The aims of this course is to provide students with expertise in Neurology and Psychiatry of children and adolescents, with particular reference to the diseases that require psychological support in a work shared and multi-disciplinarity field.
The course aims to provide students with skills in the fields of neurology and psychiatry in childhood and adolescence, with particular reference to diseases that require psychological support in a network and multidisciplinary perspective.
The course aims to address the main issues of NPI and its different development and competencies especially in the following fields: neurological, neuropsychological, psychiatric and rehabilitative process; particular importance will be given to the meaning of networking neuropsychiatric disorders in developmental age.
Recommended prerequisites: developmental psychopathology, adolescence psychopathology.
Lectures and discussions starting from the clinical experience, with slides presentation and group work on clinical material.
The course will cover the following topics:
Mind and brain: short notes on the contribution of neuroscience for the understanding of the development and neurophysiology of the nervous system during childhood and adolescence.
The complexity of the diagnostic process in NPI
Epilepsy
Notes on Headaches
Intellectual disability
Specific language impairment
Autism spectrum disorders
Feeding and eating disorders
Elimination disorder
Anxiety disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Depression
Somatization
Psychosis in childhood
Conduct disorder
Personality disorders
Attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder
Gender dysforia
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Research topics, insights:
Propedeutical study books
V. Guidetti: Fondamenti di Neuropsichiatria dell'Infanzia e dell'Adolescenza-.Il Mulino Manuali, Seconda edizione 2016.
V. Guidetti: Neuropsichiatria dell'Infanzia e dell'Adolescenza - Approfondimenti, Il Mulino Manuali. Seconda edizione 2016.
Complementary and additional material:
Slides, notes presented during the lessons
Linee guida SINPIA
Ricevimento: Appointment by email
MARIA NACCARI CARLIZZI (President)
DAVID GIOFRE'
The lessons will begin according to the calendar of the Academic Year 202024/25 and according to teaching assignement.
INFANTILE NEUROPSYCHIATRY
Oral test with open questions
The parameters for the evaluation of student learning capacity will be, through written examination, as follows:
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: students will acquire adequate knowledge and an effective understanding of Psychiatry that is needed to work in network field and multidisciplinary way respecting their role of psychologists.
ABILITY TO USE ON DAILY BASIS KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: students will be able to use the acquired knowledge and to understand and resolve issues related to child Neurology disorders from the perspective of the psychologist in different organizational contexts.
JUDGE AUTONOMY: students will use the knowledge to create synergies and comparisons with other professionals dealing with the psychological, psychiatric, neurological related disciplines in the field of development age.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: students will acquire the technical language typical of discipline to communicate clearly and unambiguously with specialists and non-specialists.
LEARNING SKILLS: students will develop appropriate learning skills that will enable them to continue to develop independently the main issues of discipline, especially in contexts where they will operate.
No obligatory class lessons attendance but we strongly recommend attendance
