Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Psicopatologia Clinica Aplicada
Other languages of instruction: Catalan
Teaching staff
Prof. Dra. Esperanza Gómez Duran: elgomez@uic.es
Introduction
The subject Clinical Applied Psychopathology aims to deepen the psychopathological knowledge updated on the most relevant pictures from the forensic point of view, at the graduate level.
Pre-course requirements
- N/A
Objectives
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Recognize the different psychopathological disorders that occur in adulthood
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Know the relevance of psychopathology in the field of clinical and forensic psychology.
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Know the clinical manifestations and the evolutionary course of psychopathological disorders.
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Know the risk factors that are linked to each of the psychopathological disorders and the underlying pathophysiological bases.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- CB1 - Poseer y comprender conocimientos que aporten una base u oportunidad de ser originales en el desarrollo y/o aplicación de ideas, a menudo en un contexto de investigación.
- CE5 - Reconocer las especificidades de cada etapa del ciclo vital relativo a la psicopatología clínica y forense, la evaluación psicopatológica y la elaboración del dictamen pericial correspondiente.
- CT1 - Adecuar el lenguaje y la forma de comunicar, en forma oral o por escrito, a los conocimientos científico-técnicos psicopatológico-forenses y/o jurídicos en relación con aspectos psicopatológicos en el ámbito jurídico.
- CT2 - Evaluar e interpretar documentos con relevancia jurídico-penal relativos a aspectos psicopatológicos (sentencias, autos, informes médico-forenses y periciales).
- CT3 - Aplicar las categorías jurídicas abstractas a casos concretos, de forma que se relacionen adecuadamente los conocimientos científico-técnicos y jurídicos en la materia.
Learning outcomes of the subject
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Formulate hypotheses and identify the factors that determine the problem behavior.
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Adapt language to scientific and technical knowledge in relation to semiology.
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Summarize the essential information to facilitate the process of formulating a clinical case.
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Recognize the main etiological influences in the disorders and clinical problems of the adult stage.
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Recognize the psychopathological manifestations of each disorder, the associated symptoms and epidemiological trends.
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Identify functional variables of acquisition and maintenance of problems and disorders in examples of clinical cases.
Syllabus
Topic 1: Introduction to Clinical Psychopathology.
Topic 2: Mood Disorders
Topic 3: Sexual and sexual identity disorders
Topic 4: Childhood and adolescence disorders
Topic 5: Cross-cultural psychiatry
Topic 6: Personality disorders
Topic 7: Dementia and other cognitive disorders
Topic 8: Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders
Topic 9: Substance-related disorders
Topic 10: Adaptive, anxiety, fictitious, dissociative and somatomorphic disorders.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
The methodology of this subject is divided as follows:
- Master Classes
- Analysis of clinical cases
- Psychopathological evaluation
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Class attendance. A minimum of 80% of attendance to face-to-face sessions will be required in order to be evaluated and satisfactorily pass the subject.
Final examination of the test subject. 60% of the final grade.
Directed Case Studies: continuous evaluation. It will be 20% of the grade.
Bibliographic review: It will be 20% of the grade.
Final examination must be above 5 in order to apply the rest of grades.
Bibliography and resources
Belloch, A. (2008), Manual de sicopatología . Mcgraw-hill / interamericana de España, S.A.
Sadock, B.J. y Sadok, V.A. (2004) Sinopsis de Psiquiatría (9ª Ed.). Madrid: Waberly Hispanica S.A.
Barlow D. and Nathan, P. (2010). The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Psychology. Oxford University Press
Vallejo Ruiloba, J. (2011). Introducción a la psicopatología y psiquiatría. (8ª Ed.) Barcelona: Masson.