CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Maria Catena Ausilia QUATTROPANIExpected Learning Outcomes
The educational objectives concern the acquisition of adequate knowledge of the basic concepts and methods of clinical psychology and their application in the field of psychodiagnosis, psychological interventions and psychotherapy
At the end of the course, the student:
- will acquire the main concepts and method in clinical psychology;
- will know the main psychodiagnostic tests, clinical intervention techniques and psychotherapeutic
approaches;
- will know the application fields of clinical psychology.
Course Structure
Lectures, workshops, case studies.
Required Prerequisites
Conoscenze di base di psicologia generale, psicologia dello sviluppo, psicobiologia.
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance recommended, not compulsory
Detailed Course Content
- Method problem in Clinical Psychology
- Evolution of clinical psychology
- Nosographic-descriptive diagnostic systems
- Interpretative-explanatory diagnostic systems
- Clinical interview in psychology
- Diagnostic process in clinical psychology
- Demand-analysis technique
- Collection of bio-psycho-social data in the diagnostic process;
- Testological diagnosis
- Psychodiagnostic tests for clinical assessment (cognitive evaluation, projective techniques, inventories and rating scales)
- Main psychotherapeutic treatments (psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, family, group psychotherapy, third generation psychotherapies)
- Research in clinical psychology; treatments effectiveness evaluation
Textbook Information
#1. Del Corno, F., & Lang, M. (2013). Elementi di Psicologia clinica. Milano: Franco Angeli.
#2. Scientific review articles on research in clinical psychology.
| Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Corno, F., & Lang, M. | Elementi di Psicologia clinica | Franco Angeli. | 2013 | 9788820441692 |
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | method problem in Clinical Psychology | #1 |
| 2 | evolution of clinical psychology | #1 |
| 3 | nosographic-descriptive diagnostic systems | #1 |
| 4 | interpretative-explanatory diagnostic systems | #1 |
| 5 | clinical interview in psychology | #1 |
| 6 | diagnostic process in clinical psychology | #1 |
| 7 | demand-analysis technique | #1 |
| 8 | collection of bio-psycho-social data in the diagnostic process | #1 |
| 9 | testological diagnosis | #1 |
| 10 | Psychodiagnostic tests for clinical assessment (cognitive evaluation, projective techniques, inventories and rating scales) | #1 |
| 11 | Main psychotherapeutic treatments (psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, family, group psychotherapy, third generation psychotherapies) | #1 |
| 12 | research in clinical psychology; evaluation of the effectiveness of the treatments | #2 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The assessment will consist in an interview. It will be a moment of verification of the path taken and individual exchange with the teacher. It is required to master the discipline, to grasp the interdependence links between the different themes, as well as to demonstrate the knowledge of the different theoretical reference options in clinical psychology.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
- evolution of clinical psychology
- DSM-5; research domain criteria (RDoC)
- clinically based psychogenetic interpretative systems
- assessment models
- diagnostic process
- diagnostic alliance
- tools of the diagnostic process
- psychological restitution
- diagnostic process with "difficult cases"; disturbance of the alliance
- phases and types of the clinical interview
- conducting the interview and gathering information
- collection of bio-psycho-social data in the diagnostic process: methodology
- objectives of the testological diagnosis understood as psychological evaluation
- type of psychodiagnostic tests and criteria for choosing the instrument
- clinical reasoning and testological diagnosis
- drafting of the diagnostic report
- level assessment
- projective techniques
- rating scales
- personality inventories
- psychodynamic psychotherapy
- transfer-focused psychotherapy
- treatment based on mentalization
- cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy
- mindfulness
- dialectical-behavioral therapy
- acceptance and commitment therapy
- schema therapy
- EMDR
- sensorymotor psychotherapy
- family therapy (systemic-relational)
- group therapy