ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.2 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.45
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology
Areas: Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatments
Center Faculty of Psychology
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
1.To know the theoretical foundations and the specific terminology of Psychopathology.
2. Understand and manage major diagnostic classification systems
3.To know the different psychological disorders.
4.To learn the theoretical bases for the different disorders and know the most recent research lines in psychopathology.
5. Be able to describe and explore the abnormal behavior.
6. Be able formulate diagnostic hypotheses based on their clinical characteristics.
7. Propose rationale for differential diagnoses.
8.Have a basic conceptual foundation for the etiology of specific psychological disorders, as well as how the etiology may relate to treatment of the disorder.
THEORETICAL:
Psychopathology
1.Anxiety disorders
Specific phobias. Social anxiety disorder. Agoraphobia. Panic disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder. Definition and clinical characteristics. Differential diagnoses. Explanatory Models.
2.Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Hoarding Disorder .Hair Pulling Disorder. Skin Picking Disorder. Definition and clinical characteristics. Differential diagnoses. Explanatory Models.
3. The Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Acute Stress Disorder . Adjustment Disorders.
Definition and clinical characteristics. Differential diagnoses. Explanatory Models.
4. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Somatic Symptom Disorder. Illness Anxiety Disorder. Conversion Disorder. Factitious Disorder.
Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition. Definition and clinical characteristics. Differential diagnoses. Explanatory Models.
5.Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Amnesia. Dissociative identity Disorder. Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder. Other Specified Dissociative Disorder. Definition and clinical characteristics. Differential diagnoses. Explanatory Models.
6. Personality Disorders
Paranoid personality Disorder, Schizoid personality Disorder and Schizotypal Personality Disorder. Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Avoidant Personality Disorder, Dependent Personality Disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. Definition and clinical characteristics. Explanatory Models.
7 PRACTICAL:
1. Reading of papers and/or book chapters concerned with the topics taught in the lectures.
2. Acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge of the organization and characteristics of current classification systems.
3. Analysis of clinical cases illustrating the lecture contents, with special emphasis on the identification and labelling of symptoms, diagnostic justification and differential diagnosis.
4. Assessment of psychological disorders: presentation of selected disorder assessment instruments.
American Psychiatric Association (APA) (2014). Manual diagnóstico y estadístico de los trastornos mentales.( DSM 5). Editorial Médica Panamericana.
American Psychiatric Association (APA) (2013). Guía de consulta de los criterios diagnósticos del DSM-5. Editorial Médica Panamericana
Belloch, A., Sandín, B. y Ramos, F. (Eds.) (2020), Manual de psicopatología. Volúmenes I y II (3ª ed.). Madrid: McGraw-HiIl.
American Psychiatric Association (1999). Estudio de casos. DSM-IV. Barcelona: Masson.
Perpiñá, C. y Baños, R.M. (2019). Manual básico de exploración psicopatológica. Madrid: Síntesis.
Barlow, D.H. & Durand, V.M. (2003). Psicopatología. Madrid: Thomson.
Bulbena, A., Guimón, J., & Berrios, G. (2000). Medición clínica en psiquiatría y psicología. Barcelona: Masson.
Butcher, J.N., Mineka, S., & Hooley, J.M. (2007). Psicología Clínica. Madrid: Pearson.
Cervilla, J.A., & García, C. (2000). Fundamentos biológicos en psicopatología. Barcelona:
Masson. Organización Mundial de la Salud (1992). CIE-10. Trastornos mentales y del comportamiento. Madrid: Meditor.
Davison, G.C., & Neale, J.M. (1999). Psicología de la conducta anormal. México: Limusa–Wiley.
Fuentenebro, F., & Vázquez, C. (Eds.) (1990). Psicología médica, psicopatología y psiquiatría. (2 vols). Madrid: McGraw–Hill.
Hales, R.E. & Yudofsky, S.C. (2005). Tratado de psiquiatría clínica (4th ed.). Barcelona: Masson.
Hamilton, M. (1985). Psicopatología clínica de Fish (2nd ed.). Madrid: Emalsa/Interamericana.
Vallejo, J. (Ed.) (2011). Introducción a la psicopatología y psiquiatría (7th ed.). Barcelona: Elsevier/Masson.
Competences of the program to which the subject contributes
1. To know the contributions and limitations of the diverse theoretical models for Psychology.
2. To be able to identify the target recipients’ needs and to set appropriate goals for different fields of Psychology.
3. To be able to identify the most relevant traits of individuals, groups, organizations and contexts by using appropriate psychological techniques and instruments.
4. To conform with the deontological duties of Psychology.
Specific competences of the subject:
1. To be able to describe and analyse the basic symptoms of the different mental disorders.
2. To be able to identify the different mental disorders according to existing scientific classifications.
3. To be able to formulate diagnostic hypotheses based on their clinical characteristics.
4. To be able to formulate differential diagnoses.
5. To know Psychopathology in the framework of human development and, especially, as regards early childhood and adolescence disorders.
6. To be able to relate theory and empirical evidence for each type of metal disorder.
7. To prepare and interpret a clinical report with the aid of classification and diagnostics systems.
8. To know and comply with the ethical rules of professional practice and research in Psychology.
1. Lectures:
Lectures are intended to present the most salient contents of the programme units.
2. Interactive classes:
Interactive classes will be used to describe, analyse and discuss clinical cases illustrating selected disorders previously presented in the lectures. These activities will involve whole-group or small-group sessions, as well as individual work by the students.
There will be a single exam where the knowledge acquired regarding the content of the theoretical and practical program will be evaluated. The evaluation system will be distributed as follows: the theoretical exam (multiple choice test) will be 50%; the practical exam (reasoned comment of a clinical case) 20%; and the remaining 30% will correspond to the continuous formative evaluation resulting from the reports and activities proposed and attendance at practical classes.
To pass the subject, as well as for the score of the interactive activities to be added, it is necessary to pass the theoretical exam and the practical exam.
IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES:
* Lectures: 25 hours
* Interactive classes: 13.5 hours
* Assessment: 2 hours
Total in-class workload: 40.5 hours
OUT-OF-CLASS ACTIVITIES:
* Preparation of lectures and interactive classes: 17 hours
* Production of practical reports: 17 hours
* Preparation of the exam: 40 hours.
Total out-of-class workload: 74 hours
Se recomienda llevar al día los contenidos de la materia y hacer seguimiento continuado de la actividad que se registre en el aula virtual, pues ciertos contenidos y tareas que serán objeto de evaluación pueden ser propuestos para trabajarse por medios telemáticos.
Jose Manuel Otero Lopez
- Department
- Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology
- Area
- Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatments
- Phone
- 881813882
- josemanuel.otero.lopez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Maria Cristina Castro Bolaño
- Department
- Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology
- Area
- Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatments
- Phone
- 881813888
- mariacristina.castro [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Hipolito Merino Madrid
Coordinador/a- Department
- Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology
- Area
- Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatments
- Phone
- 881813742
- hipolito.merino [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Queila Bouza Peteiro
- Department
- Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology
- Area
- Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatments
- Phone
- 881813705
- queila.bouza.peteiro [at] usc.es
- Category
- Ministry Pre-doctoral Contract
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