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Academic year 2014/2015
Master's Degree (MSc) on CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Coordinator Prof. Francesca Giannone
Class of Master's Degree (MSc) on Psychology (LM-51)
2 years
PALERMO
Number of seats in local planning: 108
Department of Psychological, Pedagogical, Exercise and Training Sciences
Course Code
2048

Course info
The creation of specific professional competences based on the clinical psychological method and centred on the capabilities, knowledge and professional skills that are needed for developing effective relations between Psychologists, clients and customers, is the focus of the 2nd cycle degree course in Clinical Psychology. This degree is also the doorway for university master courses, specific training programmes and clinical specialisations. Based upon the grounding they have acquired during the first cycle course, students will acquire, through class specific activities, advanced competences in General and Physiological Psychology, Social and Industrial Psychology, as well as in Dynamic and Clinical Psychology. These subjects will be accompanied by other integrative and related educational activities (Theoretical Philosophy, General Psychology, Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology Psychometrics, Psychology of Development and Education, Social Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Dynamic Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Neurology, Sociology of Cultural and Communication Processes, Legal Sociology, Sociology of Deviance and Social Change), aiming at completing the professional profile through the study in depth of advanced, specialist and current issues in the Psychology sector, coherently with the needs of the labour market. The teaching methodology is based upon the integration between frontal teaching and interactive and practical educational methods (role playing, clinical case study, simulations, educational practices, laboratories). Students may, in particular, participate in elaboration groups upon professional identity, representing the first personal educational experience aiming at the acquisition of awareness on the importance of relationship as the main working and intervention tool in clinical psychology. There are 12 examinations , 6 in the first year, 5 in the second one, and 1 elective educational activity, worth 9 credits. The course also includes 4 credits for stage activities and 10 credits for further activities useful for entering the labour market. Stage activities are not supervised by a psychologist, therefore they cannot be considered as professional practice, as for Europsy certification providing for Psychologists training a five-year university path followed by one year of professional practical training. The specific educational objectives of this course are: - Up-to-date knowledge of the principal theories explaining the normal psychological functioning and psychopathological disease (particular attention will be paid to the complex model of self evaluation and of psychopathology in its individual conscious and unconscious, family, socio-anthropological traits; complexity will be also investigated through the study of the coexistence of mental, cultural, biological and relational factors in the development of psychic life and of its pathology); - Knowledge of the clinical-psychological intervention methods in terms of capability of providing therapeutical indications, of carrying out studies on the effectiveness and applicability of interventions in various care contexts; - The capability of carrying out clinical-psychological evaluation and support interviews and of writing clinical reports for an appropriate communication with colleagues and other professionals (e.g. social workers, psychiatrists, practitioners, etc...); - Knowledge of the typical research methods of clinical psychology, bases upon the outcome, process and setting evaluation.
 Self-employment;  High responsibility positions in organizations and services for individuals, groups and communities;  Consulting activities for public and private agencies;  Training for the profession of Psychotherapist, after the postgraduate specialization provided by Ministerial regulations.
In accordance with the Course educational objectives and expected learning outcomes, the final examination (16 credits) consists of an original written dissertation under the guidance of a supervising professor. The dissertation may be an experimental(clinical or observational) study or an in-depth elaboration and/or analysis with critical review about outstanding topics characterizing the degree course. The final dissertation will be presented to an examining Board appointed by the Board of the Degree Course and approved by the Dean of the Faculty.

course outline
Teachings first year \ in common with the others curricula\profiles
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
13224 - PSYCHOLOGY OF ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS RUVOLO (CU)RUVOLO GIUSEPPE 6.0 1 V B M-PSI/06
13225 - COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES OLIVERI (PO)OLIVERI MASSIMILIANO 6.0 1 V B M-PSI/02
13335 - WORKING GROUPS ON PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY FALGARES (PA)FALGARES GIORGIO PROFITA (PQ)PROFITA GABRIELE DI BLASI (PO)DI BLASI MARIA GIORDANO (PA)GIORDANO CECILIA LO COCO (PO)LO COCO GIANLUCA GIORDANO (PA)GIORDANO CECILIA 5.0 1 G F M-PSI/08
15150 - PSYCHODYNAMIC RESEARCH AND INTERVENTION MODELS GIANNONE (PO)GIANNONE FRANCESCA 9.0 1 V B M-PSI/07
06159 - PSYCHOTHERAPY LO VERSO (PQ)LO VERSO GIROLAMO 9.0 2 V B M-PSI/08
08706 - PSYCHODYNAMICS OF SETTING GIANNONE (PO)GIANNONE FRANCESCA 6.0 2 V B M-PSI/07
13223 - THEORETICAL AND APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY CIPOLOTTI (PO)CIPOLOTTI LISA (*) in english 9.0 2 V B M-PSI/02
Teachings second year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
05958 - PSYCHIATRY LA BARBERA (PO)LA BARBERA DANIELE 6.0 1 V C MED/25
07553 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 5.0 1 G F
13229 - NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS REHABILITATION SMIRNI (PA)SMIRNI DANIELA 6.0 1 V B M-PSI/02
13231 - NEUROIMAGING TURRIZIANI (PO)TURRIZIANI PATRIZIA 6.0 1 V B M-PSI/02
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 15.0 2 G E
06563 - SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE DINO (PO)DINO ALESSANDRA 6.0 2 V C SPS/12
13412 - NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION TECHNIQUES CIPOLOTTI (PO)CIPOLOTTI LISA (*) in english 9.0 2 V B M-PSI/02
Optional subjects 5.0 F
Free subjects (suggested) 12.0 D
Elective activities
Free subjects (suggested) credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
06134 - PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY D'AMICO (PA)D'AMICO ANTONELLA 6.0 1 V D M-PSI/01
08721 - MULTIPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPIES 6.0 1 V D M-PSI/08
13329 - ETHNOPSYCHOANALYSIS PROFITA (PQ)PROFITA GABRIELE 6.0 1 V D M-PSI/08
13233 - THEORY AND TECHNIQUE OF CLINICAL INTERVENTION WITH FAMILIES SALERNO (PA)SALERNO ALESSANDRA 6.0 2 V D M-PSI/07
13336 - PSYCHOSOMATICS WITH ELEMENTS OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY EPIFANIO (PA)EPIFANIO MARIA STELLA 6.0 2 V D M-PSI/08
15148 - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE DI BLASI (PO)DI BLASI MARIA 6.0 2 V D M-PSI/08
Optional subjects credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
13424 - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF DISABILITIES - WORKSHOP LA GRUTTA (PA)LA GRUTTA SABINA 5.0 1 G F M-PSI/08
15936 - PAEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY WORKSHOP PERRICONE (PQ)PERRICONE GIOVANNA 5.0 1 G F M-PSI/04
13411 - PSYCHOLOGY OF THE MAFIA PHENOMENON - WORKSHOP GIORDANO (PA)GIORDANO CECILIA 5.0 2 G F M-PSI/08
13417 - CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS - WORKSHOP INFURNA (RD)INFURNA MARIA RITA 5.0 2 G F M-PSI/08
13419 - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL WORK IN MENTAL HEALTH - WORKSHOP ZIZZO (PC)ZIZZO GRAZIA 5.0 2 G F M-PSI/08
13421 - BEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS ON NEUROLOGICAL BASIS - LABORATORY OLIVERI (PO)OLIVERI MASSIMILIANO 5.0 2 G F M-PSI/02
Explaination
Term Term/Semester
Val. Valutation: V = mark in 30/30, G = note
(*) Teaching attended in english
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