PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE E CLINICA

Academic Year 2016/2017 - 2° Year - Curriculum Curriculum unico / L-39

Learning Objectives

• The Social Psycology and the Construction of the Social Word

  Providing the fundamental epistemological tools to: understand the processes involved in the construction of the social world, particularly to the role that institutions play in the underlying processes of the change and of the "discontinuity" in daily life; in social institutions and in productive organizations. Particular attention will be devoted to the problems of de-institutionalization and to the psycho-social processes that weave with the specific dynamics.

• Social psycholoy: social interactions and interpersonal relationship

  Providing the fundamental epistemological tools to understand and control the subjective and intersubjective phenomena that substantiate the social and professional action: the processes that contribute to structure the Self and the Social Identity (personal and professional), as a function of socialization processes; the group and intergroup processes; the prejudicial thinking and the functional strategies to reduce the same; the training and the interpretation of the professional role.

Detailed Course Content

• The Social Psycology and the Construction of the Social Word

  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.

• Social psycholoy: social interactions and interpersonal relationship

  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".

• Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology

  Links between clinical psychology and the knowledge and methodologies developed by basic psychology. Elements of Psychopathology and diagnostic criteria. Characteristics of psychological diagnosis according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - DSM 5.

• Developmental psychology

  Issues of clinical psychopathology in developmental psychology. Essential elements to understand the interpersonal dynamics characterizing childhood development.

• Psychotherapeutic dimension in clinical psychology

  Psychotherapeutic approaches according to specific psychopathology (anxiety disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, eating disorders, new addiction). The role of time dynamics and time processing in psychotherapy and in everyday life.

Textbook Information

• The Social Psycology and the Construction of the Social Word

  Licciardello O. (2016), Istituzioni e cambiamento. Processi psicosociali, Angeli, Milano.​

• Social psycholoy: social interactions and interpersonal relationship

  Licciardello O. (2015), I gruppi. Aspetti epistemologici e ricadute applicative, Angeli, Milano

• Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology
  1. American Psychiatric Association (2014), DSM5. Manuale diagnostico e statistico dei disturbi mentali. Quinta edizione. Milano: Raffaello Cortina, pp.5-31
  2. Young, K. S. and Nabuco de Abreu (2010). Internet addiction: A Handbook and Guide for Evaluation and Treatment. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 35-53;
  3. Sanavio E. e Cornoldi C. (2010), Psicologia clinica, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 11-22 e pp. 111-224
  4. Stern N. D. (2005), Il momento presente, in psicoterapia e nella vita quotidiana, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, pp. 3-34, 63-80; 93-109.
  5. Castronguay, L.G. e Oltmanns T. F. (2016), Psicologia clinica e psicopatologia. Un approccio integrato, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, pp. 7-24
• Developmental psychology
  1. Young, K. S. and Nabuco de Abreu (2010). Internet addiction: A Handbook and Guide for Evaluation and Treatment. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 173-189
  2. Sanavio E. e Cornoldi C. (2010), Psicologia clinica, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 63-110 e pp. 225-240
  3. Winnicott D.W. (1974), Gioco e realtà, Armando, Roma, “La funzione di specchio della madre e della famiglia nello sviluppo infantile” pp. 175-185.
• Psychotherapeutic dimension in clinical psychology
  1. Young, K. S. and Nabuco de Abreu (2010). Internet addiction: A Handbook and Guide for Evaluation and Treatment. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, pp.155-171.
  2. Sanavio E. e Cornoldi C. (2010), Psicologia clinica, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 241-298.
  3. Stern, N. D., (2005), Il momento presente, in psicoterapia e nella vita quotidiana, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, pp. 113-154.
  4. Castronguay, L.G. e Oltmanns T. F. (2016), Psicologia clinica e psicopatologia. Un approccio integrato, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, pp. 521-551; 559-567