Enrollment year
2022/2023
Academic discipline
M-PSI/08 (CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (20/09/2023 - 12/01/2024)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Prerequisites
No specific requirements are required to attend the course.
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide students with knowledge of the most relevant thematic and applicative areas of hospital/ health psychology.
Course contents
•Historical background on the development of health psychology
• Cognitive and emotional variables as modulators of health related behaviors
• Fields of intervention of the psychologist in the hospital context
• The disease and illness beliefs
• Doctor-patient communication
• Caregiver and family context
- Perinatal mental health
• Stress and coping strategies
• Burnout in healthcare professionals
• Introduction of psychoncology
• Palliative Care and End-of-Life
Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Group Presentation and discussion of clinical cases/scientific research projects
-Scientific articles.
In accordance with the University Guidelines on the teaching delivery methods in the academic year. 2023/2024, the course takes place through lessons that can be attended in person on scheduled dates and times and includes the possibility of consulting the slides or other teaching material from the KIRO university platform.
Reccomended or required readings
The exam will focus on the following 2 books:
C.A. Ripamonti, C.A. Clerici (2008) Psicologia e salute. Introduzione alla psicologia clinica in ambito sanitario. Il Mulino
- C.A. Ripamonti (2015) Manuale di psicologia della salute. Il Mulino
The teacher during the course will provide indications on any scientific articles / in-depth material.
Assessment methods
Written exam with open answers lasting 1 hour. The final evaluation is based on the degree of study and understanding of the topics
presented and on the ability to integrate the knowledge acquired during the course.
Even though you have the freedom to renounce a positive evaluation given, it is advisable not to refuse the vote more than once. In the case of refusal of a positive evaluation and a subsequent evaluation, the last evaluation obtained is required to be considered.
Further information
As part of the University's activities for Innovative Teaching and in order to promote inclusion, the professor guarantees up to 2 hours of office hours per week, to be agreed with the professor himself.
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