The course aims to provide the fundamental elements of clinical psychology, as an applicative discipline: a) which takes into consideration the subjectivity of the individual case (idiographic approach); b) which refers to a specific method (the clinical method); c) which contemplates a heterogeneous set of techniques (diagnostic and therapeutic). In the evaluation of clinical disorders, starting from descriptive diagnostics, the course will adopt - as a main theoretical reference - the psychoanalytic model, flanked by the contribution of phenomenological psychopathology, especially in reference to the area of severe (borderline and psychotic) pathology.

The program is divided into three parts (2h+3h/week):

Part I. The background frame. Definition, method, and classification:

• History and definition of clinical psychology (Lectures 1-2)
• The clinical method: diagnosis and language (Lectures 3-4)
• Nosographic classification systems and overview of clinical disorders (Lecture 5)

Part II. The clinical core. Main areas of the contemporary clinic (with a particular reference to borderline and corporeity areas):

• Conflict and anxious-obsessive area (Lectures 6-7-8)
• Mood and depressive area (Lectures 9-10-11)
• Trauma and borderline area (Lectures 12-13)
• Nonsuicidal self-injury and bodily disorders (Lecture 14)
• Consciusness and psychotic area + French perspectives on psychosis (bouffées délirantes and chronic delusional psychoses)  (Lectures 15-16-17)

Part III. Hints of care. Treatment models:

• Overview of different psychotherapeutic treatments for mental disorders (Lecture 18)
• Once there were asylums: the treatment after Basaglia's law (Lecture 19)

None.

In relation to the discipline, the student will have to demonstrate the acquisition of:

• Knowledge and understanding: mastery of the basic knowledge of clinical psychology and clinical method with particular reference to its specificity in relation to related disciplines.
• Applying knowledge and understanding: the ability to recognize and distinguish which psychopathological elements characterize the different clinical disorders.
• Making judgments: the ability to use knowledge and concepts to initiate clinical reasoning with reference to original material consisting of reports of clinical cases or clinical vignettes.
• Communication skills: the ability to use a specific language for the description of psychopathological and basic clinical phenomena.
• Learning skills: upon completion of the course, the students will have acquired good autonomy in the reading of clinical material and in the critical understanding of the complex psychopathological phenomena that can occur in contemporary clinical situations.

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

There are no teaching supporting activities.

Teaching

• Frontal lectures
• Discussion of clinical cases
• Integrated digital teaching (uploading of materials on Moodle)

Innovative teaching methods

The in-person teaching mode will be enriched with in-depth discussions that students will carry out using the University's Moodle platform. Some course topics will be covered following the practice of "debate".

Attendance

The frequency of lessons is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended.

Course books

Hooley, JM, Butcher, JN, Nock, MK, & Mineka, S. (2017). Psicopatologia e psicologia clinica. Milano: Pearson (Parts to be excluded: pp. 21-38, chapters 4 and 14). pp. 534

Rossi Monti, M. & D'Agostino, A. (2009). L'autolesionismo. Roma: Carocci. pp. 115

Borgna, E. (2017). L'ascolto gentile. Racconti clinici. Torino: Einaudi. pp. 171

Assessment

Oral exam. 

The evaluation criteria are as follows: 1) relevance and effectiveness of the responses in relation to the contents of the program; 2) degree of articulation of the response; 3) adequacy of the language used.

The final evaluation is expressed in thirtieths (range of scores from a minimum of 18 to a maximum of 30 cum laude).

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

• Frontal lectures
• Discussion of clinical cases
• Integrated digital teaching (uploading of materials on Moodle)

Attendance

The frequency of lessons is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended.

Course books

Hooley, JM, Butcher, JN, Nock, MK, & Mineka, S. (2017). Psicopatologia e psicologia clinica. Milano: Pearson (Esclusi: pp. 21-38, cap.4 e cap.14). pp. 534

Rossi Monti, M. & D'Agostino, A. (2009). L'autolesionismo. Roma: Carocci. pp. 115

Borgna, E. (2017). L'ascolto gentile. Racconti clinici. Torino: Einaudi. pp. 171

Assessment

Oral exam. 

The evaluation criteria are as follows: 1) relevance and effectiveness of the responses in relation to the contents of the program; 2) degree of articulation of the response; 3) adequacy of the language used.

The final evaluation is expressed in thirtieths (range of scores from a minimum of 18 to a maximum of 30 cum laude).

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.

• Out-of-course students can study on their academic year of attendance program, but they are invited to notify the Professor by email before the exam.
• ERASMUS students can agree on personalized programs with the Professor and take the exam in Italian and/or English.