Curricular Unit:Code:
Clinical and Health Psychology1138PCSA
Year:Level:Course:Credits:
3UndergraduatePsychology6 ects
Learning Period:Language of Instruction:Total Hours:
Winter SemesterPortuguese/English78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
a) Students must demonstrate knowledge and understanding in Clinical and Health Psychology that is typically at a level supported by advanced textbooks;
b) Students must apply their knowledge and understanding in a manner that indicates a professional approach to their work in Clinical and Health Psychology;
c) Students must have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually in Clinical and Health Psychology) to inform judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues;
d) Students must be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and nonspecialist audiences.
Syllabus:
1. Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, and Clinical Health Psychology: Origins and evolution.
1.1. Brief historical contextualization.
1.2. Study object and aims.
1.3. Similarities, differences, and subspecialties.
2. Clinical and Health Psychology: Practical aspects.
2.1. Main areas and intervention models and methods.
2.2. Assessment, intervention, and research: Some ethical aspects.
2.3. The others: From significant others to formal caregivers.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
a) Students must demonstrate knowledge and understanding in Clinical and Health Psychology that is typically at a level supported by advanced textbooks: units 1.1., 1.2., 1.3., 2.1.;
b) Students must apply their knowledge and understanding in a manner that indicates a professional approach to their work in Clinical and Health Psychology: units 1.3, 2.1., 2.2., 2.3.;
c) Students must have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually in Clinical and Health Psychology) to inform judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues: units 1.3, 2.1., 2.2., 2.3.;
d) Students must be able to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions to both specialist and nonspecialist audiences: units 2.1., 2.2., 2.3..
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Subjects’ presentation in classes, asking students’ intervention through questions (regarding examples, implications, previously explored contents, etc.);
Previous indication of references regarding the subjects and their discussion in classes, stimulating the articulation with students’ previous knowledge and experiences;
Literature review training;
Research skills training;
Analysis of pieces of movies/books, in order to exemplify certain elements;
Students’ oral and written presentations (followed by clarifications whenever needed; cf. Homework);
Case discussions (cf. articulation with CPP and HE-UFP);
Role-play.
The assessment adopted is continuous, consisting of specific practices - work systematized into a report (with a structure provided by the teacher) synthetically presented in class (50% of the final grade) and a written exam (50% of the final grade).
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
a) Students must demonstrate knowledge and understanding in Clinical and Health Psychology that is typically at a level supported by advanced textbooks: Subjects’ presentation in class; Previous indication of references and their discussion in class; Literature review training; b) Students must apply their knowledge and understanding in a manner that indicates a professional approach to their work in Clinical and Health Psychology: Analysis of pieces of movies/books; Case discussions; Oral and written presentations; Discussions; Role-play; c) Students must have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually in Clinical and Health Psychology) to inform judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues: Research skills training; Oral and written presentations; Discussions; d) Students must be able to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions to both specialist and nonspecialist audiences: Research skills training; (Case) discussions; Role-play.
Reading:
Barlow,DH(Ed.)(2014)The Oxford handbook of clinical psychology.Oxford UPress
Luo et al(2019)An evaluation of a positive psychological intervention to reduce burnout among nurses.Archives of Psychiatric Nursing,33,186-191
Macedo, AF, et al(2018)Psicologia na medicina.Lidel.
Monteleone,TV, & Witter,C(2017)Prática baseada em evidências em Psicologia e idosos...Psicologia:Ciência e Profissão,37,48-61
Parada,I,et al(2018)Ansiedade na adolescência e famílias.Um tratamento...RPCA,9(1),103-117
Plante,TG(2005)Contemporary clinical psychology (2nd ed.).Wiley
Ribeiro,J(2007)Introdução à psicologia da saúde.Quarteto
Turner-Cobb,J(2014)Child health psychology...Sage
Lecturer (* Responsible):
Rute Meneses (rmeneses@ufp.edu.pt)