The course is designed to familiarize students with the basic notions in health psychology in the widest sense: it therefore includes clinical psychology and psychopathology and illustrates how these concepts are used in the analysis of clinical situations.
Main themes
The course is organized on the so-called "bio-psycho-social model". The main concepts in the following areas are introduced:
a) "antecedents" : stress-trauma-emotions; personality-temperament; biologyl-genetics basis ; psychosocial-demographic factors
b) "mediators and moderators" : social support; coping strategies; perception of emotional situations
c) "issues, criteria, results" : mental, physical, social health; quality of life; subjective well-being
d) "prevention, intervention, remediation" : professional social support; assessment of interventions
The concepts are illustrated with many different examples and "clinical" situations and lead on to topics covered in the "Clinical interventions 1 and 2" course. Clinicians-researchers are invited to discuss specific topics and to create closer ties with the professional field.
Content and teaching methods
The course is designed to familiarize students with the basic notions in health psychology in the widest sense: it therefore includes clinical psychology and psychopathology and illustrates how these concepts are used in the analysis of clinical situations.
The course is organized on the so-called "bio-psycho-social model". The main concepts in the following areas are introduced:
a) "antecedents" : stress-trauma-emotions; personality-temperament; biologyl-genetics basis ; psychosocial-demographic factors
b) "mediators and moderators" : social support; coping strategies; perception of emotional situations
c) "issues, criteria, results" : mental, physical, social health; quality of life; subjective well-being
d) "prevention, intervention, remediation" : professional social support; assessment of interventions
The concepts are illustrated with many different examples and "clinical" situations and lead on to topics covered in the "Clinical interventions 1 and 2" course. Clinicians-researchers are invited to discuss specific topics and to create closer ties with the professional field.