PSI0233 - MODELS AND TECHNIQUES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW AND DIAGNOSIS

courses

ID:

PSI0233

Duration (hours):

81

CFU:

SSD:

PSICOLOGIA DINAMICA

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (09/02/2026 - 30/05/2026)

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, the student should be able to detect the differences among the various types of interview (depending on the context, age, and so on) and to adequately value the role of acceptance, emotional participation in listening, observation and all those elements suitable to formulate adequate diagnostic and therapeutic hypotheses.

Course Prerequisites

A good knowledge of the main concepts on dynamic psychology

Teaching Methods

Frontal lessons and guided discussions of clinical cases

Assessment Methods

The first two appeals after the conclusion of the course will be written (multiple choice questions). The subsequent appeals will be oral.

Texts

The following books have to be studied:
1. Candelori C., Il primo colloquio. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2013
2. Candelori C., L'esperienza dell'osservazione. Milano: Franco Angeli, 2013
3. Ammaniti M. et al., Maternità e gravidanza. Milano: R. Cortina, 1995
4. McWilliams N., La diagnosi psicoanalitica. Roma: Astrolabio, 2012 [All chapters of the text must be studied, except for chapters 1 and 2 (which should only be read) and chapter 4. For chapter 3, study from page 78 onward]

The course aims to illustrate, within the psychoanalytic theoretical framework, the characteristics of the clinical interview in relation to the experience of consultation and diagnostic exploration with children, adolescents and adults. In particular, the several possible interview models will be analysed, essentially referring to the first assessment interview and to the diagnostic process. The interview will also be considered as a possible tool for psychological research. During the lessons some clinical cases will be presented and discussed. Finally, the main psychopathological disorders will be examined (e.g., narcissistic personality, obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc.).