Introduction to Psychosomatics (MDAK_140)
About Study Course
Objective
To develop knowledge about psychosomatic processes and their impact on different human organ systems, to develop skills and competence to evaluate patients’ life and anamnesis data, as well as medical history data in case of psychosomatic disorders and diseases, to develop skills and competence to evaluate possible difficulties / problems in working with various patients with psychosomatic disorders or diseases.
Prerequisites
Biological Foundations of Psyche I, Biological Foundations of Psyche II, Personality Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology, Developmental Psychology, Individual Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Learning outcomes
The student explains the most important theoretical concepts in psychosomatic medicine; theoretically explains the role of mental protection mechanisms in the process of emergence of health disorders and diseases; describes and evaluates the patient’s life anamnesis data in accordance with the principles of psychosomatic medicine; recognizes and analyses the psychodynamic processes of emergence of disorders and diseases of various organ systems.
The student collects the patient’s life anamnesis and medical history; evaluates the interaction of the patient’s psychic and somatic factors in the case of various psychosomatic disorders; evaluates possible difficulties/problems in working with patients with various psychosomatic disorders.
The student, using the acquired knowledge, analyses the patients’ psychosomatic illness or health disorder from a psychodynamic point of view; logically formulates and interprets the obtained data, describing the patient’s case.
