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CODE 67542
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/25
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 1° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

The present teaching course is mainly aimed to provide students with the appropriate knowledge and basic skills about psychiatric sciences.  

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Provide appropriate training on the patient-to-patient relationship; To have a good knowledge of the psychological and psychopathological, etiopathogenetic, diagnostic, clinical and prognostic aspects of psychiatric illnesses of youth, adulthood and senility, personality disorders and drug-toxic dependencies, to have knowledge of the theoretical bases and techniques of the various Forms of individual, family, and group psychotherapy, and acquire professional tools even in emergency-emergency situations

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Basic knowledge of clinical and psychopathological elements of the major psychiatric conditions. General clinical, semiological, and diagnostic concepts related to psychopathology. Development of the ability to connect and successfully interact with clients. The role and tasks of the expert in podology to identify the presentations and progression of the most relevant existent psychopathological conditions.

At the end of the training course, students will be able to recognize most of the clinical, semiological, and diagnostic pathways as well as to critically identify the most relevant psychiatric conditions analyzing their psychopathological components and identifying their nosological criteria, according to the specific learned abilities.

Students will be also able to achieve the ability to present with language competence the acquired scientific knowledge and develop an independent, critical, and thoughtful investigation ability.

TEACHING METHODS

Oral teaching with interactive discussion of clinical cases

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Psychopathology of the most relevant mental functions: sensory perceptual disturbances; quantitative and qualitative consciousness disorders; alterations of the self consciousness; thoughts disturbances; mood disorders; psychomotor behavior disorders; memory, attention, and intellect disturbances.

Psychopathological determinants underlying anxiety, unipolar and bipolar major affective, suicidal behavior, acute and chronic psychotic delusional, eating, and personality disorders.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Manuale di Psichiatria. Editore: Il Pensiero Scientifico, seconda edizione, (Italy), 2014. Autore: Alberto Siracusano.

Slides in power-point will be also provided to students to further support the teaching proposed topics.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANDREA AMERIO

CARLO MARTINOLI

MARINA GRANDIS (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

MASSIMO LEANDRI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

October 2020

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy