LEARNING OUTCOMES

To acquire the fundamental skills in identifying the assistance needs of the patient with physical, neurological  and  mental disability and to develop the relative healthcare plan. To understand the general concepts and the main methodologies to approach and manage the patients with neuropsychiatric disorders.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

- To provide the main etiological, pathophysiological and clinical elements of pediatric epilepsies, Intellectual Disability and Cerebral Palsies
- To introduce and outline the main symptoms and clinical problems in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety and Mood disorders and psychosis in developmental age
- To enable students to recognize the characteristical features of mental health problems in childhood / adolescence, with particular attention to Eating Disorders, Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder and Behavioral Disruptive Disorders
- To introduce and explain the general principles of “taking care” in the neuropsychiatric field and the importance of integrated treatment and team work

At the end of the class, the student will be able to:

- Distinguish the main etiological, pathophysiological and clinical elements of pediatric epilepsies, Intellectual Disability and Cerebral Palsies

- Classify the main types of epileptic seizure and syndromes and the different clinicial types of cerebral palsies
- To recognize and outline the main symptoms and clinical problems in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety and Mood disorders and psychosis in developmental age

- To compare the different clinical features and treatment-related problems in autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities                                                          
- To recognize the characteristical features of mental health problems in childhood / adolescence, with particular attention to Eating Disorders, Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder and Behavioral Disruptive Disorders
- To apply and explain the general principles of “taking care” in the neuropsychiatric field and the importance of integrated treatment and team work

TEACHING METHODS

L’insegnamento prevede lezioni frontali per un totale di 10 ore e con la proiezione di diapositive.

The class includes frontal lessons for a total of 10 hours and with the use of slides.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

• “Taking care” in Child Neuropsychiatry (and Integrated Treatment)
• Psychomotor and emotional-relational development in children and adolescents;
• Epilepsy and febrile convulsions: general concepts, childhood epilepsies, febrile convulsions, therapy, possible related psychological problems;
• Cerebral palsy: classification, treatment, etiopathogenesis; psychomotor skills;
• Mental retardation: definition, etiology, clinical symptomatology, management, different syndromes and psychological phenotypes
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder;
• Eating disorders, clinical picture, treatment, prevention;
• Mood and anxiety disorders in developmental age: clinical characteristics and main syndromes;
• Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Developmental Disorders: definition, clinical picture, evaluation tools, treatment

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

TESTI DI RIFERIMENTO:

Maurizio De Negri "Neuropsicopatologia dello sviluppo". Ed. Piccin, Padova, 1999.

Roberto Militerni “Neuropsichiatria Infantile”. Ed. Idelson-Gnocchi

TESTI INTEGRATIVI CONSIGLIATI:

Neurologia di Fazio e Loeb (Ed. Universo).

 M. De Negri “Neuropsichiatria dell'Età Evolutiva”. Ed. Piccin- Nuova Libreria 2004.