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CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

CODE 57765
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 2 cfu during the 1st year of 8747 SCIENZE E TECN. ATTIVITA' MOTORIA PREV. E ADATTATA(LM-67) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-PSI/08
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 2° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    The aim of the course is  to provide the basic knowledge for the acquisition of knowledge and abilities to perform an efficacious approach to elderly subjects with positive aging and with frailty and disability associated with normal and pathological aging.

     

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Knowledge of:

    • biological processes of aging with particular attention to the boundary between normal and pathological aging;
    • geriatric epidemiology and geriatric syndromes;
    • introduction to the description of the diseases most frequently encountered in the elderly and of the preventative, therapeutic, rehabilitative and care strategies;
    • the concepts of frailty and disability associated with normal and pathological aging;
    • introduction to the concepts of comorbidity of elderly patients;
    • introduction to the multidimensional approach to the elderly patient

    TEACHING METHODS

    Lectures

    Role playing

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    • Aging: Definitions and theories
    • Geriatric epidemiology
    • Cognitive changes associated with aging
    • Effects of aging on memory
    • Dementia and delirium
    • Cognitive reserve
    • Effects of aging on emotions and motivation
    • Social changes associated with aging. The environment.
    • Frailty in elderly people
    • Hospitalization of the Elderly
    • Successful aging
    • Effects of physical and mental exercise on subjective well-being
    • Principles of care
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    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Slides provided during the course

    Read a book from this list:

    • Lorenzo Marone, La tentazione di essere felici;
    • Ernest Hemingway, Il vecchio e il mare;
    • Italo Svevo, Senilità;
    • Luìs Sepulveda, Il vecchio che leggeva romanzi d’amore;
    • Marco Malvaldi, La briscola in cinque.

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    —Wednesday, 26 April 9-12 

    Class schedule

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    EXAMS

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    Knowledge of basic elements and principles of psychological aging

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes
    03/02/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale Aula 3 - Edificio 6 - Polodidattico Alberti
    17/02/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
    12/06/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale Aula 3 - Edificio 11 (ex fisiologia)
    28/06/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale Aula Edificio 11 (ex fisiologia)
    14/07/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale Edificio 11 (ex fisiologia) (da confermare)
    08/09/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale Edificio 11 (ex fisiologia) (da confermare)