PSYCHOSOMATICS AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 1

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

PSICLI014

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Disciplinary Sector:

Clinical Psychology

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

CONTI CHIARA

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

102

Prerequisites:

As a prerequisite, the students are required a psychological clinical knowledge.

Objectives

The course aims providing knowledge on
the main theoretical and applicative models concerning the field of Psychosomatics and Clinical Health Psychology

Contents

Psychosomatics and Clinical Health Psychology: theoretical, diagnostic and intervention models.

Extended Syllabus

Modern psychosomatic medicine; Patient management; Emotions and personality; Mentalization; Attachment models in psychosomatic medicine; Loneliness; Alexithymia; Illness experience; Abnormal illness behavior; Individual styles of illness and somatization; Somatosensory amplification; Attributional style; Illness representation; Allostatic load; Diagnostic approaches; The example of gastroenterology; Eating disorders and obesity.

Recommended Bibliography

- Porcelli P. (2022). Medicina Psicosomatica e Psicologia
Clinica. Modelli teorici, diagnosi, trattamento. Raffaello Cortina, Milano.
Capitoli: 1, 4 e 5.
- articles provided by the teacher

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course is structured in 48 hours of frontal teaching. This amount is divided into 2-3 hours lessons according to the academic calendar. The course contents are presented through lessons in lecture hall, taking advantage of power point slides (made available to the students), and through the presentation of explicative clinical cases.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The exam will be constituted by an oral examination aimed to assess the knowledge, the conceptual mastery, the linguistic skills, the ability of interpretation and analysis of clinical psychological and health topics. The exam will be evaluated on a score range from 18 to 30. A score 18-23 indicates a sufficient knowledge, 23-28 a good level of knowledge, 28-30 an excellent knowledge, "cum laude" particular abilities of analysis and critical reasoning.

Contacts/More Information

For explanations and clarifications, the teacher is available after email scheduling.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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