Course: Psychopathology and Health Psychology

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Course title Psychopathology and Health Psychology
Course code KPS/NKPYQ
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kvintová Jana, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Plevová Irena, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Váchová Lucie, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
Objectives: After completing the course, students should be able to: - Define both psychological disciplines and draw their relationship to other areas of psychology, - Understand the definitions of normality and explain the concept of psychological determinism, - Characterize the bio-psycho-social approach to the human psyche, - Systematize the factors affecting health and illness, - Clarify the concepts of health and illness, - Deduce the nature of illness experience, to characterize individual reactions to stressful situations and draw the protective factors in the context of dealing with stress, to characterize the relationship patient - illness, patient and medic, apply knowledge of psychology in medical fields. Topics: Approaches to the definition of normality, personal integrity, resilience factors, salutogenesis, mental health - definition, prevention and recovery, adaptability and maladaptive responses, developmental perspective in relation to health and disease. Mental deprivation, neurotic development in children, specific school disorders. Selected aspects of the psychology of health and illness, the psychology of human resilience, coping strategies, family psychology, emotional deprivation. Manifestations of psychical deprivation in relation to age. Psychology of human endurance. Normality of mental life. Psychological determinism and its manifestations. Experiencing the meaning of life in relation to mental health. Patient relationship and medical staff, educational nurse and her role.

Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching health education at lower secondary schools (NA18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching Health Education for Lower Secondary Schools (NA24-X) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer