EPSY 401 : Psychological Health

Department

Department of Educational and Psychological Sciences

Academic Program

Bachelor in Education and Psychology

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

EPSY 302

Intended learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student must be able to:

1. Explain the concepts of mental health and psychological congruence.

2. Discusses psychological needs and means of psychological defense.

3. Explain in detail the concept of psychological illnesses, and their causes.

4. List the psychological diseases and the ways to diagnose them and the means to treat them.

5. Explain the concept of psychological problems and their relationship to school health.

6. Explain mental health and its relationship to psychological harmony.

7. Compare types of psychological defense.

8. Analyze some patterns of psychological diseases and behavioral aberrations.

9. Discuss some psychological illnesses and their relationship to low academic achievement.

10. Infer the relationship between psychological problems and school health.

11. Use knowledge of the historical development of the concept of mental health and related concepts.

12. Employ his knowledge of psychological needs and defensive tricks in his/her career as a future teacher.

13. Apply knowledge of the concept of psychological illness to understanding others' psychological states.

14. Use his or her knowledge of psychological diseases to help his or her students achieve psychological harmony and self-confidence.

15. Make a visual presentation that shows some psychological and behavioral problems, their causes, their diagnosis, and remedies.

16. Work in a groups.

17. Self-learn and continuous learning.

18. Use computer technology and the Internet to search for information

Teaching and learning methods

The course will be presented to the student through:

1-Lectures.

2- Field visit.

3-Discussion Panels.

4- Case study.

Methods of assessments

Methods of evaluating students in this course (class work 40% & final 60%)

First written test (multiple choice mode)

Second written test (multiple choice and Quiz)

Final exam (multiple choice and Quiz)

Scientific activities (e.g. writing a report or making a presentation)

Main Contents of the Course Scientific topics Week History of psychological health, introducing some concepts and terms 1 Psychological harmony, its most important area 2 Psychological needs and means of psychological defense 3 Psychological diseases and their causes 4 Symptoms and diagnosis of psychological diseases 5 Neurological diseases 6 Psychotic diseases 7 Psychotherapy 8 9 Psychological problems 10 11 School mental health 12 13 14

References

Reference title	Publisher	Publication date	Author	Country of publication
Mental health and psychological compatibility	Open University	1994	Ramadan Gaddafi	Tripoli
Mental health and psychiatric treatment	Cairo Book World	1990	Hamed Abd Al-Salam Zahran	Cairo
Mental health	The Arab Renaissance	1983	Mustafa Khalil Al-Sharqawi	Egypt
Mental health portal	Dar Al-thought	2012	Mohammed Qasim Abdullah	Amman
Mental health	Dar Al-thought	2007	Abdulsalam Abdul Ghaffar	Amman
Mental health	University Library	2002	Adib Al-Khaledi
Mental Health – a New perspective	Al-Massira House	2015	Ahmed Abdel Latif Abu as'ad	Amman
Mental health and psychiatric treatment	Book World		Hamed Abd Al-Salam Zahran	Cairo

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Social Psychology (EPSY 212)
Psychology of Play (EPSY 221)
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Curriculum Development (EPSY 223)
Psychology of Personalities (EPSY 224)
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Inferential Statistics (EPSY 326)
Teaching Ethics (EPSY 325)
Thinking Skills (EPSY 324)
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