Psychopathologie de la maturité et sénescence
[PSYM2535]
[30h + 30h] 6 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
Teacher(s): Philippe Meire
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
- understand the clinical psychology and the psychopathology of maturity and senescence;
- describe the various models of comprehension(biological, developmental, social, )
- know the principal preventive and therapeutic approaches;
Main themes
- integrate the clinical evolutions in the perspective of life cycle;
- study the stereotypes in relation with ageism;
- study the psychic repercussions of biological, familial and social evolutions;
- go further into the knowledge of psychopathologic disorders during ageing;
- broach the therapeutic and ethical dimensions of the very old age.
Content and teaching methods
- perspective of the clinical approach of life ages: stereotypes and prejudice. Demographical and social dimensions;
- study of the biological evolutions, primary (senescence) and secondary (pathologies);
- maturity: "mid-life crisis" (work, sentimental life, ): evolutions and psychopathological decompensation; sentimental and sexual suffering,
- mourning and transitions:
o retirement, pre-retirement: psycho-social effects
o sentimental, sexual and familial life evolution: consequences
o factors of fragility and resiliency: diseases, dependences,
- normal ageing:
o descriptive approach (biological, social, cultural, )
o subjective approach (ageing, life account)
- very old age pathologies: description, treatment, accompaniment
- diseases, death and palliative approach
- abuse
- successful ageing criteria
2) methods: Oral courses, reading portfolio, i-campus, clinician participation
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Evaluation: oral exam and work presentation (theme analysis or life account with an old person).
Support: reading portfolio, i-campus.