Adult and Ageing Psychopathology

Code:

P600

Acronym:

PAI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	144	Official Curricular Structure	3	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To understand the relationship between psychopathology and other sciences including psychology.Also to understand the logic of the curricular plan and the interest of the CU to the formation of clinical psychologists.Perceive the clinical and phenomenological methods, the deviation from the behavioral norm, develop competences in application and reserch contexts.Understand the several dynamics of being seek. The look of psychopathology as a way to bring us closer to the total man.
The normal and the abnormal in clinical,  psychology and psychopathology; personality dynamics and the dialogue with the world.
General psychopathology (affectivity, memory, consciousness, memory, communication, sence-perception, ...)
Special psychopatology (neuroses, psychoses, demential processes,...)

Learning outcomes and competences

To understand the relationship between psychopahology and psychology;
To understand and explain the dynamicas of illness;
To understand different classifications;
To be able to describe and make differential diagnosis between specific and clinical conditions.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

N/A

Program

1. Phylosophical, psychological and psychopathological bases.
2. From vital to existential.
3. The normal and the abnormal in psychopathological
4. Psychopathological classifications.
5. General and Special Psychopathology.

Mandatory literature

Fernández, F. A.; As quatro dimensões do doente depressivo., Gradiva, 2010
Fernández, F. A.; Dom Quixote e o seu labirinto vital., Gradiva, 2015
Jaspers, K.; Psicopatologia general., Ed. Beta, 1963
Scharfetter, Ch.; Introduction a la Psicopathologie, Ed. Morata, 1977
Schneider, K.; Psicopatologia clínica., Ed. Paz Montalvo, 1963

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposition by teachers; discussion about clinical situations in practical classes: reading bibliography texts.
Finally, due to the covid  19 pandemic practical classes can not take place in the Conde Ferreira Hospital.

Practical classes 
Student work :
a. autonomous - 108 hours
b. contact hours - 54

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

N/A

Calculation formula of final grade

The student must obtain the minimun of 10 values from 0 to 20 to obtain to be approved in the CU.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Quantitative: final examen
The final examen consists of two parts:
first part: 3 developmental questions related with theorethical issues and describing certain disturbances or or deeoen relationships between several concepts  (10 values); 
2nd part: 3 brief answer questions related with practical classes, one of them about the diagnosis of a clinical case (8 values (10 values).

Classification improvement

Yes,  from one time only until the time of appeal of the following year.