PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE E CLINICA

15 CFU - 1° and 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

ORAZIO LICCIARDELLO - Module Social psychology of groups and institutions - M-PSI/05 - 6 CFU
GIOVANNI BELLUARDO - Module PSICOLOGIA CLINICA E PSICOPATOLOGIA - M-PSI/08 - 9 CFU

Course Structure

PSICOLOGIA CLINICA E PSICOPATOLOGIA
Psychotherapeutic approaches will be described in relation to the main psychological disorders (anxiety disorders, schizophrenic and psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, depression disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders, addiction and new addiction disorders, sexual disorders and gender dysphoria).

School related problems and special educational needs will be also investigated.

Detailed Course Content

Social psychology of groups and institutions
The social interaction and relevance of the group; the construction of the Self and the Possible Selves; the Social identity and the ingroup /outgroup bias; the intergroup relationships and the strategies for the reduction of prejudicial thought; the psychological small group and the change processes; the psycho-social training and the "listening ability"; the issue of the Identity and the dynamics of empathy; the interpretation of the role and the ability to "be in the relationship".

The concepts of Institution according to various theoretical approaches: sociological; institutional; psycho-socio-analytical; psycho-sociological. The deinstitutionalization processes. The Identity, the change and the Institutional dynamics. The psychosocial processes and the effects of the institutional experience.

The Psycho-Socio-Cultural Institutions (Belief in Just World, Rape Myths, etc.), background attitudes of social representations and their role in the phenomenon of sexual violence: methods of reserach to explore the phenomenon and intervention tools functional to change
PSICOLOGIA CLINICA E PSICOPATOLOGIA
Psychotherapeutic approaches will be described in relation to the main psychological disorders (anxiety disorders, schizophrenic and psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, depression disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders, addiction and new addiction disorders, sexual disorders and gender dysphoria). School related problems and special educational needs will be also investigated.

Textbook Information

Social psychology of groups and institutions
1)Licciardello O. (2015), I gruppi. Aspetti epistemologici e ricadute applicative, Angeli, Milano (Volume per intero).

2)Licciardello O. (2016), Istituzioni e cambiamento. Processi psicosociali, Angeli ed., Milano (Volume per intero).

3)Licciardello O. & M.G. Cardella (2017), Alla base dell'iceberg. La rappresentazione della violenza sessuale tra atteggiamenti di superficie e sfondo. Angeli Ed., Milano (Volume per intero
PSICOLOGIA CLINICA E PSICOPATOLOGIA
1) AA.VV. (2014), DSM5, Manuale diagnostico e statistico dei disturbi mentali, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, pp.5-31) 2) BELLUARDO G., et. AL., (2018), “Bisogni Educativi Speciali e insegnanti: quali emozioni?”, in Psicologia e scuola, Giunti, n. 56, 3) CASTONGUAY, L. G., OLTMANNS, T. (a cura di), (2016), Psicologia clinica e psicopatologia, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, capitoli 7, 9, 13) 4) SANAVIO E., CORNOLDI, C., (2019), Terza edizione aggiornata al DSM-5, Psicologia clinica, il Mulino, Bologna, pp.9-220, 261-293.

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