Преподавател(и):

 Милен Маленов  
доц. Никола Атанасов  д-р
гл. ас. Светослав Савов  д-р

Описание на курса:

Компетенции:

Students who complete this course:

1) will know:

• The subject of clinical psychology, its relationships to neighbouring disciplins, the history of clinical psychology, the basic theoretical models of psychological disfunctioning, the basics of psychodiagnostics and clinical testing, the clinical interview, the intervention methods of clinical psychology and the professional requirements.

2) will be able to:

• Critically evaluate and differentiate the main theoretical approaches towards mental health assessment and interventions.

Предварителни изисквания:


Форми на провеждане:
Редовен

Учебни форми:
Лекция

Език, на който се води курса:
Английски

Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:

1. Psychological assessment: Multimodality as a basic principle in assessment
2. The clinical interview and behavior observation
3. The Clinical interview: video material
4. Clinical testing. Checklists and Inventories. Screening
5. Cognitive abilities assessment
6. Personality testing. Assessment. Personality inventories
7. Projective tests
8. Interventions in clinical psychology. Social hygiene and prophylaxis. Rehabilitation
9. Crisis intervention. Stress and copying
10. Psychotherpeutic interventions. Contemporary psychotherapeutic schools
11. Stages of psychotherapy. Modes of psychotherapy
12. Counseling
13. The profession: standards of education and practice, legal regulations and ethical standards
14. Student presentations
15. Student presentations

Литература по темите:

• American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (5th ed). Washington DC: APA

• Carlstedt, R. (Ed.) (2010). Handbook of integrative clinical psychology, psychiatry, and behavioral medicine: perspectives, practices, and research. New York: Springer Publishing Company

• Getzfeld, A. R. (2006). Essentials of abnormal psychology. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons

• Levy, R. A.; Ablon, J. S. & Kachele, H. (Eds.) (2012). Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research: Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence. New York: Humana Press

• Plante Th. G. (2005). Contemporary Clinical Psychology. Hobokan, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

• Strack, S. (Ed.) (2005). Handbook of personology and psychopathology. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

• Trull, T. (2005). Clinical Psychology, 7th ed., Belmont, CA: Wadsworth

• World Health Organization (WHO) (2010). International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), 10th revision

Средства за оценяване:

Test + Presenatation