In-depth Issues of Forensic Psychopathology

Code:

MCF13_13

Acronym:

MCF13_13

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Forensic Sciences

Instance: 2023/2024 - SP

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Forensic Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCF	12	Current Studies Plan	1	-	6	40	162

Teaching language

Portuguese
Obs.: Inglês

Objectives

Provide students with the conceptual tools - legal and psychopathological - to assess the change in responsibility in relation to psychological acts, whether in major psychopathological syndromes, both in psychopathology of everyday life. Provide the basis for the assessment of psychopathological responsibility in all areas of law enforcement. Provide the basic structure of the psychiatric expert examination enabling earlier evaluations. Promote discussion on the application context of compulsory treatment. Provide students with a forum for discussion on the issue of mental normality and its assessment. Provide the basis for reflection on the ability to work and their limitations in terms of psychopathology.

Learning outcomes and competences

The unit’s contents, while not comprehensively addressing all of the complexity and magnitude of the problems inherent to forensic psycopathology, addresses and develops specific key points in order to create a broad understanding of the topic, while allowing students to develop capabilities to deepen their knowledge according to their intervening area. The contents were developed to raise the students’ sensitivity and critical judgment, thus promoting their problem solving ability.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. General Aspects:

Semiology and medico-legal aspects of major psychopathological syndromes

Forensic clinical workup:

Psychopathology as pathology of freedom

Autonomy, responsibility and psychopathology

Psychiatric diagnosis, diagnostic and behavioral limitations of autonomy

1. Special aspects

Structure of forensic psychiatric expertise

Forensic clinical psychiatry:

              Inimputability and accountability attenuated in Criminal Law

              Normality and abnormality in Family Law

              Psychopathology and childhood development: forensic issues

     Dangerousness and its assessment

     Psychopathology of psychic damage

    Trauma related mental disorders

    Responsibility assessment in demented patients

    Compulsory treatment (outpatient and inpatient)

    Psychopathology and work: forensic issues

Mandatory literature

Gramary A; Luis II de Baviera: Reflexões sobre um Relatório Psiquiátrico-forense controverso.

Teaching methods and learning activities

This unit aims to communicate specific knowledge about the issues at hand and apply this knowledge in a practical way, so that the theoretical and practical approach, sustained on real case work, seems more appropriate.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	40,00
Exame	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	40,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Written test.

Calculation formula of final grade

Written test = 100%