Important Note
All Semester II bachelor and master psychology courses and examinations (2020-2021) will be offered in an on-line format.
If it is safe and possible to do so, supplementary course meetings may be planned on-campus. However, attendance at these meetings will not be required to successfully complete Semester II courses.
All obligatory work groups and examinations will be offered on-line during Central European Time, which is local time in the Netherlands.
Information on the mode of instruction and the assessment method per course will be offered in Brightspace, considering the possibilities that are available at that moment. The information in Brightspace is leading during the Corona crisis, even if this does not match the information in the Prospectus.
Entry requirements
Only open to Master students (with a specialisation in Clinical Psychology, Health and Medical Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychology, School Psychology or Clinical Neuropsychology).
Description
The course introduces Master students to E-health interventions in mental health care. The course provides a broad overview on E-health in different clinical settings and addresses current applications, scientific evidence, and new developments. Students have online access to a treatment platform for e-mental health. Students practice with this programme both as a therapist and as a client. Students also participate in weekly peer discussions in online workgroups with online supervision by the course coordinators.
The lecture series features guest experts from various, specific mental health care settings, who will address their E-health practices, in specific disorders such as eating disorders, addiction and anxiety disorders, and across the lifespan. A wide variety of technical applications and relevant topics will be addressed, such as virtual reality, smartphone applications, blended forms of E-health, motivation, legal and ethical aspects of E-health, limitations, and future developments.
Course objectives
Students have knowledge about the current state of the art and scientific evidence of E-health interventions and applications in various Mental health care settings.
Students have knowledge about the basic principles of providing E-health interventions in mental health care settings.
Students have practical experience in an online E-health programme, both as therapist and client.
Timetable
For the timetables of your lectures, work group sessions, and exams, see the timetables page of your study programme. You will also find the enrolment codes here. Psychology timetables
Registration
Course
Students need to enroll for lectures. Master’s course registration
Brightspace
Students that take the SPOC will use Brightspace as their digital community. Please enroll yourself for the course via this link.
Mode of instruction
8 2-hour lectures: to cover the relevant literature, to provide knowledge about E-health interventions and applications in mental health care. Presence is obligatory for the first on-campus lecture. The other lectures are online.
5 weekly online work groups: online group discussion (intervision) with fellow students,supervised by course coordinators on E-health programme work. Participation is mandatory in the E-Health programme and online work group sessions.
The official language of the course is English.
All Semester I bachelor and master psychology courses and examinations (2020-2021) will be offered in an on-line format.
If it is safe and possible to do so, supplementary course meetings may be planned on-campus. However, attendance at these meetings will not be required to successfully complete Semester I courses.
All obligatory work groups and examinations will be offered on-line during Central European Time, which is local time in the Netherlands.
Information on the mode of instruction and the assessment method per course will be offered in Brightspace, considering the possibilities that are available at that moment. The information in Brightspace is leading during the Corona crisis, even if this does not match the information in the Prospectus.
At this time it is not possible to provide information about Semester II (2020-2021).
Assessment method
- Completing E-health programme as a therapist
- Completing E-health programme as a client
- Writing weekly group reflection reports on work with the E-health programme (pass/fail)
- Writing an individual reflection report on work with the E-health programme (Grade; 50% of the final grade)
- Exam on course literature and content of the lectures and slides (Grade; 50% of the final grade)
Students have to pass both the reflection report and the exam. The reports and exam have to be written in English.
Feedback on the assignments is available through Turnitin.
The Institute of Psychology follows the policy of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences to systematically check student papers for plagiarism with the help of software. Disciplinary measures will be taken when fraud is detected. Students are expected to be familiar with and understand the implications of this fraud policy.
All Semester I bachelor and master psychology courses and examinations (2020-2021) will be offered in an on-line format.
If it is safe and possible to do so, supplementary course meetings may be planned on-campus. However, attendance at these meetings will not be required to successfully complete Semester I courses.
All obligatory work groups and examinations will be offered on-line during Central European Time, which is local time in the Netherlands.
Information on the mode of instruction and the assessment method per course will be offered in Brightspace, considering the possibilities that are available at that moment. The information in Brightspace is leading during the Corona crisis, even if this does not match the information in the Prospectus.
At this time it is not possible to provide information about Semester II (2020-2021).
Reading list
To be announced on Brightspace.
Contact information
Dr. Vivian Kraaij kraaij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Dr. Joanne Mouthaan j.mouthaan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl