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PSYCHIATRY IN THE ADULT PATIENT

CODE 68275
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 2 cfu during the 2nd year of 9287 TERAPIA DELLA NEURO E PSICOMOTRICITA' DELL'ETA' EVOL(L/SNT2) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/25
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 1° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The lessons of Psychiatry of  Adulthood intend to give to the student the knowledge of the main aspects of psychopathology and  clinical examination.

    By the end of the course, the student should:

     -  Recognize most frequent psychopathologies

     -  Gain knowledge of main mental disorders

    -   Gain knowledge of established procedure and law of involuntary hospitalization (n° 180 13/05/1978)

    -   Demonstrate knowledge about  diagnostic criteria based on DSM 5of most frequent psychopathologies

    -   Demonstrate knowledge about diagnostic complexity in Psychiatry

     

    TEACHING METHODS

    Frontal lessons.
    Support slides will be discussed and detailed by the professor.

    Slides and other teaching material, if requested, will be provided online to students.
    All class contents will be sufficient theoretical elements for exam preparation. 
     

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

     

    Signs and Symptoms in Psychiatry: consciuosness, attention, memory, intelligence, speech, mood, thinking, perception, motor behavior.

    Mood disorder: depressive disorders and bipolar disorders

    Anxiety disorders

    Obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

    Personality Disorders

    Eating disorders

    Substance- Related Disorder (Alcohol and Drugs)

     Emergency Psychiatric Medicine

    Established procedure and law of involuntary hospitalization (n° 180 13/05/1978)

     

     

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    For more detailed material on the topics that will be discussed, I suggest the following texts:

    Manuale di Psichiatria

    Giberti Rossi

    Piccin

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    EUGENIA DUFOUR (President)

    FEDERICA BARBIERI

    ELISABETTA CAPELLO

    ANDREA ESCELSIOR

    GRAZIA MARIA SPAGGIARI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    october

    Class schedule

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    The exam will mainly concentrate on the topics discussed in frontal lessons and it will aim at evaluating  theoretical preparation, related to the achievement of an adequate knowledge of the subject matter, as well as the ability to process, in term of personal reflection, all the provided contents.
    The student must also display the acquisition of a specific terminology of the subject matter.

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    The exam can be sit only in oral form.
    Two open-ended questions will be asked in relation to the topics discussed during class.

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes
    18/01/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale
    24/02/2023 15:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
    14/06/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale
    05/07/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale
    13/09/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale