Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2023-2024
Course director
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Dr. Róbert HEROLD
associate professor,
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy -
Number of hours/semester
lectures: 12 hours
practices: 0 hours
seminars: 0 hours
total of: 12 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OXF-MPB-h-T
- 1 kredit
- General Medicine
- Optional modul
- autumn
ODA-MPS-T parallel
Course headcount limitations
min. 5 – max. 15
Topic
Mentalization is the ability to form a picture of what is going on in another person’s mind. This ability is essential for social interactions. In a significant proportion of psychiatric illnesses, this basic human skill does not function properly. The aim of the course is to systematically review the mentalization deficits in psychiatric disorders.
Lectures
- 1. Introduction. The role of social cognition - Dr. Herold Róbert
- 2. The basics of mentalizing - Dr. Herold Róbert
- 3. Developmental aspects in mentalization - Dr. Herold Róbert
- 4. Neurobiology and neurochemistry of mentalizing - Dr. Herold Róbert
- 5. Mentalizing in autism - Dr. Herold Róbert
- 6. Deficits in mentalizing in schizophrenia - Dr. Herold Róbert
- 7. Mentalizing alterations in bipolar disorder - Dr. Herold Róbert
- 8. Characteristics of mentalizing in borderline personality disorder - Dr. Herold Róbert
- 9. Characteristics of mentalizing in antisocial personality disorder - Dr. Herold Róbert
- 10. Deficits of mentalizing in neurological disorders (Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis Multiplex, traumatic brain injuries) - Dr. Herold Róbert
- 11. Treatment of mentalizing deficits - Dr. Herold Róbert
- 12. Summary - Dr. Herold Róbert
Practices
Seminars
Reading material
Obligatory literature
Literature developed by the Department
Notes
Recommended literature
Abu-Akel, A., Shamay-Tsoory, S., 2011. Neuroanatomical and neurochemical bases of theory of mind. Neuropsychologia 49, 2971 2984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.07.012
Heyes, C.M., Frith, C.D., 2014. The cultural evolution of mind reading. Science 344, 1243091 1243091. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1243091
Conditions for acceptance of the semester
Maximum of 25 % absence allowed
Mid-term exams
According to the Code of Studies and Examinations
Making up for missed classes
According to the Code of Studies and Examinations
Exam topics/questions
None