Psychopathology and Clinical Evaluation Tools

1 Discuss the fundamentals of descriptive psychopathology, both from the perspective of psychic phenomena (such as delusions and hallucinations) independently of the disorders in which they occur and in relation to the main psychopathological clinical pictures of developmental and adult age. A particular focus will be placed on clinical conditions characterized by difficulties in adaptation or by psychopathologies secondary to organic pathology, and on clinical conditions characterized by conditions with somatic symptoms and related disorders, and on psychological factors that influence other medical conditions. The fundamentals of psychopathology will be declined in the context of the continuum between normality and pathology.
2 Know the cognitive-behavioral theoretical framework of assessment procedures that include the use of evaluation tools.
3 Know some tools for assessing psychopathology, including the assessment of transdiagnostic factors (cognitive processes, irrational thoughts, emotional regulation, perfectionism, motivation to change).
4 Know the clinical methodology of psychodiagnostic assessment and integration of the results of the application of evaluation tools in clinical reasoning, also for the purposes of developing the psychological profile.

1 Know the main areas of psychopathology, and be able to identify the main disorders described by the official nosography (DSM).

2 Know how to set up an assessment strategy aimed at building a psychological profile.

3 Be able to select and apply assessment tools in the context of cognitive-behavioral models depending on the setting.

4 Have acquired autonomy of judgment and master the specific terminology.