The course aims to foster understanding by students of clinical conditions that characterize psychopathology in adulthood. They will, therefore, discuss the concepts of normality and pathology, structure and personality urging a critical understanding of the various models of interpretation.
It will finally outlined the characteristics, the etiology and psychodynamics of the main diagnostic pictures through the presentation and discussion of several clinical cases useful to deepen the main forms of psychopathology.
The aim of the course is to connect the fundamental notions of adult psychopathology with the main diagnostic frameworks, integrating the approach of descriptive symptomatic psychopathology with structural psychopathology of psychodynamic matrix.
The course will take place through lectures, if allowed by the Covid emergency. The second part of the course also includes the presentation of clinical material.
General psychopathology of psychic functions: diagnosis and classifications.
Emotions, emotional regulation, and psychopathology. Clinical meeting and diagnostic placement. Descriptive and interpretative psychopathology. Psychosis and Neurosis: the psychodynamic point of view. Schizophrenia. Delusional disorder, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, short psychosis. Mood disorders: depression, dysthymia, mania, bipolar disorders. Anxiety disorder. Dissociative disorders. Substance Addiction Disorder. Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. Disorders of eating behavior. Disturbances in impulse control. Paraphilias. Personality and its disorders. Ethno-Psychiatry and ethnic syndromes.
For foreign students, articles in English will be available on request.
Gabbard, G. (2015). Psichiatria Psicodinamica. Quinta Edizione Raffaello Cortina, Milano
Albasi C. (2006). Attaccamenti traumatici. I Modelli Operativi Interni Dissociati, Utet, Torino.
A text chosen from the following:
Rosenberg K.P. e Feder L.C. (a cura di), Dipendenze, Milano: Edra.
Rossi Monti, M. (2008). Forme del delirio e psicopatologia. Raffaello Cortina, Milano
AA.VV. (2009) L’impronta del trauma. Sui limiti della simbolizzazione. Angeli, Milano
Stone (2007). Pazienti trattabili e non trattabili. I disturbi di personalità. Raffaello Cortina.
Ricevimento: Monday, 2-3 p.m., DISFOR, IV Floor, Room 4A7
DONATELLA CAVANNA (President)
FABIOLA BIZZI
Second semester.
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN ADULTS
DThere is a written exam with open-ended questions
Students with DSA certification, disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination methods that, in compliance with the objectives of the course, take into account individual learning patterns and provide appropriate compensatory tools.
For foreign students, articles in English will be available on request. The exam can be taken, in the manner provided, in English.
