Medical Psychology, Crisis Therapy and Basics of Psychotherapy

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
Familiarise yourself with relevant literature before each lesson, prepare questions. Prepare clinical case descriptions of clinical situations from their practice. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must complete the study course evaluation questionnaire on the student portal.

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	10 points
The assessment of the exam is cumulative. It consists of: mid-semester examination average assessment – 50%. During the study course, students have 2 mid-semester examinations, the form of which is determined by the teaching staff of choice - multi-stage test, open questions and/or clinical case analysis. Final test - 50%. A multi-answer test organised in person (electronised in e-studies or paper format) on topics discussed within the course. The automatic final test may be counted against all of the following criteria: the assessment of each mid-semester examination shall be the attendance of at least 8 100% of the classes; Prepared and presented presentation on the topic of active participation in discussions and role plays.

Therapeutic relationship of the medic-patient. Concept of contact, types of contact, possibilities for classifying them, basic functions of contact. Ethical issues in establishing a therapeutic relationship with the patient.

Emotions, affects, classification and physiology Alexithymia. Stress, types of stress.

Psychic defensive mechanisms.

The concept of personality, the definitions. Structural and topographical model of mental functioning. Development of personality in different theories. Psychosexual and epigenetic development theory, psychosocial crisis. (Erikson's theory). Ego psychology. (Sigmund Freud's).

Development of personality in different theories. Self psychology. (H.Kohut). Object relations theory, mother - child relationship role in the child's mental development. (M.Klein and M.Mahler). Comparison of personality theory in psychotherapeutic perspective. The notion of personality disorders: models of conflict and deficit.

Developmental levels of personality functioning

Structures of character organization: depressive, manic, masochistic, hysterical, paranoid, dependent, obsessive-compulsive, schizoid, narcissistic, antisocial.

Biopsychosocial model in medicine. Somatization. The mechanisms of somatization, the main theories of psychosomatic.

1. Concept and definitions of crisis. 2. Developmental, existential and traumatic crisis. 3. Interaction of crisis. 4. Erosion model of crisis and the various support possibilities in different phases of the crisis.

Definition and types of medical psychotherapy. Psychotherapy goals, indications,contraindications. 1. Psychodynamic psychotherapy- process, techniques (listening, clarification, confrontation, interpretation. 2. Psychodynamic (psychoanalytical) psychotherapy comparison with cognitive behavioral therapy and psychopharmacotherapy: short-term and long-term efficacy.

1. Techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy 2. Individual, couples, family psychotherapy: indications and characteristics, analysis of the movie. 3. The concept of group psychotherapy: psychodynamically grounded group therapy and support groups, dynamics of a 4. group and indications.Supportive psychotherapy. Technique and basics of supportive psychotherapy

Child and adolescent psychotherapy. 1. Sand and play therapy in the practice of child psychotherapy. 2. Special features of adolescent psychotherapy.

The burnout syndrome. 1. Signs and causes of burnout or exhaustion syndrome. 2. Prevention and treatment of burnout.

Balint groups. Final test (written form).