Mental illness-Mental health disorders and Delinquency-Legal transaction
| Title | Ψυχική Νόσος - Ψυχικές Διαταραχές και Παραβατικότητα-Δικαιοπραξία / Mental illness-Mental health disorders and Delinquency-Legal transaction |
| Code | ΤΙΜΙΒ008 |
| Faculty | Health Sciences |
| School | Medicine |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Fotios Chatzinikolaou |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600020258 |
Programme of Study: PPS Forensic Medicine-Forensic Psychiatry (2020-today)
Registered students: 45
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 1 |
| Total Hours | 12 |
| Class ID | 600245918
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Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600245918
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/user/index.php?id=17766
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
- Specialized training through the combination of scientific knowledge in law, forensic psychiatry, medical jurisprudence, and judicial practice.
- They understand the methodological and practical issues they will encounter in their professional practice, such as: dangerousness and individuals with mental disorders, forensic aspects, toxicology, offender and victim profiles, racism/violence, violence management, and bullying.
- In the context of psychiatry and justice, medical and legal sciences, they are called upon to manage a special group of patients, those who have committed crimes and have been declared unfit due to their mental illness. They also have knowledge about the difficulties they will encounter in matters of evidence when performing their judicial duties on civil or criminal cases. Furthermore, they are aware of the challenges faced by experts in their work to ensure seamless and effective collaboration between the court and the experts for the benefit of the proper and expeditious administration of justice.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
It is clear that individuals with intellectual disabilities commit crimes, but it is not clear if this occurs at a higher proportional rate than in the general population. Typically, males are more responsible for a higher percentage of delinquency compared to females. In this specific section, we will discuss the assessment and evaluation of dangerousness, positive symptoms and attribution, negative symptoms and attribution, victimization, emotional disorders and delinquency, PTSD, anxiety disorders, dementia and victimization, sexual delinquency, arson, self-destructive behavior, anger, and aggression. The freedom of private will as a cornerstone of jurisprudence presupposes the person's natural ability to freely shape their will. Autonomy of private will, free self-determination, and legal capacity of the person (legal capacity, legal incapacity, capacity to make a will).
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Distance education through the use of the Zoom application
Laboratory training with video projection
Communication via email, e-learning
Assessment through electronic registration at https://qa.auth.gr/
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 60 | 2.4 | |||
| Seminars | 20 | 0.8 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 10 | 0.4 | |||
| Written assigments | 5 | 0.2 | |||
| Exams | 5 | 0.2 | |||
| Total | 100 | 4 |
Student Assessment
Description
For the final evaluation and grading of postgraduate students in the courses, the following factors are taken into consideration:
a) distance learning / physical attendance in the classes..
b) Performance in an assessment judged by the instructor, either in oral or written exams, a research paper, or a combination of the above.
The grading scale for assessing the performance of postgraduate students is defined from zero to ten as follows: Excellent (8.5 - 10), Very Good (7 - 8), Good (6 - 6.5). A passing grade in the exams of the Postgraduate Program and the thesis is set at equal to or greater than 6.
Student Assessment methods
- Oral Exams (Formative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Κοσμάτος Κ., Ψυχική ασθένεια και ποινικό δίκαιο: μέτρα ασφαλείας ή μέτρα θεραπείας; https://mahitotekmirio.wordpress.com./2008/10/25/02-18/.
Κιούπης Δ. Δικαστική Ψυχολογία και Ψυχιατρική , 2η έκδοση εμπλουτισμένη, σελ.84, Νομική Βιβλιοθήκη.
Φωτεινή Τσαλικόγλου «Σχιζοφρένεια και φόνος. Αναζητώντας τον χαμένο παράδεισο» εκδόσεις Λιβάνη 2007, σελ.460
Last Update
03-11-2023
