Course: Mental Health

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Course title Mental Health
Course code KPS/PSHYB
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Beláňová Eva, Mgr.
  • Kovářová Zdenka, PhDr.
  • Markvartová Jitka, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Meaning of mental hygiene; basic categories; methods of mental hygiene. 2. Mental health - definition of the term; general expectations of mental health. 3. Self-cognition and self-education, methods of self-cognition. 4. Stress as a risk factor which threatens mental balance. 5. Manifestations of stress reaction. 6. Causes and consequences of stress. 7. Coping with acute and chronic stress. 8. Way of living in terms of mental hygiene. 9. Moving activity in prevention and therapy of stress. 10. Daily routine, time management. 11. Sleep and relaxation as a means of stress reduction. 12. Nutrition as an anti-stress and fitness factor. 13. Summary; evaluation of the course.

Learning activities and teaching methods
One-to-One tutorial, Seminar classes, Individual study
  • Contact hours - 7 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 6 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Basic orientation in psychological terminology of General Psychology.
learning outcomes
Students are able to: - analyze risk factors which threaten psychosomatic health - stress and way of living; - apply theoretical knowledge of mental hygiene in practice; - review his/her level of stress and the way of living; - propose possibilities of stress minimization and improvement of way of living.
teaching methods
Individual study
One-to-One tutorial
Seminar classes
Recommended literature
  • Jiřincová, Božena; Holeček, Václav; Miňhová, Jana. Vybrané kapitoly z psychologie zdraví. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Pedagogická fakulta Západočeské univerzity, 1996. ISBN 80-7082-308-9.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Psychologie zdraví. Praha : Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-774-4.
  • Machač, Miloš; Hoskovec, Jiří; Machačová, Helena. Duševní hygiena a prevence zátěže : Určeno pro posl. fak. filozof.. 1. vyd. Praha : SPN, 1984.
  • MÍČEK, L. Duševní hygiena : vysokošk. učebnice pro stud. filozof. fakult oboru psychologie. 2. vyd. Praha : SPN, 1986.
  • Míček, Libor. Sebevýchova a duševní zdraví. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1982.


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