AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, the student will be able:

1. to define clinical psychology, its main theoretical models and types of intervention

2. to know and understand childhood, adolescent and adult eating disorders through a psychodynamic perspective

3. to analyze and understand recent scientific literature on food and psyche

4. to know the main measures for screening problematic eating behaviors and apply them in right contexts and with appropriate objectives

TEACHING METHODS

1. Frontal theoretical lessons (8 hours)

2. Case analysis (1 hour) Exercises (1 hour)

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SYLLABUS/CONTENT

•definition of clinical psychology

• main professional skills of clinical psychologists

• main psychogenetic models and psychotherapeutic approaches

• feeding and nutrition disorders by the DSM-5

• childhood eating disorders: diagnostic classifications and psychodynamic perspective

• DSM-5 feeding and nutrition disorders: adolescence and adulthood

• anorexia nervosa: diagnostic classification and psychodynamic perspective

• bulimia nervosa: diagnostic classification and psychodynamic perspective

• binge-eating disorder (bed): diagnostic classification and psychodynamic perspective

• relationships between eating disorders and psychological functioning (emotions, thoughts, behaviors)

• eating disorders and attachment

• eating disorders and alexithymia

• eating disorders and emotional regulation strategies

• relationships between diet and psychopathological symptoms (or psychological well-being)

• depression and diet

• depression and diet

• anxiety and diet

• aggression and diet

• cognitive impairment and diet

• maternity diet

• child malnutrition and psychopathological symptoms

• tools for assessing the symptoms of eating disorders

• • screening: self-report questionnaires

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Notes from the lessons
• Rossi, N. (2004). Psicologia clinica per le professioni sanitarie. Il Mulino, Bologna, solo cap. 1 «Competenze ed ambiti di intervento della psicologia clinica», p. 15-37 (non tutto il capitolo)
• Tambelli R. (2017). Manuale di psicopatologia dell’infanzia, Il Mulino, Bologna, solo cap. 3. «I Disturbi alimentari Infantili», p. 123-140 (non tutto il capitolo)
• Blaine, Bruce E. and Rodman, J. (2007). Responses to Weight Loss Treatment Among Obese Individuals with and without BED: A Matched-study Meta-analysis. Eating and Weight Disorders 12, 54-60.
• Opie et al. (2016). Dietary recommendations or the prevention of depression. Nutritional Neuroscience