Master's in Emergency Psychology
Psychological skills to face collective emergency scenarios
* 50% reduction reserved for: psychology graduates; employees of public bodies; social and healthcare workers; members of the Armed Forces, Police Corps and auxiliary corps; private security and investigation operators. A study grant of equal amount is available for university students, the unemployed/jobless and pensioners.
Overview
The Master's in Emergency Psychology aims to promote an interdisciplinary vision of individual and collective post-traumatic states, fostering the capacity for integration and collaboration among practitioners, while respecting the specific features of their different roles. The programme enables students to acquire the analytical skills needed to face the various collective emergency scenarios — health-related, social, natural and man-made — paying attention both to the disruption of the social fabric and to the individual in their full bio-psycho-social dimension.
The Master's is aimed at civilian and military executives seeking to deepen their skills, at professionals, graduates and diploma holders eager to enhance their expertise in the field of Emergency Psychology, at employees, collaborators and consultants of public and private healthcare facilities, at operators of social welfare bodies and at anyone who, driven by strong motivation, wishes to acquire an adequate knowledge of the subjects covered.
The training adopts the innovative methodology of Distance Learning: the synopses are delivered directly to the student's email inbox, so that lessons can be followed anywhere and at any time, with only an Internet connection required, reconciling work, family and geographical-distance needs.
The programme is divided into two teaching modules that guide the student from managing the initial emergency through to psychotherapeutic intervention techniques.
Emergency Psychology
- The definition of emergency
- The "initial emergency": operational areas and first logistical arrangements
- The involvement of humanitarian bodies and Non-Profit Organisations
Communication in Emergencies
- Effective and strategic communication in emergencies
- Communicating with minors in an emergency
- Communication in health emergencies
- Communication and the Mass Media
- Psycho-social impact of the message
Sociological Aspects of Emergencies
- Disasters in Italy: examples of initial health and social response
- Reshaping of values and of the system of social beliefs
- Awareness-raising and solidarity
The Social Cognition of Emergencies
- Social cognition and emotions
- Neural bases of social cognition
- Theory of mind
- Communicating, anticipating and understanding in risky situations
The Traumatic Event
- Characteristics of the event
- The phases of the event
- Categories of victims
- Reactions in preschool, school, adolescent and adult age
- The impact of trauma on personality
The Psychopathological Approach to Psychology
- Classification and recognition of psychological disorders elicited by traumatic events
- The psychotherapies: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Systemic Relational Therapy, Self Help groups
The ABC Model and Relaxation Techniques
- Psychoeducation
- The ABC Model in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy
- Analysis of "dysfunctional thoughts"
- Relaxation training
- Mindfulness
Ericksonian Hypnosis Techniques
- History of hypnosis
- Hypnosis: psychosomatic effects
- Suggestion and psychotherapy: the work of Milton Erickson
- Milton Erickson's hypnotic techniques
- Application of hypnosis in Brief and Strategic psychotherapy
- Use of hypnosis in emergencies
At the end of the Master's, UNINTESS issues to all those deemed eligible, having passed the prescribed assessment examinations, a Certificate of Successful Completion, which certifies the level of knowledge of the subjects covered in the Master's programme.
- Assessment: 9 assessments in the form of multiple-choice tests, covering the topics of each module; each test is passed with a minimum score of 18/30 and the final grade is the arithmetic mean of the results.
- Timing: the examination for the first group of subjects may be requested at least 3 months after receipt of the synopses; the second group after a further 3 months. The examinations must be completed within the twelfth month of enrolment, for an overall commitment of about 440 hours.
- CFU recognition: the certificate may be submitted by the student to their Degree Course Council to be recognised as curricular CFU (university credits).
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