- Docente: Giovanni Andrea Fava
- Credits: 10
- SSD: M-PSI/08
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Giovanni Andrea Fava (Modulo 1) Bruno Baldaro (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Cesena
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Clinical psychology (cod. 0990)
Learning outcomes
Students will learn evidence-based limits and indications of psychotherapies.
Course contents
1. Scientific assessment of psychotherapy. Some aspects of control and randomization.
2. Methodology and design of psychotherapy research. How to interpret a psychotherapy study in the literature. How to apply a psychotherapy protocol in the clinical setting.
3. Process and outcome evaluation. The variables linked to the patient, therapist and setting.
4. Evidence-based treatment of mood, anxiety and eating disorders, schizophrenia, personality disturbances. Treatment of somatization.
5. Neurobiological effects of psychotherapy.
Psychodynamic therapy (prof Baldaro):
- psychoanalysis and psychopathology
- aims of psychoanalysis
- setting
- psychoanalytic diagnosis
- communication and listening
- supportive therapy
- brief psychotherapy
The course will take place during the first semester (from October to November 2016) at the Cesena Campus of the School of Psychology and Education.
Readings/Bibliography
Fava GA, Grandi S, Rafanelli C (eds): Terapia psicologica. Centro Scientifico Editore, 2010.
Prof. Baldaro part ( 4 CFU): L. Luborsky, E. Luborsky: La psicoterapia psicoanalitica. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2008. Integrazione con appunti del docente reperibili al sito http://campus.cib.unibo.it/19359
Additional readings
G.A. Fava: Well-Being Therapy. Treatment manual and clinical applications. Basel, Karger, 2016
D. Schiffer: Attraverso il microscopio. Neuroscienze e basi del ragionamento clinico. Milano, Springer, 2011.
W.J. Lyddon, J.V. Jones: L'approccio evidence-based in psicoterapia. Milano, McGraw Hill, 2002
G.A. Fava, E. Tomba: Il panico. Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013
G.A. Fava, H. Freyberger: Handbook of psychosomatic medicine. Madison, L.T., International Universities Press, 1998
S. Stuart, M. Robertson: Interpersonal psychotherapy. London, Arnold, 2003
A. Roth, P. Fonagy: What works for whom? 2nd Edition. New York, Guildford, 2005
Baldaro additional readings:
- N. McWilliams: Psicoterapia psicoanalitica. Milano: Raffaello Cortina, 2006.
- N. McWilliams: Il caso clinico. Milano: Raffaello Cortina, 2002.
Teaching methods
Lectures with case exemplifications.
Assessment methods
The final evaluation will consist in a written exam with open ended questions aimed to assess the student's knowledge regarding the topics included in the textbook and discussed in class.
Teaching tools
Slides, PC, slide projector, overhead projector.
Office hours
See the website of Giovanni Andrea Fava
See the website of Bruno Baldaro