Psycology

Code:

213

Acronym:

213

Instance: 2004/2005 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MD	34	Plano oficial a partir de 2000	2	3	6,5	-

Objectives

·To provide future dentists with theoretical knowledge and practical skills which represent a good contribution to their psychological training.
·To demonstrate the natural symbiosis between Dental Medicine and Health Psychology.
·Provide education on the different domains of Medical Psychology.
·To show the potential of psychological interventions when complementing pharmacological therapy.

Program

-Definition of the contents and educational methodologies proposed to the course unit.
-Present time and framing of Psychology in the scope of Medical Sciences.
-Psychology as a scientific course unit: the field of Psychology, sources of psychological knowledge. Roots of contemporary Psychology.
-Anamnesis in Medical Psychology: from behavioural interactions to symptoms as desadaptative answers.
-Psychological semiology as a complement and enrichment of medical semiology: Medical Psychology as propedeutics of a Science of Interpersonal Relationships. Clinical interview. Complementary medical exams.
-Systemic approach: the new scientific paradigm, a language for self-organisation of living organisms.
-Concept of Stress and General Adaptation Syndrome.
-Appreciation and functionality of Bio-psycho-social Model.
-Principles of Psychopathology: emotional, behavioural and perception disorders. Examples applied to clinical practice.
-Pain in Psychology: from nociception to syndrome.
-Relationship doctor-patient as educational process in human relationships. => Aim: to study subjective elements which determine the doctor and the patient in an objective meeting.
-Principles of Psychopharmacology: Benzodiazepines and Antidepressants, action, indication and counter-indication mechanisms in Dental Medicine.
-Psychological therapy and its functionality in clinical practice.

Main Bibliography

-Kendler, H. “Psicologia Geral”. Fund. Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa (2 volumes).
-Wittaker, JO “Psicologia”. Ed. Interamericana, México.
-Moor, L. “Elements de Psychologie Médicale de la pratique quotidiene”. Ed. Masson, Paris, 1972.
-Ridruejo Alonso, P.,Medina Léon & Rubio Sánchez JL: “Psicología Médica”, Editora McGraw – Hill – Interamericana, 1996.
-Berge M, Veerkamp J & Hoogstraten J. “Dentists’ behavior in response to child dental fear. J Dent Children, 1999, Jan-Feb:36-40
-Kan M, Ishikawa T & Nagasaka N. “A study of psychological stress created in dentists by children during pediatric dental treatment”. J Dent Children 1999, Jan-Feb: 41-48
-Ram D, Mamber E & Fucks AB. “The effect of metaclopramide and hydroxysine in sedation of infants undergoing dental treatment”. J Dent Children 1999, Jan-Feb: 49-52.
-Adriano Vaz Serra. “O Stress na vida de todos os dias”. Coimbra, ed. Do autor,1999.
-Freeman R. “The common sense aproach”. British Dent J 1999;186:450-452
-Freeman R. “A psychodynamic understanding of the dentist-patient interaction”. British Dent J 1999;186:503-506
-Riley JL, Robison ME, Wise EA, Campbell LC, Kashikar-Zuck S, Gremillion HÁ. “Predicting treatment compliance following facial pain evaluation”. J of Craniomandibular Practice 1999;17:09-16

Teaching methods and learning activities

·Theoretical explanation of the subjects: weekly theoretical class of 1 hour.
·Group work.
·Specific theoretical/practical classes: prepared by the students, as a means to extend knowledge on some subject units.
·Practical classes are not expected within the scope of the present curricula.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Calculation formula of final grade

The structure of the final exam is the same as that of the optional test: the first part is composed by 5 multiple choice questions, followed by 5 brief questions on basic principles, and the last part implies a more extensive explanation of two subjects out of three allowed.

Observations

Teaching staff:


Professor Doutor Mário Fernando Ferreira Lourenço