Universität Wien

200019 VO Clinical Psychology (2021W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 20 - Psychologie
MIXED

Diese Vorlesung ist nur für Studierende mit Zulassung zum Bachelorstudium Psychologie!

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

This lecture will be held in a mixed online and hybrid mode; that means, at specified dates the lecture will be held in distant, online mode; in the other ones part of the students (76 persons max.) can attend it personally, while the other ones have to attend it remote from at home. Students who like to attend the lecture in the hall have to register for each date.

Update because of the actual COVID-19-situation (So., November 21):
Due to the COVID decree of the Federal Government and the decree of the Rectorate of the University of Vienna based on it, the VO will be switched to synchronous online operation with immediate effect and until further notice. A change of this decree will be announced in due time.

Thursday 07.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 14.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 21.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 28.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 04.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 11.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 18.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 25.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 02.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 09.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 16.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 13.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 20.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 27.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Objectives:
Introduction into the field and topics of Clinical Psychology (CP), frame condition, contents, research methods and central components. Mental disorders: classification, assessment, epidemiology, etiology, treatment
Contents of the lecture:
• Clinical Psychology - Term and concept
• History and development (overview)
• Theoretical paradigms and models
• Research in CP (overview)
• Health, illness, disorder
- What is a mental disorder?
• Classification and assessment of mental disorders
• Epidemiology und etiology of mental disorders
• Overview of mental disorders (according to ICD-10)
» Selected singular disorders
- Depressive disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Obsessive-compulsive disorders
- Stress-related disorders and PTSD
• Clinical-psychological treatment
» Terms & Systematics
• Clinical-psychological treatment in Austria
* Psychotherapy
* Practice of CP
- Legal and State regulations in Austria und Germany
- Professional profile and training in CP in Austria
Method:
- Frontal lecture in hybride- and online-mode; recording and opportunity for streaming
- For consolidation additional material and videos are offered in moodle

Assessment and permitted materials

Standard: Written exam on the material of the VO in German language.
At the beginning of the semester, online exams are still assumed due to Corona; however, depending on the pandemic situation, exams in face-to-face mode could also be offered.

For Erasmus students, oral exams will be offered in single dates towards the end of the semester.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Online mode:
- 14 multiple choice (MC) questions with 5 answer alternatives +
- 2 short vignettes + 3 MC-questions each with 5 answer alternatives = 6 MC-questions => Total: 20 MC-questions
- For each question 1-4 answers can be correct.
- The number of correct answers is not given.
- If the answer is completely correct (=all correct alternatives are marked), you get 1 point.
- If the answer is partially correct, partial points are awarded (0.25 per correct partial answer).
- Wrong answers are not scored and result in 0 points - there are no deductions for wrong answers.
- All points and partial points are added up. For a positive grade, 60% of the possible points must be achieved (i.e. 12 of the 20 points).
Attendance mode:
- 30 multiple-choice questions with 5 alternative answers.
- For each question, 1-4 answers can be correct.
- The number of correct answers is not specified.
- If the question is answered completely correctly (=all correct alternatives are marked), this results in 1 point.
- If the answer is partially correct, partial points are awarded (0.25 per correct partial answer).
- Wrong answers are not scored and result in 0 points - there are no deductions for wrong answers.
- All points and partial points are added up. For a positive grade, 60% of the possible points must be achieved (i.e. 18 of the 30 points).

Oral examinations are held on the basis of the material specified in the next section (Prüfungsstoff). In the case of an oral exam 67% of the questions must be answered correct to get a positive grade.

Examination topics

Content of the lecture, whether read in lecture or not. Operationalized via slides, streams and exam literature.
The additional materials for consolidating provided in Moodle will not be examined.
For Erasmus-students the following chapters are exam-materlial for the oral exam (book see below):
- Chapter 2: A history of Clinical Psychology
- Chapter 4: Research methods in Clinical Psychology
- Chapter 5: Evidence-based assessment
- Chapter 6: School of psychotherapy and the beginning ...
- Chapter 13: Diagnoses, dimensions, and DSM-5
- Chapter 14: The Anxiety-depression spectrum
- Chapter 16: The obsessive-compuslive disorder spectrum
- Chapter 18: Trauma, dissociation, and posttraumatic stress disorder
- Chapter 24: The spectrum of personality disorders
- Chapter 39: The future of Clinical Psychology ...

Reading list

Barlow, D. (ed.). (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Psychology (2nd. ed.). Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:19