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Psychological Aspects of Safety

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 060-0925/03
Abbreviation PABN
Course title Psychological Aspects of Safety
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Security Services
Course coordinator prof. PhDr. Hana Vykopalová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1st Initial concepts, classification and content
Basic knowledge of the workings of the human psyche, social behavior, influence
social groups on behavior, communication in the traumatic situation in life



2nd Stressful situations, stress
job stressors, stress and workload, working conditions and performance
decision
in stressful situations, adaptation and adjustment mechanisms, maladaptace,
defense
mechanisms

3rd Fear, anxiety, panic, conflict, frustration, deprivation
Classification of concepts, causes, options for coping.

4th The attack, anger and aggression in response to stressful situations
The basic theoretical background of aggression, anger and aggressive behavior,
some
forms of socially pathological behavior as a result of lived
trauma

5th Post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of extreme experience
Criteria for diagnosing PTSD, possible solutions

6th Basic principles for the provision of basic assistance in the field of mental
health
in extreme situations

7th The importance of mental hygiene in pozásahové situation
8th Crisis intervention, debriefing and defusing as basic psychological tools
help
9th Crisis communication and extraordinary events
10th Manifestations of aggression and aggressiveness, crowd behavior
11th Altruism, prosocial and helping behavior
12th Questions of social inhibition, social facilitation and social idleness
13th Conformism and issues of social adjustment in a social group

E-learning

study materials for the source version of the subject

Literature

Dückers, M.L.A. Five essential principles of post–disaster psychosocial care: looking back and forward with Stevan Hobfoll. Eur J Psychotraumatol 2013;4:21914.
Hobfoll, S.E. et al. Five essential elements of immediate and mid– term mass trauma intervention: empirical evidence. Psychiatry 2007;70:283–315.

Advised literature

Neria, Y. et al. Post–traumatic stress disorder following disasters: a systematic review. Psychol Med 2008;38:467–80.