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PSCO40230

Academic Year 2024/2025

Psychoanalytic Discourse 1 (PSCO40230)

Subject:
Psychotherapy
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Medicine
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Barry O'Donnell
Credit Split by Trimester:
Autumn 2.5
Spring 2.5
Trimester:
2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr)
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Students will develop their understanding of advanced Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic theory through a number of key texts. The limits of the knowledge of the practitioner and the consequences for ethical clinical practice will be explored, both in the context of psychoanalysis and the broader field of mental health. Students will be encouraged to formulate an informed position on the role of psychoanalysis in the field of the mental, and the relationship between a psychoanalytically-informed practice and other mental health discourses.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

The students should be able to:1) Demonstrate an understanding of key Freudian and Lacanian texts and their clinical applicability 2) Have an extensive and clear knowledge and understanding of what distinguishes psychoanalysis from other mental health discourses 3) Articulate a position on the role of psychoanalysis within the contemporary mental health field.

Indicative Module Content:

Students will develop their understanding of advanced Lacanian psychoanalytic theory through a number of key Lacanian texts. The limits of the knowledge of the practitioner and the consequences for ethical clinical practice will be explored, both in the context of psychoanalysis and the broader field of mental health. Students will be encouraged to formulate an informed position on the role of psychoanalysis in the field of the mental, and the relationship between a Lacanian informed practice and other mental health discourses.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Tutorial

18
Autonomous Student Learning

82
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
peer and group work; critical writing; reflective learning; in-class discussion of practice; student presentations of practice; clinical reading

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Presentation on a chosen topic covered on the module followed by submission of essay on the chosen topic. Timing Varies over the Trimester. Week 6 Spring Graded Yes

100

 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Mr Liam Barnard Tutor
Dr Grainne Donohue Tutor
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