Course: Psychopathology for Law Students

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Course title Psychopathology for Law Students
Course code KPS/PPPR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lohrová Kateřina, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Miňhová Jana, Doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Subject matter of psychopathology and its fundamental categories. 2. Etiology of mental illnesses. 3. Appetence and instinct disorders and their forensic aspects. 4. Perception and imagination disorders and their forensic aspects. 5. Cogitation disorders and their forensic aspects. 6. Memory and attention disorders and their forensic aspects. 7. Emotional and volitional disorders and their forensic aspects. 8. Behaviour disorders and their forensic aspects. 9. Personality disorders and their forensic aspects. 10. Mental retardation and its forensic aspects. 11. Neurotic disorders and their forensic aspects. 12. Affective disorders and their forensic aspects. 13. Schizophrenia and mental disorders with delusions, forensic aspects of psychotic disorders.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Lecture
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No particular prerequisites specified.
learning outcomes
Students will - be able to describe individual symptoms of mental disorders, - interpret forensic aspects of mental illnesses properly, - be able to tentatively interpret conclusions of experts' opinions in connection with credibility of witnesses? statements.
teaching methods
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Slovník psychiatrických termínů. 1. vyd. Praha : Psychiatrické centrum, 1998. ISBN 80-85121-78-6.
  • Kafka, Jozef. Psychiatria : učebnica pre lekárske fakulty. Martin : Osveta, 1998. ISBN 80-88824-66-4.
  • Krch, František David. Poruchy příjmu potravy : vymezení a terapie. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 1999. ISBN 80-7169-627-7.
  • MIŇHOVÁ, J. Základy psychopatologie dětí a mladistvých pro studující PF : Určeno stud. 4. roč. učitelství 1. - 3. stupně. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 1992. ISBN 80-7043-058-3.
  • Miňhová, Jana; Lovasová, Vladimíra. Psychopatologie : pedagogické, právní a sociální aspekty. 2018. ISBN 978-80-7380-721-4.
  • Zvolský, P. Obecná psychiatrie. Karolinum Praha, 1994.
  • ZVOLSKÝ, P. Speciální psychiatrie. Praha: Karolinum, 1997.


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