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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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The course focuses on the basic principles of mental health promotion and on ways of caring for mental health in both personal and professional life. Attention will be given to stress and stress management, as well as to lifestyle factors related to mental health. An important part of the course will be practical familiarization with selected techniques, including their potential benefits and limitations. Topics covered: - Mental health and mental health promotion - basic concepts and contexts. - Stress and the stress response; approaches to stress management. - Breathwork and body-based techniques. - Selected relaxation techniques. - Mindfulness and imagery techniques. - Summary and potential applications of mental health promotion in personal and professional life.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Training in job and motor Skils
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic principles of mental health promotion and enable them to try out selected techniques in practice. The course will also introduce the possibilities for using these methods, their potential limitations, and possible contraindications. Attention will be given to evidence-based approaches to promoting and maintaining mental health.
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to: - explain basic concepts related to mental health and list general principles of mental health promotion, - describe selected psychological and physical manifestations of the stress response, - characterize selected body-oriented techniques used in mental health promotion and describe their potential benefits, limitations, and principles of safe use, - reflect on and critically evaluate, based on personal experience, the effects of a selected mental health promotion technique and its suitability for personal self-care, - identify ways of supporting one's own mental health in everyday life.
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Prerequisites
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There are no special preconditions for this subject study.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance
Course completion requirements: - attendance at block teaching sessions, - completion and presentation of a practical assignment as part of the colloquium, in accordance with the assignment instructions provided in the course study materials in Moodle. Students with an Individual Study Plan (ISP): As part of their self-study, students are required to study the materials provided in the course study materials in Moodle and fulfil the requirements for completing the colloquium specified there.
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Recommended literature
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Hanson, R., & McKay, M. (2022). Okamžitá pomoc proti úzkosti: Pomocí KBT, mindfulness a relaxace. Praha.
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Jochmannová, L., & Kimplová, T. (Eds.). (2021). Psychologie zdraví: Biologické, psychosociální, digitální a spirituální aspekty. Praha.
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Kolář, P. Posilování stresem: cesta k odolnosti. 2021.
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Křivohlavý, J. (2012). Hořet ale nevyhořet.
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Marshall, B. R. (2022). Nenásilná komunikace: Řeč života. Praha.
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Praško, J. (2003). Jak se zbavit napětí, stresu a úzkosti. Praha.
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Praško, J., Prašková, H. Asertivitou proti stresu. Praha. 2007.
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Seligman, M. (2014). Vzkvétání: Nové poznatky o podstatě štěstí a duševní pohody.
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Siegel, R. D. (2016). Velká kniha meditačních technik: Jednoduchá mindfulness cvičení pro každodenní problémy.
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