490012-HS2024-0-Introduction to forensic psychiatry and psychology





Root number 490012
Semester HS2024
Type of course Proseminar
Allocation to subject Psychology
Type of exam Written exam
Title Introduction to forensic psychiatry and psychology
Description This course will be held under the direction of Prof. Dr. phil. Leila M. Soravia, with some of the individual lectures being given by various members of staff from the University Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Bern (UPD) and external experts in the field. The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to the field of forensic psychiatry and psychology and to teach the relevant legal principles, concepts, theories and methods. Various disorders, as well as their disorder-specific and offense-oriented therapy, will be developed using case studies. Furthermore, instruments for assessing the legal prognosis will be examined in more detail. Finally, a visit to the prison Witzwil will provide a direct insight into the penal system and an exchange with an inmate.
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Lecturers Prof. Dr. Thomas BergerInstitute of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 
Prof. Dr. Leila Maria Soravia BachofnerTeaching Staff, Faculty of Medicine 
ECTS 4
Recognition as optional course possible No
Grading 1 to 6
 
Dates Tuesday 14:15-16:00 Weekly
 
Rooms Seminarraum B 005, Institutsgebäude vonRoll
 
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