The course's objective is to review and deepen understanding of essential concepts in the field of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, as well to provide specific training in functional analysis of behaviors in environmental situations that require knowledge and detailing of variables relevant to the analysis.
At the end of the course, students must be able to identify the environmental variables most significant for understanding a given psychological situation at the various levels of healthcare delivery, as well as be able to identify concepts and techniques to be used in diagnoses and interventions in the health field and in teaching Psychology of Health.
There are many preconceptions and misconceptions regarding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, while knowledge concerning Cognitive Therapies, which were associated with Behavioral Therapy to coin this new theoretical orientation in Psychology, called Psychotherapy of Cognitive Behavioral Orientation, is imprecise.
This course is intended to help students establish their own fundamentals in applied behavior analysis, especially in the analysis of variables necessary to understand physical, emotional, or behavioral pathological processes. Hence, the final objectives include: learning how to analyze variables relevant to the process of becoming ill, properly conceptualizing them and performing a proper functional analysis.
a. Psychosocial variables
i. Sex
ii. Age group
iii. Education and Income
iv. iv. Specific groups (e.g., religion, profession, etc. );
b. Remote environment variables
i. Family style
ii. Formal education
c. Current environment variables
i. Family
ii. Work environment
iii. Affective relationships
iv. Therapist/patient relationship
d. Internal variables
i. Thoughts
ii. Emotions
e. Essential Concepts in Behavioral Therapy
f. Essential Concepts in Cognitive Therapy
g. Essential Concepts in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
h. Functional Analysis
Basic texts addressing essential conceptions in the field will be used, such as:
Caballo, V. E. Manual de Técnicas de Terapia e Modificação do Comportamento, Santos Livraria Ed., 1999.
Range, B. Psicoterapia Comportamental e Cognitiva de Transtornos Psiquiátricos, Ed.Psy, 1998.
The students are instructed to perform bibliographic searches in journals such as:
. American Journal of Public Health
· Behavioral Medicine
· Canadian Journal of Public Health
· Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
· Journal of Behavioural Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
· Psicologia, Teoria e Pesquisa
· Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica
· Revista de Saúde Pública
Assessments will be established together with the professor.