Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Psicopatologia Forense Aplicada
Other languages of instruction: Catalan
Teaching staff
Introduction
The course of Forensic Psychopathology will introduce students to the fundamentals of the discipline focused from the substrates that relate psychopathology with the legal sciences in the criminal, civil and labor fields.
Objectives
Knowledge of the bases and forms of psychopathological phenomena and their relationship with the subject's abilities in the legal aspects of the criminal, civil and labor fields.
Learning outcomes of the subject
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The graduate will be able to adequately recognize the significant forensic aspects in the different psychopathological syndromes. The graduate will have the ability to develop the psychopathological argumentation that supports the legal repercussion of the different symptoms and clinical pictures.
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The graduate will be able to detail the concepts of psychopathology applied to the forensic and judicial field. The graduate will be able to evaluate the case study through the use of psychopathological concepts considering the what, the how, the when, the where and the why of the case studies.
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The graduate will be able to communicate in an understandable way, orally or in writing, the scientific-technical psychopathological-forensic and/or legal knowledge in relation to psychopathological aspects in the legal field.
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The graduate will be able to examine documents with legal-criminal relevance related to psychopathological aspects (judgments, orders, forensic-medical and expert reports).
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The graduate will be able to apply the abstract legal categories to concrete cases, in such a way that scientific-technical and legal knowledge in the field is adequately related.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
The teaching and learning methodology is based on the lecture format but focused on the active participation of the student.
The EDC corresponding to this subject adopt the case method format and will exemplify the teaching content addressed in the lectures, illustrating to the student how to put knowledge at the service of expert work.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
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Class attendance. A minimum of 80% of attendance to the classroom sessions will be required in order to be evaluated and satisfactorily pass the course.
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Continuous evaluation. An exercise will be carried out for each class that will evaluate the level of understanding reached by the student on the subject and his/her reasoning capacity. The evaluation of the exercise will be carried out by the teacher responsible for the session and some of them will involve the use of Moodle.
The weighted average of all the exercises performed will represent 70% of the final grade of the course (40% multiple-choice exams and 30% questions to be developed).
The evaluation of the Directed Case Studies (Monday seminars) will represent 30% of the final grade.
Bibliography and resources
The Chapter on Legal and Forensic Psychiatry by Dr. Ortega-Monasterio and Dr. Gómez-Durán (8th ed. of the Treatise Introduction to Psychopathology and Psychiatry - 7th ed. available at the UIC library) is recommended as a basic text.
Students will have at their disposal the presentations used in class and, if applicable, selected scientific articles and texts recommended by the professors. Each session will contain the references of interest on the specific topic.