Psychological assistance to persons with PTSD

Course: Psychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Psychological assistance to persons with PTSD
Code
ДВС.3.07.03
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO1. Analyze and explain mental phenomena, identify psychological problems and propose ways to solve them. PLO2. To understand the patterns and peculiarities of the development and functioning of mental phenomena in the context of professional tasks. PLO3. Search for information from various sources, including using information and communication technologies, to solve professional tasks. PLO5. Choose and apply valid and reliable psychodiagnostic tools (tests, questionnaires, projective methods, etc.) of psychological research and technologies of psychological assistance. PLO11. Compile and implement a plan of the consulting process taking into account the specifics of the request and individual characteristics of the client, ensure the effectiveness of own actions.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The student must know the psychological regularities of the formation and development and self-development of the individual, differential psychology, the basics of social psychology, the psychology of conflict; psychological features of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in the format of group work, the basis of pathopsychology. The student must be able to communicate effectively with different population groups. To have the basics of psychological counseling.
Course content
The goal of the educational discipline: in accordance with the requirements of the OP and the professional activity of psychologists, students should receive theoretical training and develop the basic skills for the implementation of psychological support for persons with PTSD. The discipline is aimed at mastering the knowledge and skills of methodological, theoretical and applied problems of emergence, course, self-help and psychological assistance in post-traumatic stress disorders. Great attention is paid to military PTSD, psychological consequences of experienced violence, the problem of family violence and its prevention, complex post-traumatic stress disorders. In the practical classes, you will be able to familiarize yourself with practical methods and methods of help: narrative psychotherapy, CBT with help methods, the use of epistemological metaphors and "pure language" techniques.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Dіagnostika, terapіya ta profіlaktika mediko-psihologіchnih naslіdkіv bojovih dіj v suchasnih umovah:metod. Rekomendacії. - Harkіv, 2014. 2. Napreenko O.K. Klіnіchna harakteristika varіantіv perebіgu posttravmatichnogo stresovogo rozladu. Arhіv psihіatrії. – 2002. – №1. – S.117. 2. Stres і lyudina: mediko-psihologіchna dopomoga pri stresovih rozladah: metod. Posіbnik. Kiїv, 2014. – 92 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar class, practical class, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Oral answers (speech at the seminar, participation in discussions and debates, additions) - 24/14 points 2. Analytical report - 24/14 points 3. Creative independent work - 32/20 points 4. Final test - 20/12 points The credit is given based on the results of the student's work during the semester (the maximum number of points for work during the semester is equal to 100) and does not include additional evaluation measures for successful students. The recommended minimum for admission to the credit is 40 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Kateryna Leonidivna Milyutina
Department of Developmental Psychology
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Developmental Psychology
Faculty of Psychology