Course: Clinical psychology

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Course title Clinical psychology
Course code FZS/KPT
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
Introduction to the class - demarcation of the clinical psychology among the others psychological sciences, content of the clinical psychology and its cooperation with other medical disciplines. Personality - its structure and formation. Properties of a personality. Problems of normality of a personality. Personality changes caused by disease. Illness as hard life situation - the definition of sickness and or health. The image of psyche affected by disease and other influences of disease - at the area of emotional, motivational, gnostic and options of disease´s influence. Auto-plastic image of the disease and its conditionality . The idea of psychosomatic medicine- psychsomatic symptoms and somato - psychic symptoms. Sick person in the medical environment - personality, behaviors, adaptation in environment, adaptations to illness - its acceptation or rejection and other influences. Iatropatogenie, sorrorigenie, pacebo effect. Defense mechanisms - description, influence and significance during the illness and their place in area of clinical medicine - empirical validation. How to deal with defense mechanisms and how to manage them in process of treatment or taking care about patient - client. Psychological problems in childern, specific circumstances of certain evolutional periods of child development and their response to disease or illness. Psychological problems in adolescents and adult age -certain specific in reaction to evolution stages in human life and their response to disease or illness. Psychological problems of old age /gerontology/ some specifics of this period of human life. Processing in the stage of human life - the issues of death and dying, basics of thanatology. Psychological problems in various medical disciplines Pediatrics Gynecology and Obstetrics Surgery Internal Medicine Medicine for infections Psychiatry Oncology Psychological problems of health professionals. Personality of health professional. Ineterpersonal realtionship in the health care system. Conflicts and their solutions. Psycho-hygiene in the health care system.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this subject is clinical psychology.
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 test participans will perform all given takes reading of relevant texts
Recommended literature
  • Bartko, D. Moderna psychohygiena. 1990.
  • Baštecký, J., Šaulík, J., Šimek, J. Psychosomatická medicína. Grada, Praha, 1993.
  • FISCHER, S., ŠKODA, J. Sociální patologie: závažné sociálně patologické jevy, příčiny, prevence, možnosti řešení. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-5046-0.
  • Kemp, D., R. Mental Heath in the Workplace: An Employers and Managers Guide. 1994. ISBN 0-89930-703-5.
  • Křivohlavý, J. Psychologie nemoci. Grada, Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-247-0179-0.
  • Křivohlavý, J. Psychologie zdraví. Portál Praha, 200. ISBN 978-80-7367-568-4.
  • LANGMEIER, J., KREJČÍŘOVÁ, D. Vývojová psychologie. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1284-0.
  • LEVENSON, James L. The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of psychosomatic medicine: psychiatric care of the medically ill. Washington: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-1-58562-379-2.
  • Nákonečný, M. Základy psychologie osobnosti. Management Press Praha.
  • Nakonečný, M. Základy psychologie osobnosti. 2002. ISBN 80-200-0689-3.
  • Říčan, P. cesta životem. Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0772-6.
  • Říčan, P., Krejčířová, D. a kol. Dětská klinická psychologie. Grada, Praha, 2006. ISBN 978-80-247-1049-5.


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): Biomedical Technology (12) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter