Teaching Outline of Medical Psychology
Content
1. overview of medical psychology
2. the main theories of psychology
3. human psychology
4. stress
5. assessment of psychology
6. psychotherapy
7. mental health
8. psychosomatic problems in clinical medicine
9. abnormal psychology and behavior
10 rehabilitation
11 psychology of patients and doctor-patient relationship
the teaching outline of medical psychology
General overview of medical psychology
objectives and requirements:
1 to be aware of the definition of medical psychology
the tasks of medical psychology
the main fields of medical psychology
the content of presentation
1 overview of medical psychology
2 the main tasks and fields of medicalpsychology
3 biopsychosocial model
teaching time : 2 hours
Chapter One
the main theories of psychology
objectives and requirements:
1 to be aware of main psychology theories
to know the theory of psychoanalysis,
learning theory and cognitive theory
2 to understand the theory of humanism
the content of presentation
1 learning theory
2 brief introduction of psychoanalysis
3 basic theory of cognition
4 brief overview of humanism
teaching time: 2 hours
Chapter Two
human psychology
objectives and requirements:
1 to be aware of the cognitive process,
mood, emotion and affect
the relationship between emotion and health
2 to be aware of personality, need, motivation and individual character
3 to understand the process of will
the basic characteristics of will
the content of presentation:
1 the definition of perception and related characters
2 attention, memory and thinking process
3 the emotional process
4 the process of will
5 personality, ability, motivation and temper
teaching time: 4 hours
Chapter Three
psychological stress
objectives and requirements:
1 to be aware of the definition of stress and stress process
what are the physiological, psychological and behavior responses
the life events and health
2 to understand the effect of cognitive assessment on stress response
the coping styles and social support system
personality and stress
the content of presentation
1 the definition of stress
2 general view of life events
3 stress process
4 cognition, social support and coping styles to stress
5 personality and stress
teaching time : 2 hours
Chapter Four
psychological assessment
objectives and requirements:
1 to be aware of the definition and basic methods of psychological assessment
what is about the assessment of intelligence
what is about the assessment of personlaity
2 to understand the scales of clinical assessment
the content of presentation:
1 general view of psychological assessment
2 the assessment of intelligence
3 the assessment of MMPI and Eysenck personality questionnaire
4 SCL-90 scale, SAS, SDS, life event scale
teaching time:2 hours
Chapter Five
psychotherapy
objectives and requirements:
1 to be aware of the concept of psychotherapy and general principles
2 to understand the theories of psychotherapy as following:
behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, psychoanalysis and humanism therapy
the content of presentation:
1 general overview of psychotherapy
2 psychoanalysis
3 behavior therapy
4 cognitive therapy
5 client-center therapy, humanistic therapy
6family therapy
7 group therapy
8 psychotherapy by emotional support
teaching hours: 6 hours
Chapter Six
metal health
objectives and requirements:
1 to be aware of definition of mental health
what is the relationship between mental health and physical health
2 to understand the lifecycle and the characteristics of behavioral and
psychological development
3 to understand the mental health in child , the youth, adults and the aged
the content of presentation
1 human development and lifecycle
2 general view of mental health
3 the mental health of infant, child and the youth
4 the mental health of adults and the aged
teaching time: 4 hours
Chapter Seven
psychosomatic problems in clinical medicine
objectives and requirements:
1 to be aware of the definition of psychosomatic diseases
2 to understand the etiology and pathogenesis of psychosomatic diseases
psychosomatic problems in internal medicine
the content of presentation:
1 general view of psychosomatic diseases
2 the pathogenesis of psychosomatic diseases
3 the diagnosis and treatment of psychosomatic diseases
4 psychosomatic problems related to internal medicine
5 clinical psychological problems in internal diseases
teaching time : 2 hours
Chapter Eight
abnormal psychology and behavior
objectives and requirements:
1 to be aware of concept of abnormal psychology
the standards to judge the abnormal psychology
2 to be aware of anxiety syndrome and depressive syndrome
3 to understand the disorders of sexual psychology
4 to understand the concept of substance abuse
the content of presentation:
1 general view of abnormal psychology
2 the basic theories of abnormal psychology
3 the standards to judge abnormal psychology
4 the anxiety disorder
5 depressive disorder
6 the concept of personality disorders
7 the disorders of sexual psychology
8 general view of substance abuse
teaching time:4 hours
Chapter Nine
rehabilitative psychology
objectives and requirements :
1 to be aware of the concept of rehabilitation
what are the psychological and behavioral problems during
rehabilitation
2 to understand some psychosocial factors to effect the rehabilitation process
the content of presentation
1 general view of rehabilitation
2 the psychological and behavior problems during the process of rehabilitation
3 psychosocial intervention to the rehabilitative process
teaching time :2 hours
Chapter Ten
patient psychology and patient-doctor relationship
objectives and requirements:
1 to be aware of the role of patients
what are the psychological needs and experience of patients
2 to be aware of the model of patient-doctor relationship
the content of presentation
1 the role of patients
2 the psychological needs and experience of patients
3 health care seeking behavior and related fectors
4 the model of patient-doctor relationship
teaching time:2 hours