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Study programmes 2008-2009Last update : 29/06/2009
PSYC1055-1  Clinical Gerontopsychology
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Psychological Sciences, in-depth approach, 1st yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychological Sciences, in-depth approach, 2nd yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychological Sciences,specialized approach, 1st yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychological Sciences,specialized approach, 2nd yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Psychotherapeutic Process and Change, 1st yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Psychotherapeutic Process and Change, 2nd yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapeutic Approach, Clin, 1st yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapeutic Approach, Clin, 2nd yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 1st yearToute l'année3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 2nd yearToute l'année3
Holder(s) :  Michel Ylieff
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  The course considers the principal mental disturbances occuring during old age : depressive and anxious disorders, sleep disorders, dependence with alcohol and drugs, delirium and Alzheimer disease and related disorders. Their semiological characteristics and their prevalence are higlighted. The technics of evaluation are specified.
The current methods of treatment and the prospects for clinical research are approached. The specificity and the difficulties of the clinical step with old people are highlighted.
Course objective :  To illustrate the diversity and the specificity of the old people mental disorders. Also the difficulties of the differential diagnosis and the particular requirements of the methods of assessment and intervention.
Prerequisites :  Aucun
Written notes :  P. Cappeliez, P. Landreville et J. Vezina (Eds) Psychologie clinique de la personne âgée, Paris : Masson, 2000.
Assessment :  examen écrit (questions ouvertes et fermées) basé sur le syllabus (interrogation dispensatoire en janvier)


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