Course: Clinical psychology 2

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Course title Clinical psychology 2
Course code FZS/KPZ2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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. Defence mechanisms: their basic division, the most common form of defence mechanisms in the sick individual, the influence and importance of defence mechanisms on the behaviour of the sick individual in the treatment process, the approach to the sick individual and work with him/her. 2. Psychological issues of childhood and adolescence: neonatal period, infant period, toddler period, preschool age, younger and older school age - prepubescence, pubescence and postpubescence, adolescence. Specifics of these periods, their normality and their psychopathology. Reaction of the individual of childhood and adolescence to illness. 3. Psychological issues of adulthood: its basic characteristics and division, biological maturity of the individual, legal maturity of the individual and social maturity of the individual, normality and psychopathology of adulthood. Reaction of the adult individual to illness. 4. Psychological issues of old age (gerontology): basic characteristics and developmental boundaries of old age, changes typical for old age, specifics of old age and the aging process, normality of psychopathology in old age, diseases in old age. 5. Psychological issues of death and dying: basics of thanatology, the last stage of human life, palliative care. Exercises: 1. Defence mechanisms and individual behaviour in health and disease. 2. Psychological issues of childhood and adolescence and specifics in reactions and behaviour. 3. Psychological issues of adulthood - reactions and behaviour of the adult individual. 4. Psychological issues in old age, the last stage of a person's life. 5. Death and the finality of human existence, communication with the dying and the bereaved.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Class attendance - 16 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The subject deals with clinical psychology and follows the subject Clinical psychology 1. It deals with defense mechanisms, psychological issues in individual periods of human development.
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

Classified credit: - 80% participation in exercises, - active involvement in teaching - reading recommended literature, - a written test.
Recommended literature
  • BAŠTECKÁ, B., MACH, J. 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, I., PETROVÁ, A. 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, K. 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: Summer