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SCIENZE PSICHIATRICHE E NEUROLOGICHE - channel 2

Teaching Staff

MARIA SALVINA SIGNORELLI - Module Psychiatry - MED/25 - 2 CFU
ROBERTO RUSSO - Module INFERMIERISTICA IN PSICHIATRIA E NEUROLOGIA - MED/45 - 3 CFU
ALFIO ANTONIO GRASSO - Module Neurology - MED/26 - 2 CFU

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Learning Objectives

• Psychiatry
  

  Students will develop and demonstrate knowledge in the following specific areas:

  1. The major theoretical approaches to understanding the patient-doctor relationship;
  2. The biological, genetic, psychological, sociocultural, economic, ethnic, gender, religious/spiritual, sexual orientation, and family factors that significantly influence physical and psychological development throughout the life cycle;
  3. The fundamental principles of the epidemiology, etiologies, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of all major psychiatric disorders in the current standard diagnostic statistical manual, including the biological, psychological, sociocultural, and iatrogenic factors that affect the prevention, incidence, prevalence and long-term course and treatment of psychiatric disorders and conditions;
  4. The use, reliability, and validity of the generally accepted diagnostic techniques, including physical examination of the patient, laboratory testing, imaging, neurophysiologic and neuropsychological testing, and psychological testing
• Neurology
  

  Acquisition of fundamental knowledge related to the main neurological diseases.

Course Structure

• Psychiatry
  

  The lectures will be frontal, there will also interactive discussions about clinical cases. Mandatory attendance.

  ** Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

• Neurology
  

  Frontal lessons. Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the Syllabus.

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Detailed Course Content

• Psychiatry
  

  1. Major theoretical approach in Psychiatry

  2. PSYCHIATRIC SEMEIOTICS

  Appearance, Motor activity, Mimic, Language, Behavior, Psychiatric history

  3. Psychopathology

  Attention, Consciousness, Memory, Perception, Thought, Affectivity, aggressive or violent behavior, Intelligence.

  4. CLINIC FEATURES

  a) CLASSIFICATION OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS - DSM 5 (A.P.A.); ICD-10 (O.M.S.)

  b) DEMENTIA, DELIRIUM Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis, Clinical pictures, Course, Diagnosis and differential diagnosis, Comorbidity, Prognosis, Therapy

  c) RELATED SUBSTANCES: ALCOHOL, AMPHETAMIN, CAFFEINE, CANNABIS, COCAINE, HALLUCINOGENES, INHANTS, NICOTINE, OPPIACEI, PHENICLIDINE, SEDATIVES, HYPNOTICS OR ANSIOLITHICS. Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis, Clinical pictures, Course, Diagnosis and differential diagnosis, Comorbidity, Prognosis, Therapy

  d) SCHIZOPHRENIA Epidemiology, risk factors and etiopathogenetic hypotheses, symptomatology (initial period, state period, course and outcome), clinical forms, prognosis, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, therapy.

  e) OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS: Nosography, Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis, Clinical pictures and forms, Diagnosis, Course, Prognosis, Therapy.

  f) MOOD DISORDERS Epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical pictures (depressive episode, manic episode Hypomania, mixed states), diagnosis, differential diagnosis, course (unipolar, dysthymic, Bipolar, Cyclothymic, Rapid Cycles, Seasonal Affective), Prognosis, Therapy.

  g) ANXIETY DISORDERS: PANIC ATTAC, AGORAPHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPECIFIC PHOBIA; GENERALIZED ANXIETY; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, ANXIETY DUE TO A GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION; ANXIETY INDUCED BY SUBSTANCES. Historical and nosographic notes, Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis, Clinical pictures, Course,

  m) EATING DISORDERS:

  ANOREXIA; BULIMIA, BINGE EATING DISORDERS Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis, Clinical pictures, Course, differential, Comorbidity, Prognosis, Therapy.

  n) PERSONALITY DISORDERS: Diagnosis and diagnosis GROUP A (Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypic); B (Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic); GROUP C (Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive-Compulsive) Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis, Clinical pictures, Course, Diagnosis and differential diagnosis, Comorbidity, Prognosis, Therapy.

  5. TREATMENT a) PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; b) PSYCHOTHERAPY c) SOMATIC THERAPIES d) Psychiatric and psychosocial rehabilitation

  6. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT of MENTAL HEALTH; MANDATORY MEDICAL TREATMENT

• Neurology
  

  Stroke. Dementia. Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders. Multiple Sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Epilepsies. Emergency/Urgency Neurology.

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Textbook Information

• Psychiatry
  

  1) Manuale di psichiatria e psicologia clinica di Giordano Invernizzi,Cinzia Bressi

  Editore: McGraw-Hill Education Collana: Medicina Edizione: 5 Anno edizione: 2017

   

  2) Elementi di psichiatria di Filippo Bogetto,Giuseppe Maina,Umberto Albert

  Editore: Minerva Medica Anno edizione: 2014

• Neurology
  

  Teaching material provided directly to the students during the attendance of the lectures, offered on computer support in .pdf format or .ppt, prepared by the Teacher himself.

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