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APPLIED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
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No preparatory constraints are required.
Objectives Contents Theoretical constructs in clinical psychology. Adjustment, risk factors and psychopathology. Assessment in clinical psychology: theoretical constructs, methods, instruments and diagnosis. Mood disorders. Anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Somatization disorders. Trauma and related disorders. Addiction, behavioral and impulse control disorders. Eating disorders and nutrition. Personality disorders. Process of psychological interventions.Referral questions and psychological mindedness. Setting and psychological interventions. Definition and application of psychotherapy. Main psychotherapy models. Empirical evidence in psychotherapy: levels of evidence and epistemological problems. Common factors in psychotherapy. Clinical practice in psychotherapy.
Extended Syllabus Main theoretical models in clinical psychology: psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, systemic and humanistic. Adjustment models, risk factors, developmental psychopathology, stress-diathesis and biopsychosocial models. Methods and instruments in clinical psychology: multidimensionality, clinical interview and behavioral observation, structured and semi-structured interviews, psychodynamic assessment. Validation of assessment instruments: CCT and IRT models, stages of validation of assessment methods, accuracy and bias in psychological assessment. Diagnostic classification: DSM-5, ICD-11, PDM-2, HiTOP. Mood disorders: depression, bipolar disorders, cyclothymia. Anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety, social anxiety, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder. Somatization disorders: somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorders, conversion disorder, factitious disorders. Trauma-related disorders: dissociation, depersonalization, derealization. Addiction: substance use and behavioral disorders. Impulse control disorders. Eating disorders and nutrition: anorexia and bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant-restrictive eating disorder. Personality disorders: A-B-C-clusters and DSM-5 alternative model. Process of psychological intervention: relationship building, case analysis, planning, therapeutic actions, outcome monitoring.
Recommended Bibliography - Verrocchio, M.C. (a cura di) (2023). Manuale di Psicologia Clinica. Padova: Piccin (chapters 1-2-5-6-9-10-11-12-13-14-17-18-21).
− Texts and articles will be provided during the course.
Teaching Methods The course is scheduled in 64 hours of in-class teaching in sessions of 2 or 3 hours based on the academic schedule. In-class sessions will be constituted by discussing theoretical aspects and clinical features of normal and abnormal behavior and differential diagnosis in psychopathology. The attendance is not mandatory.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The exam will be constituted by one written and/or oral examination aimed to assess the knowledge, the conceptual mastery, the linguistic skills, the ability of interpretation and analysis of assessment data and psychotherapeutic processes. 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
Contacts/More Information For explanations and clarifications, the teacher is available after email scheduling.
