Integrated course of Clinical and Dynamic Psychology

Module CLINIC PSYCHOLOGY AND MODELS OF INTERVENTION IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

1. Knowledge and understanding

At the end of the programme, students will have acquired a solid clinical-psychological framework grounded in the main theories of psychopathology and in different psychological intervention models (individual, systemic, group and community-based). Students will understand the complexity of territorial and socio-healthcare contexts and the specific clinical demands arising from them, developing an intervention culture oriented towards clinical and applied research.

2. Applying knowledge and understanding

Students will be able to apply theoretical and methodological knowledge to the diagnostic formulation of different forms of psychological distress, to differential diagnosis, and to the formulation of therapeutic indications based on the best available empirical evidence. They will also be able to integrate different intervention models within community and healthcare services, adopting practices of intervention monitoring and outcome evaluation.

3. Making judgements

The programme fosters the development of independent judgement in clinical evaluation and in selecting appropriate interventions in relation to contextual complexity and individual needs, promoting critical and responsible clinical decision-making within a biopsychosocial and multidimensional treatment approach.

4. Communication skills

Students will develop advanced communication skills in clinical feedback, in the formulation and sharing of diagnostic and therapeutic hypotheses, and in professional dialogue within services and multidisciplinary teams, using appropriate technical and scientific language.

5. Learning skills

At the end of the programme, students will be able to autonomously update their knowledge through scientific literature, integrate research and clinical practice, and develop reflective competencies to support continuous improvement of psychological interventions and professional development in clinical and socio-healthcare contexts.

Frontal lessons, case series discussions, and simulations; meetings with professionals and expert, role playing, /supervised clinical practice and research

Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.

Acquisition of a theory of psychological that allows the use of intervention techniques in the light of a specific theoretical model. Lesson will be proposed in order to develop specific skills for conducting an intervention, with particular reference to the stages that characterize it: observation, exploration, interpretation will be highlight. Integrated management of the main methods of clinical psychology, such as interview, assessment, reporting, analysis of the demand. Critical review of the basics of psychological intervention. Contextualization of the major theoretical and operational issues within a clinical psychological approach in the light of an integrated theoretical perspective. Focusing on early intervention. Efficacy and effectiveness. Content of the training - The different theoretical models in clinical psychology. -assessment in clinical psychology. -Psychodiagnostic. -treatment in clinical psychology. -Analysis of psychopathological case series.

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