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Academic year 2017/2018
Master's Degree (MSc) on CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
RELATION AND CARE

Coordinator Prof. Francesca Giannone
Class of Master's Degree (MSc) on Psychology (LM-51)
2 years
PALERMO
Number of seats in local planning: 100
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
13121 - PRACTICE 5.0 1 G F
13225 - COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES Details OLIVERI (PO) 6.0 1 V B M-PSI/02
17358 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE - LEVEL B1 4.0 1 G F
17956 - EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING GROUPS Details DI BLASI (PO) PROFITA (PQ) FALGARES (PA) LO COCO (PO) LO COCO (PO) GIORDANO (PA) 3.0 1 G F
17957 - PSYCHODYNAMIC MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT Details GIANNONE (PO) 9.0 1 V B M-PSI/07
19278 - PSYCHOLOGY OF ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS Details RUVOLO (CU) 6.0 1 V B M-PSI/06
05958 - PSYCHIATRY Details LA BARBERA (PO) 6.0 2 V C MED/25
06159 - PSYCHOTHERAPY Details LO VERSO (PQ) 6.0 2 V B M-PSI/08
19318 - THEORETICAL AND APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY- Details TURRIZIANI (PO) (*) in english 9.0 2 V B M-PSI/02
Teachings second year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
08706 - PSYCHODYNAMICS OF SETTING Details GIANNONE (PO) 6.0 1 V B M-PSI/07
08719 - PATHOLOGICAL ADDICTION Details DI BLASI (PO) 6.0 1 V B M-PSI/08
18083 - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF HEALTH Details EPIFANIO (PA) 6.0 1 V B M-PSI/08
18096 - PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS Details LA GRUTTA (PA) 12.0 1 V B M-PSI/08
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 15.0 2 G E
15937 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Details LO COCO (PO) 6.0 2 V C M-PSI/08
17952 - CLINICAL CASE DISCUSSION - WORKSHOP Details DI BLASI (PO) GIORDANO (PA) SMIRNI (PA) LO COCO (PO) LO COCO (PO) 3.0 2 G F
Free subjects (suggested) 12.0 D
Elective activities
Free subjects (suggested) credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
13233 - THEORY AND TECHNIQUE OF CLINICAL INTERVENTION WITH FAMILIES Details SALERNO (PA) 6.0 2 V D M-PSI/07
13329 - ETHNOPSYCHOANALYSIS Details PROFITA (PQ) 6.0 2 V D M-PSI/08
15148 - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE Details DI BLASI (PO) 6.0 2 V D M-PSI/08
17955 - PSYCHOLOGY OF THE MAFIA PHENOMENON Details GIORDANO (PA) 6.0 2 V D M-PSI/08
19284 - PLANNING OF CLINICAL-SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS Details INFURNA (RD) 6.0 2 V D M-PSI/08
19320 - BEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS ON A NEUROLOGICAL BASIS Details OLIVERI (PO) 6.0 2 V D M-PSI/02
19321 - ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS Details TURRIZIANI (PO) 6.0 2 V D M-PSI/02
Explaination
Term Term/Semester
Val. Valutation: V = mark in 30/30, G = note
(*) Teaching attended in english
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