mail unicampaniaunicampania webcerca

    Andrea FIORILLO

    Insegnamento di PSYCHIATRY

    Corso di laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA

    SSD: MED/25

    CFU: 5,00

    ORE PER UNITÀ DIDATTICA: 50,00

    Periodo di Erogazione: Secondo Semestre

    Italiano

    Lingua di insegnamento



    Contenuti



    Testi di riferimento



    Obiettivi formativi



    Prerequisiti



    Metodologie didattiche



    Metodi di valutazione



    Altre informazioni



    Programma del corso



    English

    Teaching language



    Contents

    The course aims at training medical students to correctly identify main Psychiatric syndromes, to correctly prescribe a treatment and/or refer to a specialist difficult cases requiring a team work and integrated interventions.

    Textbook and course materials

    Kaplan and Sadock's “Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry”, LWW, Eleventh Edition, 2014

    Course objectives

    Course objectives include: to acquire good theoretical and practical knowledge on main psychiatric syndromes in adulthood. In particular, learning outcomes include: 1) recognition of Psychiatric symptoms and signs as well as classification within relevant disorders; 2) diagnosis of main Psychiatric disorders, with particular attention to differential diagnosis between different psychiatric disorders as well as between them and general medical conditions; 3) knowledge on international classification systems of Psychiatric diseases; 4) knowledge on different classes of psychotropic medications; 5) basic knowledge on psychotherapies and rehabilitation interventions; 6) design of an integrated therapeutic project; knowledge on main laws concerning psychiatric care; 7) knowledge on the organization of Mental Health Departments.

    Prerequisites



    Teaching methods

    Classroom lessons and Practical activities

    Evaluation methods

    Oral Examination to verify acquisition of: 1) basic knowledge on common mental disorders (anxiety disorders, depressive disorders), psychotic disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder; 2) knowledge of main psychotropic drug classes; 3) basic knowledge concerning autism, epilepsy in developmental age and intellectual disability; 4) principles of pharmacological and psychotherapic treatment of the above disorders.

    Other information



    Course Syllabus

    -Basics of psychopathology. Psychopathology of Perception, Mood, Emotions and Cognition.
    -Clinical interview in psychiatry. The approach to the psychiatric patient. The first interview. The history: sources of information and relevant data. The psychological examination.
    -Primary psychosis. Nosographic aspects. Schizophrenia: Diagnosis, clinical characteristics and course, biological correlates and etiopathogenesis. Chronic delusional syndromes. Schizoaffective Disorder.
    -Anxiety syndromes. Classification. Panic disorder. Phobias. The generalized anxiety syndrome. Biological correlates and etiology of anxiety syndromes.
    -Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychopathology of obsessions and compulsions. The "spectrum" of obsessive-compulsive phenomena. Clinical picture, course and prognosis. Biological correlates and etiopathogenesis.
    -Mood disorders. Diagnostic and nosographic aspects. Major depressive episode. Depressive disorders. Manic episode. Bipolar syndromes. Dysthymia and cyclothymia. Biological correlates and etiopathogenesis of mood syndromes.
    -The Dementias. Aging and dementia. Epidemiological data. The classification of dementias. Clinical and instrumental semiotics. Clinical pictures and course of main dementia syndromes. The biology of dementia.
    -Delirium. Pathogenetic factors. Clinical picture. Differential diagnosis. Prognosis.
    -Concept of stress. Post-traumatic stress disorder.
    -Eating behavior and its disorders. The biological basis of eating behavior. Clinical pictures of eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa. Treatment of eating disorders.
    -Antipsychotic drugs and their use in clinical practice. Classification of antipsychotic drugs. Mechanisms of action. Pharmacokinetics. Side effects. Anticholinergics. Atypical antipsychotics. The long-acting antipsychotics.
    -Anxiolytic drugs and their use in clinical practice. Biochemistry, pharmacokinetics, metabolism of benzodiazepines. Classification of benzodiazepines. Side effects. Addiction and dependence. Non-benzodiazepine anxiolytics.
    -I Antidepressant drugs and their use in clinical practice. Classification of antidepressant drugs. Mechanisms of action. Pharmacokinetics. Side effects.
    -Lithium: indications, mechanism of action, side effects, contraindications. The predictors of response to treatment with lithium. The management of long-term treatment with lithium. Anticonvulsants.
    -Basics of psychotherapy. Specific and non-specific factors in psychotherapy. Risks and side effects of psychotherapy. The evaluation of the results. Cognitive and behavioral psychotherapy. Clinical indications of psychotherapies.
    -Family psychoeducational interventions.
    -Psychiatric care in Italy. The "places" of psychiatric care. Prevention and rehabilitation. The psychiatric legislation.

    facebook logoinstagram buttonyoutube logotype