74404 - Research Syllabus in Clinical Psycology

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the student possesses the knowledge of the psycho-cognitive and emotional processes that relate to the interaction with the assisted person, with the acquisition of skills to manage, emotionally, emotional stress situations.

Course contents

Definition of Clinical Psychology and its scopes of application.
The psychodynamic approach to psychopathology and the its models of the mind.
The contribution of psychodynamics to the understanding of the relationship between the clinician and patients.
1) Psychoanalysis and the problem of hysteria, the psychosessual phases, the Oedipus complex.
2) The ego psychology, psychological defenses and adaptation.
3) Object relations theory, schizo-paranoid and depressive concepts, hate and envy pre-Oedipal.
4) Psychology of the Self and the problem of narcissism, object-self and psychopathology of the deficit.
The theory of attachment: the strange situation and the attachment styles. Mentalization.
The problem of diagnosis in clinical psychology: the DSM V and the Kernberg model.
Psychotherapy elements: transfer and countertransference, resistances and defenses.

Readings/Bibliography

You do not need to buy specific texts. During lessons it will be provided: educational material also available through username and password at AMS Campus - AlmaDL - University of Bologna, references to suggested texts.

Teaching methods

Teaching consists of 8 frontal lessons of 3 hours each for a total of 24 hours. The contents of the program will be presented with examples of clinical cases.

Assessment methods

Verification is intended to evaluate the learning of key mind models to understand, manage, improve the relationship between healthcare worker and assisted.

Teaching tools

Slides, movies, interactions with students will be used.

Office hours

See the website of Alessandro Agostini