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B001807 - PSYCHIATRY
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Academic Year 2011-12
Coorte 2010 - Second Cycle Degree in PSICOLOGIA
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Education and Psychology
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
MED/25 - PSYCHIATRY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
40
Teaching Term
03/10/2011 ⇒ 22/12/2011
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B001807 - PSICHIATRIA
Second Cycle Degree in PSYCHOLOGY
B001807 - PSICHIATRIA
Second Cycle Degree in PSYCHOLOGY
Teaching Language
italian
Course Content
The methods of psychiatry. Psychiatric epidemiology. Psychopathology, mood, anxiety-fear-phobia, obsession, compulsions, impulsivity. Neurogenesis and heritage environment interaction. Depression and melancholia. The major psychoses. The stress-related disease.Dementia. The eating disorders. The psychiatric comorbidity. Mental disorder from organic cause. Notes of psychopharmacology. The association psychotherapy-pharmacotherapy.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Handouts provided in electronic format by the teacher (downloadable from the site of the Faculty).
Learning Objectives
Knowledge related to general psychopathology. Knowledge concerning the psychiatric clinic. Knowledge on complex cases and treatment.
Prerequisites
none
Teaching Methods
interactive lectures using examples of clinical cases in order to facilitate discussion.
Further information
none
Type of Assessment
oral examination
Course program
History of madness , the methods of psychiatry, the mind-body dilemma, the concepts of classification and diagnosis. Psychiatric epidemiology. Mood psychopathology, anxiety-fear-phobia, obsession, compulsions, impulsivity, quantitative thought disorders, formal thought disorders, disorders of thought content, abnormal perceptions, body image disorders. Neurogenesis and heritage environment interaction. Stress and neurogenesis. Childhood trauma and adult psychopathology. Anxiety disorders, panic, phobias. The post-traumatic stress disorder. Obsessive-compulsive spectrum. Depression and melancholia. The bipolar spectrum. The major psychoses. The stress-related disease. Dementia. The eating disorders. Life events and psychopathology. The psychiatric comorbidity. The dual diagnosis. Mental disorder from organic cause. Notes of psychopharmacology: mechanism of action, evidence of efficacy and unwanted effects of antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers. The association psychotherapy-pharmacotherapy. The clichès about drugs.