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The Basics of Psychology and Psychopathology

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Course Unit Code450-2100/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
BUZ0024PhDr. Radka Bužgová, Ph.D.
KOZ0251PhDr. Radka Kozáková, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject of the basics of psychology and psychopathology is conceived as a theoretical and practical subject. It deals with psychology as a science and solves the problem of defining basic psychological concepts.
It provides theoretical knowledge of basic psychological procedures in communication with patients of different types and degrees of disability and its relatives.
It deepens the knowledge that is important for professional coping with difficult situations in caring for the individual needs of the sick, the handicapped and the dying, and maintaining the balance of the care and assistance provider itself.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The student defines basic psychological concepts.
Student knows the basic characteristics of the communication process, communication techniques.
The student knows the basics of psychopathology.
Course Contents
Lectures:
1. Psychology - its position, definition, subject, tasks in contemporary society.
2. Psychological methods.
3. Personality and its structure.
4. Psychic processes, states and characteristics of personality.
5. Bio-psycho-social needs of man.
6. The importance of social support in health and illness.
7. Selected aspects of developmental psychology. Psychology of childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age.
8. Selected aspects of social psychology. Special features of social communication in the health and social facilities.
9. Challenging psychological situations - stress, frustration, deprivation, conflict.
10. Communication Introduction to the Problem. Verbal, nonverbal and therapeutic communication.
11. Communication - introduction to problems, definition of basic concepts. Communication models.
12. - 13. Verbal communication. Interview - The formal and content page of the interview. Questions (types of questions, effective dating). Dialogue as the highest form of personal interview. Specifics of the nurse's verbal communication with the patient. Paralingvistic characters. Non-verbal communication - mimics, proxemics, haptics, posturika, kinetics, gesture communication, speech of eyes and eyes, paralingvistics, communication by exterior adaptation.
14. - 15. Communication with selected patient groups. Communication with seniors. Communicating with patients with dementia.
16. Alternative and augmentative communication. Communicating with an aggressive patient.
17. Communicating with the dying patient and his relatives, communicating with the survivors.
18. Communication with disabled patients - specifics of communication with patients with visual impairment, communication with patients with auditory disabilities, communication with deafblind patients, communication with patients with speech impairment.
19. Classification of mental disorders. Biological treatment in psychiatry - pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment. Psycho-social treatment in psychiatry - psychotherapy, etc.
20.- 28. Introduction to Psychopathology (Consciousness and its Disorders, Perception and its Disorders, Emotions and Their Disorders, Thinking and its Disorders, Attention and Its Disorders, Memory and Its Disorders, Intellect and its Disorders, Soils and Their Disorders. and its disturbances, Sleep and its disorders).
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
MAGNUS, V. S., TURKINGTON, L. Communication interaction in ICUPatient and staff experiences and perceptions. Intensive and critical care nursing. 2006, roč. 22, s. 167–18 DOENGES, M. E., MOORHOUSE, M. F. Application of Nursing Process and Nursing Diagnosis: An Interactive Text for Diagnostic Reasoning. 4th ed.
ATKINSON, R. L., HILGARD, E. R. Hilgard´s introduction to psychology.
13th ed. New York: Harcourt College Publishers, 2000. 768 p. ISBN 0155-08044X.
MASLOW, A. A Motivation and Personality, 3rd Edition. Nakladatelství:
Harper, 1987. ISBN-13: 978-0060419875.
Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 2003. 311 s. ISBN 0-8036-1066-1.
ELKIN, M. K., PERRY, A. G., POTTER, P. A. Nursing interventions and clinical skills. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2004. 1021 p. ISBN 0-323-02201-4.
Křivohlavý, J. Psychologie nemoci.. Praha: Grada, 2002.
Křivohlavý, J. Psychologie zdraví. Praha : Portál - 3. vyd., 2009.
Zacharová, E. Úvod do studia zdravotnické psychologie.. Ostrava:OU, 2005.
ŠPATENKOVÁ. Základní otázky komunikace - nejen pro sestry. Praha: Galén, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7262-599-4.
Dušek, K., Večeřová-Procházková, A. Diagnostika a terapie duševních poruch. Praha : Grada, 2010.
Recommended Reading:
MURRAY, H. A., MCADAMS, D. Explorations in personality. 7th ed. Oxford University Press, 2007. 816 s. ISBN 019530506X.
RAUDONIS, B.M. Hospice and Palliative Care. In: HOGSTEL, O.
Gerontology: Nursing Care of the Older Adult. USA: Delmar, 2001. s. 441 – 451. ISBN 0-7668-0729-0.
SCHUSTER, P., NYKOLYN, L. Communication for nurses. How to prevent harmful events and promote patient safety. 1st ed. Philadelphia: F. A.
Davis Company, 2010. 201 s. ISBN 978-0-8036-2080-3.
MALLOCH, K., PORTER-O’GRADY, T. Introduction to evidence-based practice in nursing and health care. 2nd ed. Sudbury: Jones and Bartlett, 2010.
355 p. ISBN 978-0-7637-6542-2.
POTTER, P. A., PERRY, A. G. Fundamentals of Nursing. 6th ed. St. Louis:
Mosby, 2005. 1728 s. ISBN 0-323-02586-2.
TUCKER, S. M., CANOBBIO, M. M., PAQUETTE, E. V., WELLS, M. F. Patient Care Standards. Collaborative Planning and Nursing Interventions. 7th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2000. 967 p. ISBN-13: 978-0-323-00996-6. ISBN10:0-323-00996-4.
HEWSTONE, M., STROEBE, W. Sociální psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2006.
Plháková, A. Učebnice obecné psychologie. Praha: Academia, 2013.
Cakirpaloglu, J. Úvod do psychologie osobnosti. Praha: Grada, 2012.
POTTER, P. A., PERRY, A. G. Fundamentals of Nursing. 6th ed. St. Louis:
Mosby, 2005. 1728 s. ISBN 0-323-02586-2.
MURRAY, H. A., MCADAMS, D. Explorations in personality. 7th ed. Oxford University Press, 2007. 816 s. ISBN 019530506X.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
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Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
CreditCredit85 51