Course: Psychopathology

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Course title Psychopathology
Course code KPS/UJPAT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
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.
  • Pugnerová Michaela, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Mental health - disease, topic of normality, deprivation, children's neurotization, school disorders, stress and its influence on the psyche. Classification of basic pathological phenomenons, their occurrence and impact on the school atmosphere.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Methods of Written Work
  • Homework for Teaching - 20 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 39 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 6 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
After passing this subject, students should be able to define the issues of psychopathology and have a good understanding of what are the most frequently occurring psychopathological symptoms today, symptoms which they might encounter among children or even their parents during their own educational work. Topics : - The subject of psychopathology, its relationship to other disciplines, the definition of normality - Cognition, memory, feelings, cogitation disorders - Mental deprivation, the mental needs of children, external and internal conditions of deprivation, symptoms, types of deprivation - Possibilities for remedying deprivation - surrogate family care - Intellectual defects in children (primary and secondary defects of intellectual abilities, a summary, the basic terms) - The hyperactivity syndrome ADHD (previously known as LMD), the characteristics, causes, symptoms, possible remedies, approaches toward children with ADHD - Neurotic symptoms dependent on age - Seizure disorders - epilepsy, temperamental particularities - Particularities in the Roma minority - Behavioural disorders - Symptoms of substance addiction- drug addiction in youths - Maltreated and abused children - Anorexia nervosa, bulimia - Stress and its symptoms, mental health, relaxation - Issues of the physically and sensory handicapped
Students will be eligible explanations of terms and definitions from the field of psychology
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of psychology

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Literature study, active participation in seminars, working up tasks according to teacher's requirements.
Recommended literature
  • KOLUCHOVÁ, J. (1999). Přehled patopsychologie dítěte. I., II. díl.. Praha.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. (2008). Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha : Portál.


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