CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Vittorio LENZOExpected Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the student must have acquired basic knowledge of clinical psychology and psychopathology from a biopsychosocial perspective. Specifically, at the end of the course, the student:
- will acquire the main concepts of clinical psychology and the various approaches;
- will know the main psychological disorders and the associated psychological and socio-cultural factors.
Course Structure
Lectures (PowerPoint presentations and video).
Required Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites are required.
Attendance of Lessons
Recommended, not mandatory.
Detailed Course Content
The course will focus on the following topics:
- clinical psychology and psychopathology;
- historical and contemporary views of psychopathology;
- causal factors and viewpoints of psychopathology;
- clinical assessment and diagnosis;
- stress and physical and mental health;
- panic, anxiety, obsessions, and their disorders;
- mood disorders and suicide;
- somatic symptoms and dissociative disorders;
- eating disorders and obesity;
- personality disorders;
- substance-related disorders;
- sexual variants, abuse, and dysfunctions;
- schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders;
Textbook Information
1. Hooley, J. M., Butcher, J. N., Nock, M. K., & Mineka, S. (2017). Psicopatologia e psicologia clinica. Pearson: Milano
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | clinical psychology and psychopathology | 1 |
| 2 | historical and contemporary views of psychopathology | 1 |
| 3 | causal factors and viewpoints of psychopathology | 1 |
| 4 | clinical assessment and diagnosis | 1 |
| 5 | stress and physical and mental health | 1 |
| 6 | panic, anxiety, obsessions, and their disorders | 1 |
| 7 | mood disorders and suicide | 1 |
| 8 | somatic symptoms and dissociative disorders | 1 |
| 9 | eating disorders and obesity | 1 |
| 10 | personality disorders | 1 |
| 11 | substance-related disorders | 1 |
| 12 | sexual variants, abuse, and dysfunctions | 1 |
| 13 | schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders | 1 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
What is clinical psychology?
Explain what a culture-specific disorder is and provide an example of one.
What is the goal of
psychosocial assessment?
What is necessary for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder?
Why is the term “anorexia nervosa” a misnomer?
Explain and give examples of positive symptoms of schizophrenia.