Table of contents

The course is connected to the following study programs

  • Clinical Program in Psychology, Master's Degree Program (6 years)

Teaching language

English

Recommended previous knowledge

PSP100 Introduksjon til psykologi: vitenskapsteori, basalfag og klinisk psykologi

Learning outcomes

The student:

Knowledge

  • Has knowledge of central themes, theories and issues within the recovery perspective, and how these relate to essential questions in the field of mental health.
  • Is familiar with some key factors that contribute to recovery processes.
  • Is familiar with both quantitative and qualitative research on recovery.
  • Knows the important role an individual plays in their own recovery, and different methods to promote user involvement in meeting with professional helping systems.
  • Has knowledge of professionals’ contribution to recovery processes and how this can be adapted to psychologists’ specific professional roles and work situations.

Skills

  • Can apply methods for user participation in own practice.

    • Can apply relevant professional concepts from the recovery literature to illuminate clinical issues.

General competencies

  • Is familiar with what a recovery perspective entails for how to meet service users in various parts of mental health services.

Contents

Recovery has become an important perspective in work with people with mental health problems, both at the overall level of society and in work with individuals. The course provides an introduction to the research that forms the basis of the recovery perspective, key concepts developed from this research, and introduces common recovery-oriented methods for practical clinical work. This includes specialized recovery activities, but also how a recovery perspective can permeate all forms of measures for people with mental health problems. The course also sheds light on how recovery as an individual process is linked to relational and contextual factors. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on their own experiences of receiving professional help, and on which phenomena in different organizations are likely to help and hinder users’ recovery processes.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures, seminars and group work. In parallel with the lectures, students are expected to conduct a conversation with a person in a recovery process, focusing on what the person considers having been helpful for them. The students must link this to the knowledge provided in the curriculum literature and lectures and present the results in seminar groups. Here, students receive supervision and opportunities for reflection.

Examination requirements

  • Approved participation in compulsory lectures and seminars.
  • Approved at least one oral academic presentation during the course.

See detailed description in Canvas.

Student evaluation

The course coordinator, in consultation with the student representative, determines the evaluation method and whether the courses will have a mid-term or final evaluation in line with the quality system, chapter 4.1. Information about the evaluation method for the course is published in Canvas.
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