Dental Psychology

Name of the course: Dental Psychology

Credit value: 1

Lessons (in hours):    28      lectures:    14      practicals:   0     seminars: 0

Type of the course:   compulsory     obligatory elective     elective

Frequency of announcement (per semester or year): 1

Lecturer of the course: Dr. Purebl György

Contact: Dr. Salavecz Gyöngyvér 

The goals of the course in point of view of the education:

The subject is interdisciplinary: connected to biomedicine through psychophysiology, and to the human side of medical practice. Students will learn about the theories of personality, emotion, mo-tivation. They will know how to recognize the mental state of patients and learn skills how to han-dle mental problems of patients. They learn about psychological phenomena which are important for dentists: pain, anxiety and stress. They will learn about psychosomatic processes and the basics of psychotherapy.

Competences acquired by completion of the course:

a)         Knowledge

Basic theories of personality, psychosomatics and general psychology. We will teach about cog-nitive and emotional processes, personality theories, and how to recognize and handle anxiety and depression.

b)         Skills

The students will be able to recognize the basic psychological processes, the main symptoms of mental disorders and use interventions.

c)         Attitude

Open-minded, sensitive to interdisciplinarity, opened to the human side of medicine.

d) Autonomy and responsibility

The subject contribute to use the personal, organizational, workplace sources with improving the basic psychological skills.

Number of students required for announcement of course (min., max.): No

Detailed course/lecture description[2]: (to facilitate credit recognition in other institutions)

1-2. Control problems and their relations to dental practice – Ujma Péter, senior lecturer, Ph.D.

3-4. Principles of perception, pain, consciousness, emotions and communication -and their relations to dentistry. – Ujma Péter, senior lecturer, Ph.D.

5-6. Stress and stress management in dental practice – Stauder Adrienne, assistant professor, Ph.D.

7-8. Psychological crisis, presuicidal syndrome, and burn-out prevention – Kollár János, assistant professor, Ph.D.

9-10. Role of psychological factors in producing and enhancing pain. Psychological interventions for pain suppression.  – Fóris Nóra, Ph.D.

11-12. Depression and their relation to dental practice – Fóris Nóra, Ph.D.

13-14. Psychotherapeutic methods – Purebl György, assistant professor, Ph.D.

15-16. Fables and imagination in dental practice – Fóris Nóra, Ph.D.

17-18. Substance misuse and surrounding areas in dentistry – Fenyves Tamás

19-20. Dental consequences of eating disorders – Szalai Dömötör Tamás, assistant lecturer

21-22. Hypnosis and relaxation therapies, and their possible use in dental practice – Purebl György, assistant professor, Ph.D.

23-24. Conscious states, sleep, dreaming, general anesthesia – Bódizs Róber, senior research fellow, Ph.D.

25-26. Affects, emotion and motivation – Fóris Nóra, Ph.D.

27-28. Review – Salavecz Gyöngyvér, senior lecturer, Ph.D.

Courses (obligatory and elective) which in part or entirely overlap the topics of above course: No

Special academic work required for completion of the course[3]: No

Attendance on practices and lectures, replacement in case of missed sessions: 2 absences is allowed during the semester. Medical certificate is accepted if more absences occur.

Consequences of absence from sessions and exams: Denied signature of the semester.

Method of checking acquired knowledge during the study period[4]: No

Requirements of an accepted semester (signature of the lecturer): Attendance of the lectures

Type of the exam: Written exam

Requirements of the exam[5]: The material of the lectures is the obligatory requirements for the exams.

Grading of courses[6]: 1 to 5

Exam registration: via Neptun system

Rules of repeating exams: The exam could be repeated if the grade is 1 or the student would like to improve the grade.

List of textbooks, lecture notes and recommended textbooks:

Behavioral dentistry. Mostofsky DI, Forgione AG, Giddon DB (eds.), Blackwell Munksgaard, 2006.

Behavior & Medicine. 4th Edition, Danny Wedding, Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Seattle, 2006.

Fadem B: Behavioral Science, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,  5th ed., 2008.

Sarafino E.P.: Health Psychology. Biopsychosocial interactions. 6 th ed., New York, Wiley, 2008.

Kopp M. – Skrabski Á.: Behavioral Sciences Applied in a Changing Society, Corvina, 1996.