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PHARMACOLOGY (AND INSIGHTS ON PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS)

CODE 100537
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 2 cfu during the 1st year of 9280 EDUCAZIONE PROFESSIONALE(L/SNT2) - GENOVA
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    SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR BIO/14
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
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    SEMESTER 2° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The teaching of pharmacology with a focus on psychotropic drugs is aimed to offer the basic notions about the correct use of psychotropic drugs, their mechanism of action, and their side effects. Students will be able to learn the pharmacological approaches that more often are used to treat patients affected by mood, affectivity, and behavior disorders.  
    In particular, students will be able to:

    • Learn the most common treatments for patients with psychotropic drugs
    • Identify the early signal of drug overdose and learn the most important life-supporting pharmacological approaches for each of these specific situations.  
    • Discuss with patients about the necessity for pharmacological intervention, and the possible side effects, warning them about the risk of abuse of psychoactive drugs
    • Recognize the signs of a possible intoxication with drugs of abuse.

    TEACHING METHODS

    The teaching of Pharmacology (with focuses on psychotropic drugs) will be held as frontal lessons

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    Program and topics.

    General pharmacology

    • Pharmacokinetics
    • Pharmacodynamics 
    • Basic concepts of neuropharmacology

    Clinical neuropharmacology

    • Opiates in the therapy of pain
    • Antidepressant
    • Anxiolytics
    • Antipsychotics
    • Drugs of abuse

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    The topic discussed during the font lessons will be available as PDF files in aulaweb section of unige website.

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    CLAUDIO BRUNO (President)

    FEDERICO CARBONE

    STEFANO THELLUNG DE COURTELARY

    DONATELLA PANATTO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    lessons will be held starting from March 2023

    Class schedule

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    The exam will  be held in form of interview

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    Interviews will be solely focused on the topics that have been discussed during the course. They will be addressed to estimate the capacity of the students to critically evaluate the pathological situations that require the use of psychotropic drugs. The capacity to discuss the most useful neuropharmacological approach according to the clinical characteristics of the patients will be considered worthy of the highest score.