Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Understand the theoretical and methodological fundamentals in psychology and educational sciences to analyse a situation involving these disciplines
• Identify and explain the concepts, principles and models of fundamental theoretical trends in psychology and educational sciences and their applications
• Identify and describe the biological and socio-cultural foundations of human behaviour
• Explain and give examples of human functioning, including in its atypical and pathological dimensions
• Understand the fundamentals of intervention
• Explain the various issues underlying any intervention, and justify them according to their application context
• Provide clear, accurate, and reasoned information
• Summarise the contributions of different sources to justify an opinion or decision
• Provide information (both orally and in writing) regarding the fields of psychology and educational sciences in an intelligible manner, with a good command of the language communication techniques.
• Act ethically and professionally
• Name, and be familiar with, legal frameworks and ethical principles that govern research and practice in psychology and educational sciences, and implement them in studies in a reflexive manner (exams, work, etc.)
• Grow personally and professionally
• Identify the different stakeholders involved in the practice of psychology and educational sciences
• Develop their scientific curiosity and open-mindedness
• Understand the fundamentals related to the scientific approach in psychology or educational sciences
• Identify and describe the specific characteristics of scientific processes

Learning Outcomes of UE

This course should enable students to acquire a basic understanding of mental disorders. By the end of the course, students should be able to understand the essentials of psychiatric terminology and to describe the main signs and symptoms of the most frequently encountered mental disorders on the basis of basic notions of semiology.
Based on concrete examples given during the course by the lecturer or various contributors, students should acquire a clear vision of psychiatry as a medical discipline, while integrating it into a holistic process of assessment and support for the individual.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Lectures
- Historical introduction
- General psychiatric semiology
- Frequently encountered psychiatric disorders
- Basics of forensic psychiatry
- Non-medicinal, mind-body, integrative and holistic therapeutic approaches

Prior Experience

Not applicable