Clinical Psychology (VPUPK_043)
About Study Course
Objective
To provide an opportunity to acquire clinical psychology, its directions, to provide an overview of clinical psychology terminology and key issues, to improve students’ understanding of a disease as a process, of changes in mental process in case of an illness and to provide an insight into pathopsychology.
Prerequisites
Personality psychology, Development psychology.
Learning outcomes
Students explain the terminology of clinical psychology; describes mental health manifestations; characterised by the process of its formation within the context of the biopsychosocial model; characterises the clinical psychological assessment methods; describes types of personality disordes; describes types and stages of crisis; describes the types and features of violence.
Students correctly use the terminology of clinical psychology; evaluates described clinical cases about client problems, difficulties, resources that can be selected for client assessment; recognises the types and signs of violence.
Students explain and evaluate in detail the described clinical cases of the client's problems and difficulties, analyze the client's problems and fix the regularities between the symptoms, as well as draw conclusions.
Study course planning
Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
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Psychology, PSb | 4 | Bachelor’s | Required | ||
Psychology, LFPSb | 4 | Bachelor’s | Required | ||
Psychology, PSbN | 4 | Bachelor’s | Required |