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Clinical Psychology

Course code

PSP6020.LT

old course code

PSP6020

Course title in Estonian

Kliiniline psühholoogia

Course title in English

Clinical Psychology

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Form knowledge of the main concepts, classifications, schools and theories of clinical psychology in the formation and treatment of psychic disorders seen from the historical perspective until the present day.
Give an overview of different psychic disorders while the problems in the work of a clinical psychologist are presented on one hand as functional and on the other hand as corresponding to the classification. Give an overview of the possibilities and current state of psychological help in Estonia.

Brief description of the course

The structure of clinical psychology. Problems of normality. Study and diagnosis of psychic disorders. Biological-medical model. Mood disorders. Schizophrenias. Dissociative disorders. Organic and substance-caused psychic disorders. Mental retardedness. Development-related disorders. Personality disorders. Habit and impulse disorders. Common elements of therapies. Independent work: case study.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the systematic approaches and classification grounds of psychic disorders in history and at the present day;
- is able to determine different psychic disorders based on diagnostic features, incl. in a case study.
- knows the general treatment principles of psychic disorders.

Teacher

Prof Liina Vahter, PhD

Prerequisite course 1

Psychology of Personality (PSP6011.LT)

The course is a prerequisite

Family Psychology (PSP6016.LT)
Psychology of Counselling (PSP6014.LT)
Psychology of Counselling and Ethics of Counselling (PSP6005.LT)
Psychosomatic (PSP6036.LT)

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