SUBJECT

Psychopathology

lecture

master

Faculty of Education and Psychology

3

Semester 1

Autumn semester

Aim of the course:

The scientific bases of psychopathology

contemporary theories and research of major psychological disorders will be studied. The societal implications of mental disorders will be explored. Students will be educated about the types and causes of mental disorders, their assessment, treatment plans and prognosis. Basic interviewing strategies and therapeutic possibilities will be discussed in conjunction with different pathologies.

Learning outcome, competences

knowledge:

attitude:

• focused

skills:

• cognitive

Content of the course

Topics of the course

Process of diagnosis making

Basics of mental state examination

Psychopathology of mood and anxiety disorders, psychotic condition, dementia and cognitive disorders.

Personality and its disorders.

Classification systems used in psychiatry

Differential diagnosis and therapies of psychiatric conditions.

Learning activities, learning methods

Frontal lecture

Evaluation of outcomes

Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation:

requirements

Written exam.

mode of evaluation:

1-5 scale

criteria of evaluation:

Exactness of knowledge

Compulsory reading list

1. Sadock BJ et al. (edit) (2009). Kaplan and Sadock’s Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry. LWW. Section 8: Clinical manifestations of psychiatric disorders

2. American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition: DSM-5                                                                                  

Recommended reading list

Gabbard GO (2014). Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. Washington, GC, London, England. American Psychiatric Publishing.