Curricular Unit:			Code:
Clinical and Health Psychology			1138PCSA
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
3	Undergraduate	Psychology	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	78
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)