1- To improve knowledge on historical and contemporary elements of Etnopsychopathology and differences between the traditional treatments of a people and the methods adapted to the host culture. Mental disorders in primitive cultures. New psychic diseases of Western world and their relationship with Western culture. 2- Group dynamics, both family, institutional and social groups: to deepen the traditional and western treatment facilities with a brief study of the institutions. Overview of group settings, therapeutic, anthropological past and present. Deculturation. Other treatment modalities in non-Western cultures and mixed models were born as a link between different cultures. 3- Cultural and clinical case history of patients. Psychopathology in its current form. Deepening ties between the clinic of individual, clinical families and clinical groups, and their links with destructiveness of war and of daily life. Environmental destructiveness. The human characteristics of psychologists with foreigners: flexibility, willingness to decentralize its operational certainty, knowledge of environmental contexts other than the western one. The groups in primitive environments, and in the contemporaniety. Ethological models as preparatory to the group understanding of different cultures. Western and Eastern suicide kamikaze. Geopolitical issues. 4- Acquisition of operational and conceptual tools relating to contemporary and new ways of suffering. Psychiatry and psychotherapy with foreign patients. The significance of the lexicon: the work through words. Models of menatal care in Italy and support to foreign patients. Death concepts in the West, in other cultures and death concepts in the current conflicts in the Middle East. The relationship with death and with relationship with pain in different contexts. 5- Identify lexical terms related to our experience of the course to complete the renewed publication each year of a student holding text (students each year can provide key terms with a brief explanation lexical, then published text). Innovative clinical models. 6- Reflect on meeting between ancient , modern and postmodern societies, looking for links between psychopathology and major social containers: the relationship with economy and power; hypothesis of a vision of the connecting channels between psychopathology and mass . Relationship between individual, family, group, mass states of mind. 7- Immigration and mental health. 8- Conflicts between social groups destructiveness and wars between Western and Eastern world. 9- Know critical issues of the migratory journey,  of  inclusion and become aware concerning tools and institutions .

The course starts from the history of Ethno-psychiatry, considering the different impications belonging to organic solidarity care groups (primitive societies) and to sectorial and individual group society (Western models), to reach contemporary Western pathologies (eg, anorexia, bulimia, addictions and delusional ties) in an attempt to identify meaningful differences in express a diseases in different cultural areas. The migratory path is studied and related to emotional suffering; the problem of abandoned children and the problem of integration as a model for psychic functions. Therefore are taken into account the relationships between culture, health systems and expression of discomfort. The treatment and support for health workers's mind are studied . In the course we'll try to experience through groups the meeting with unknown states of mind. In particular it is also addressed the difference between the concept of the group and the concept of ethnic group. We will study the concept of ethnic disorder, organization of containers ( family, social , cultural ) and their relationship with the  individual ; we will study the concept of group and  the individual \group relationship .

Social Psychology

In relation to teaching the student must show possession : - to have mastered the knowledge of specialized disciplines ; - The understanding of the advanced concepts of the discipline ; - The ability to use knowledge and concepts to think independently on the issues of the discipline .

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Besides to the texts of study ( see below ) , the course material will be provided with publications or articles from magazines relevant to the matter . It will be given a newspaper that is written by patients and cultural workers (Noialtri) as study case of the relationship between culture and psychopathology

Teaching

Lessons through experiential groups , where ' learning is integrated in the manner of meeting and the group conoscoenza . Split into small groups , with subsequent general return to full group. Integration with multidisciplinary seminars . You can visit and participation in the institutions . Presence of cultural mediators and operators of facilities for foreigners . Presentation of shared theatrical moment .   Possible seminars integrated with other teachings . Learning  from  experience of the groups in the classroom .

Attendance

recommended

Course books

G. Devereux, Ethnopychiatry, (chapters 1,2,3,4,5); 100 pages, Karnac books london 1980

AAVV: N.34 (2015) – Group psychotherapy and border areas of contemporary psychiatry, Presentation Funzionegammajournal (www.funzionegamma.it), Università la Sapienza Roma. (versione  italiana e  inglese) first  5 chapters - free download

Comelli F. Psychic mental disorders in globalisation. From the field of family crisis to systems of care for addictions , anorexia and destructiveness between East and West . in press, 130 pag.

Assessment

oral examination

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Lessons through experiential groups , where ' learning is integrated in the manner of meeting and the group conoscoenza . Split into small groups , with subsequent general return to full group. Integration with multidisciplinary seminars . You can visit and participation in the institutions . Presence of cultural mediators and operators of facilities for foreigners . Presentation of shared theatrical moment .   Possible seminars integrated with other teachings . Learning  from  experience of the groups in the classroom .

For those  non attending it'll be significant to understand the way to consider clinic  problems as suggested from texts.

Attendance

recommended

Course books

G. Devereux, Ethnopychiatry, (all chapters ); 200 pages, Karnac books london 1980

AAVV: N.34 (2015) – Group psychotherapy and border areas of contemporary psychiatry, Presentation Funzionegammajournal (www.funzionegamma.it), Università la Sapienza Roma. (versione  italiana e  inglese) all chapters  200 pages- free download

Comelli F. Psychic mental disorders in globalisation. From the field of family crisis to systems of care for addictions , anorexia and destructiveness between East and West . in press, 130 pag.

Assessment

oral exam

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.