Psychological, Social and Cultural Aspects of Experiencing Trauma 2500-EN-PS-EAc-17
Seminar (SEM) Winter semester 2023/24

Knowledge

After completing the course students:

- know basic, as well as advanced terms connected to the phenomena of trauma and traumatic stress

- understand the role of personality as well as social support in the etiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

- understand the phenomenon of posttraumatic growth (PTG) and its determinants

- know the most important methods of psychotherapy of PTSD and ways of promoting PTG

Competences

After completing the course students are able to:

- highlight all PTSD diagnostic criteria in DSM and ICD

- mention the most important PTG models

- critically evaluate important cultural factors, which influenced the impact of trauma on humans and society

Attitudes

After completing the course students:

- realize social advantages of scientific studies on trauma and PTSD

- are more sensitive to people after traumatic events

- accept positive changes following trauma and adversity

Students may expect:

- brief introductory lecture devoted to each of the particular course topics

- discussion on the basis of literature

- analysis of case studies

- analysis of short excerpts from movies devoted to the topic of trauma