosomatic medicine (psychosomatic and somatopsychic difficulties), the most common images of psychosomatic diseases. 5. The sick person in general, the sick person in reactions, the sick person in the medical environment: the importance of the personality of the sick person - premorbid personality of the sick individual, manifestations and reactions of the sick individual, adaptation and maladaptation of the individual in illness. Placebo effect. Social support and its forms in the life of the sick client/patient. 6. Damage to the client/patient by health professionals (iatropathogenesis, sorrorigenie). Exercises: 1. Definition of psychology and specifics related to clinical psychology. 2. Personality and its changes due to illness. 3. Illness as a challenging life situation, autoplastic picture of illness, psychosomatic and somatopsychic difficulties. 4. The sick person - the picture of reactions and behaviour, depth of experience, approaches to and interactions with him/her.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Class attendance - 16 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The subject deals with clinical psychology. It introduces the basic definition of clinical psychology, it also deals with personality, illness, as a difficult life situation.
Students received main pedagogical and psychological competences.
Prerequisites
Premises are included in the abstracts of the subject and its curriculum.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis

Credit: - 80% participation in exercises, - reading recommended literature, - a written test.
Recommended literature
  • BAŠTECKÁ, Bohumila a Jan MACH. Klinická psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0617-0.
  • FISCHER, Slavomil a Jiří ŠKODA. Sociální patologie: závažné sociálně patologické jevy, prevence, možnosti řešení. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-5046-0.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Psychologie zdraví. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-568-4.
  • PLEVOVÁ, Irena a Alena PETROVÁ. Obecná psychologie. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2012. ISBN 978-80-244-3247-2.
  • RAUDENSKÁ, Jaroslava a Alena JAVŮRKOVÁ. Lékařská psychologie ve zdravotnictví. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-2223-8.
  • ŘÍČAN, Pavel. Cesta životem. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0772-6.
  • SLAMĚNÍK, Ivan. Emoce a interpersonální vztahy. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3311-1.
  • ŠULOVÁ, L., T. FAIT, P. WEISS a kol. Výchova k sexuálně reprodukčnímu zdraví. Praha: Maxdorf, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7345-238-4.
  • THOROVÁ, Kateřina. Vývojová psychologie: proměny lidské psychiky od početí po smrt. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0714-6.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Současná psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0696-5.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie: dětství a dospívání. Praha: Karolinum, 2012. ISBN 978-80-246-2153-1.
  • ZACHAROVÁ, Eva a Jitka ŠIMÍČKOVÁ-ČÍŽKOVÁ. Základy psychologie pro zdravotnické obory. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-4062-1.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Health Rescuer (15) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter