Students of the Dutch bachelor’s programme, see Persoonlijkheids, Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie
Entry requirements
None
Description
This course provides an introduction to clinical and health psychology including relevant insights from personality psychology. Clinical psychology is concerned with the characteristics, causes and treatments of psychopathology. Health psychology focuses on health promotion and the psychological characteristics, causes and treatments of physical symptoms and diseases.
Course objectives
Introduction to psychopathology: knowledge of the diagnosis, aetiology and treatment of the most important forms of psychopathology;
Introduction to health psychology: knowledge of the psychological diagnosis, aetiology and treatment of physical disorders and the promotion of healthy behaviour;
Knowledge of the personality theories that play the most important role in understanding psychopathology and health problems; and
Knowledge and experience of formulating and implementing behavioural change programmes and giving academic presentations.
Timetable
For the timetables of your lectures, workgroups, and exams, select your study programme.
Psychology timetables
Registration
Course
First year students are automatically enrolled for courses, but do need to register themselves for the exam.
Other students do not only need to register for exams themselves, but also for lectures and work group sessions. For information on registration periods consult the bachelor course registration
Examination
Students are not automatically enrolled for an examination. They can register via uSis from 100 to 10 calendar days before the date; students who are not registered will not be permitted to take the examination.
Consult the first year guide in the info for first year students International Bachelor in Psychology
Mode of instruction
8 lectures and 8 work group sessions. Attendance and active participation in work group sessions is compulsory. Lecture materials are included in the examination materials. Participation in work group sessions is assessed and counts towards the mark.
Assessment method
The lectures conclude with an examination consisting of approximately 90 2-choice questions (70% of the mark). The work group sessions conclude with a paper (30% of the final mark). Regulations on grade calculation.
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has instituted that instructors use a software programme for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. In case of fraud disciplinary actions will be taken. Please see the information concerning fraud.
Reading list
This course makes use of a Custom Edition Book that consists of chapter from 3 different books. The title of this compiled volume is Introduction to Personality, Clinical and Health Psychology Custom Edition Leiden University. The ISBN of the 4th edition is not yet known.
In addition, the following book is assigned for the work group sessions: K. Pryor. Don’t Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching and Training [Paperback] Ringpress Books; 3rd edition (2006). ISBN-13: 978-1860542381. Articles, available via Blackboard. Syllabus (Blackboard)
Contact information
Prof. dr. Willem van der Does
vanderdoes@fsw.leidenuniv.nlDr. Chris Verhoeven
verhoeve@fsw.leidenuniv.nl