OVERVIEW

Presentation and description of national and regional legislation on the organization of socio-sanitary services, with particular reference to mental health, dependencies, and penitentiary medicine.

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Basic concepts on the general mechanisms of cultural processes as a historical-cultural interpretative key to the historical evolution of assistance, care and rehabilitation and the concepts of normality, health, disease, activity and activity versus disability limitation, attendance and limitation of attendance versus handicap.
2. Know the history, the current developments in the organization of psychiatric services.
3. Know the organization of socio-sanitary services with particular reference to psychiatric services, their organizational articulation, mission and legislative framework.
4. Organization of the Departments of Mental Health and Addictions and Individual Psychiatric Operative Units, identifying: institutional purposes, field of intervention, roles and skills of the professional figures, links and interactions with other public and private services.
5. Autonomy of judgment: analyze the directives and operative practices of the services to decide on the appropriate interventions that take into account the legal, political, geographical, economic, ethical and social influences.

Acquire the ability to communicate and properly present their scientific and cultural knowledge and to relate to the professional environment, using the most appropriate exposition methodology.

TEACHING METHODS

1. Frontal lessons with moments of confrontation and discussion.
2. Read and comment on national and regional laws and norms.
3. Five lessons of two hours.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

1. Health Reforms, Sanitary and Hospital Companies, Regional Social Health Plan: Law 833/1978 "Health Care Reform Framework"

D.Lgs 502/1992 and D.Lgs 517/1994 Reform of SSN

D.Lgs 229/1999

2. Decree of the President of the Republic of 1st November 1999 Approval of the PROJECT OBJECTIVE "MENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION 1998-2000”

3. National Action Plan for Mental Health (PANSM) approved in a unified Conference with Agreement n. 4 of 24/01/2013

4. Agreement of 13/11/2014 between the Government, the Regions and the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano and Local Autonomies on the document “Definition of the care paths to be activated in the mental health departments for schizophrenic disorders, mood disorders and serious personality disorders”

5. Pathological Dependencies (from drug addictions to Non-Related to Substances addictions) L. DPR 309/90

6. Analysis of the Action Plan of O.M.S. "Mental health".

7. Agreement of 17/10/2013 between the Government, the Regions, the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano and the Local Autonomies on the document "Residential Psychiatric Facilities".

8. Agreement of 13/11/2014 between the Government, the Regions and the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano and Local Autonomies on the document "Residential and semi-residential therapeutic rehabilitation interventions for neuropsychological disorders of childhood and adolescence".

9. D.P.C.M. 01/04/2008 "Methods and criteria for transfer to S.S.N. of healthcare functions, work relations, financial resources and equipment and instrumental assets in the field of penitentiary health".

10. D.G.R. n. 364/2012 "Indications for the definition of the organizational model in the field of health in prison and of persons placed in the criminal circuit under the DPCM 01/04/2008".

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Distribution of copies of aforementioned laws, norms, resolutions, as well as slides of each lesson.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANDREA ESCELSIOR (President)

ANDREA AGUGLIA

ALESSANDRO NUCERA

MARCO MOLLICA (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

first semester

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination, consisting of two / three questions. The evaluation is global.

The final vote, being an integrated course, is given by the average of the weighted votes given by the various teachers.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam allows to verify the achievement of the expected learning outcomes: knowledge of proposed theoretical contents, ability to apply the acquired knowledge, exposition skills.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Availability to provide seminars or insights spaces, including through expert support.

Reception by appointment