PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

PSI0228

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Disciplinary Sector:

Dynamic Psychology

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

STANGHELLINI Giovanni

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

102

Prerequisites:

Degree in Psychological Sciences and Techniques

Objectives

The aim of the Course is to develop the students’ knowledge and understanding of mental pathology and to transmit a relational method useful in psychodiagnostic practice, as well as in the clinical and psychotherapeutic encounter.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The Course will provide students with updated knowledge to answer the following questions:
How do persosns with schizophrenia live time, space, Others, one’s own Self and one’s own body?
How do persons with melancholia live time, space, Others, one’s own Self and one’s own body?
How do persosns with mania live time, space, Others, one’s own Self and one’s own body?

Contents

- What is Psychopathology and why is it relevant?
- Levels of psychopathological inquiry and their purpose: understanding, diagnosis and care
- Descriptive, clinical and structural psychopathologies
- The “toolbox”: epoché, empatic, eidetic and dialectic understanding
Psychopathological knoweldge as the basis for psychotherapy
- The lived world of hysteric, phobic, obsessive, melancholic, manic, borderline, toxicomanic, paranoic, narcissistic, affected by feeding and eating disorders and schizophrenic persons

Extended Syllabus

The technical approach to the interview
The meaning of “symptom” in the bio-medical paradigm
The meaning of “symptom” in the psychodynamic paradigm
The symptom as text
The “toolbox”: epoché, empatic understanding, eidetic understanding, dialectic understanding
The concept of “life-world”: lived time, body, space, Self and alterity
What are emotions and are they relevant in the therapeutic interview?
What are values and are they relevant in the therapeutic interview?
Guidelines for the therapeutic interview. The PHD method: phenomenological unfolding (P), hermeneutic analysis (H), dynamic analysis (D)
The lived world of phobic persons
The lived world of hysteric persons
The lived world of narcissistic persons
The lived world of borderline persons
The lived world of paranoic persons
The lived world of toxicomanic persons
The lived world of persons affected by feeding and eating disorders
The lived world of melancholic persons
The lived world of manic persons
The lived world of schizophrenic persons

Recommended Bibliography

Stanghellini G., Mancini M. Mondi psicopatologici. EDRA, Milano, 2018
English edition: StanghelliniG., Mancini M. The therapeutic interview in mental health. Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Classroom-taught lessons with detailed documentation of case studies from the Teacher’s own clinical practice, simulations and analyses of movies. Seminars and lectures held by outstanding experts. Attendance is not compulsory but highly recommended. During the Course students will be given to opportunity to test what they have learnt via simulations of the final examination

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Multiple choice test (with 5 filter questions);
30 questions (1 point of each right answer) Allotted time: 40 minutes.

Contacts/More Information

Prof. Stanghellini is available for students every Wednesday from 3 till 4.30 pm. Junior tutors are also available by appointment

Mail: giovanni.stanghellini@unich.it

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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