PSICOLOGIA CLINICA E RIABILITAZIONE

8 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

TULLIO MICHELE SCRIMALI - Module Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation - M-PSI/08 - 4 CFU
CONCETTA DE PASQUALE - Module psychiatry - MED/25 - 2 CFU
RITA BELLA - Module Nursing sciences and neuropsychiatric and rehabilitative techniques - MED/48 - 2 CFU

Learning Objectives

Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation
Acquisition of a clinical logic within an intervention model capable of dealing with different contexts and with the questions that arise from these and promotion of a culture of intervention that conditions its exercise, binding it to the dimension of research and modalities of verification and comparison.
psychiatry
Acquisition of theoretical knowledge of general psychopathology. Description of syndromes and subdivision there of according to the psychic functions higher and the main signs and symptoms evaluated for each mental disorder. Description of the major pathogenetic models of psychosomatic illnesses, in particular giving space to stress reactions and its related biological and psychological. Acquisition of the general principles of supportive care drug and psychotherapeutic type.
Nursing sciences and neuropsychiatric and rehabilitative techniques
To provide knowledge on the rehabilitative project, tools and techniques in patients with neurological and/ or mental disability. To acquire skills required to plan and implement preventive and rehabilitative interventions.

Course Structure

Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation
Lessons with the support of multimedial materials.
psychiatry
A presentation lesson that briefly summarizes the program of the course.
The contents are ordered to encourage continuous learning.
The lessons are held with the slides.
Nursing sciences and neuropsychiatric and rehabilitative techniques
frontal interactive lessons and seminars

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

Detailed Course Content

Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation
Acquisition of a psychological theory that allows the application of intervention techniques in the light of a specific theoretical model. In this sense, it will be possible to acquire the knowledge necessary to conduct the phases of observation, exploration, restitution and sharing that operate in the definition and eventual implementation of the intervention, also acquiring the elements of analogy and differentiation that the different demand contexts require. . Critical review of the fundamental concepts relating to psychological intervention. Contextualization of the main theoretical and operational issues, within a clinical psychological approach and in the light of an integrated theoretical perspective. Focus on the initial phase of the intervention. Problems associated with the verification of effectiveness. Content of the training activity - Theoretical prospects of the different models in clinical psychology. -The assessment in clinical psychology. -Psychodiagnostic methods. -Interventions in clinical psychology. -Analysis of psychopathological pictures.
psychiatry
Neurocognitive disorders. Anxiety disorders. Dissociative disorders. Somatoform and psychosomatic disorders. Mood disorders. Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Eating disorders. Personality disorders. Signs of psychiatric pharmacotherapy. Psychoterapies.
Nursing sciences and neuropsychiatric and rehabilitative techniques
Rehabilitation project and diagnosis. Outcome levels. Neurobiological basis of cognitive rehabilitation. Brain learning and plasticity. Effects of training on brain plasticity. Multistrategy rehabilitation approaches. The interprofessional team in health care. Rehabilitation of awareness and pragmatic communication after brain injury. The holistic-integrated and bottom-up approach. Occupational therapy. Social-work reintegration. Rehabilitation approaches in patients with a vegetative state and of minimal consciousness state. Modulation of cognitive performance through transcranial brain stimulation.

Textbook Information

Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation
Scrimali Tullio: Neuroscienze e Psicologia Clinica. Franco Angeli, Milano, 2010.
psychiatry
Biondi M., Carpiniello B., Muscettola G., Placidi G., Rossi A., Scarone S., “Manuale di psichiatria”. ELSEVIER, MASSON, 2009
Nursing sciences and neuropsychiatric and rehabilitative techniques
- Kandel et al. Principi di Neuroscienze Quarta edizione. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana 2014

- La riabilitazione neuropsicologica -premesse teoriche ed applicazioni cliniche- a cura di Anna Mazzucchi; Masson terza edizione

- slides and other didactic materials provided by the teacher

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