Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits	Last Updated Date
8	PSİ454	Psychology Of Trauma	3+0+0	3	6	24.06.2025

Course Details

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Level of Course Unit	Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program	Psychology
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Elective
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	The aim of this course is to inform students about the concepts of individual and mass trauma, current changes in the perspective on trauma, and an overview of trauma-focused psychotherapy approaches.
Course Content	This lesson; 1. Basic concepts in trauma, 2.History of trauma psychology from past to present 3.Risk factors and protective factors in trauma, 4. Introduction to basic concepts in trauma, 5.Early and long-term effects of trauma 6.Traumatic stress reactions seen in adults 7.Traumatic stress reactions seen in children and adolescents, 8. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Diagnostic features and variation across DSM's, 9. Other disorders related to trauma and traumatic stress, 10.Current treatment approaches in psychological traumas 11.Secondary traumatic stress and related concepts, 12. Includes Psychological First Aid topics.
Course Methods and Techniques	Lecture and discussion
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	None
Name of Lecturers	Associate Prof.Dr. Burcu Rahşan Erim Associate Prof.Dr. Burcu Rahşan Erim
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	textbook
Course Notes	Lessons slides have been shared.
Exams	2 ara sınav,1 uygulama, 1 final

Course Category

Social Sciences	%30
Health	%70

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Course Duration	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud	2	8	16
Assignments	3	10	30
Presentation	2	12	24
Mid-terms	2	3	6
Practice	2	12	24
Final examination	1	3	3
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 6 151

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Have knowledge about the symptoms of trauma and etiology of trauma.
2	Learns the individual and large-scale traumas
3	Gain an understanding of different theories in the trauma literature.
4	They will be able to provide psychological first aid in individual and mass traumas.
5	Learns the approaches related to intervention in post-traumatic disorders.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Introduction to the course
2	Disaster (definition, classification, stages and psychosocial effects)
3	Disaster and trauma; nature of traumatic life events and post-traumatic stress symptoms
4	Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Clinical evaluation
5	Etiology of PTSD
6	Other mental problems due to trauma
7	Psychosocial context; post-disaster psychosocial intervention program
8	Disaster and trauma psychological evaluation
9	Disaster, children and adolescents
10	Loss and grief
11	Wave effect of trauma, indirect exposure and aid workers
12	Posttraumatic growth (development)
13	Psychological effects of displacement
14	Revision

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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