Psychiatric and neurological sciences 3Module psychiatry
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Antonino PETRALIAExpected Learning Outcomes
Provide basic concepts of psychiatry with particular attention to the description of the clinic and the major psychiatric disorders.
The Role of the nurse in the therapeutic management and the rehabilitation of the patient. Identification and management of risk factors and self aggressiveness and towards others of the psychotic patient.
Course Structure
Frontal lesson
clinical cases
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
mandatory attendance
Detailed Course Content
Psychiatric semeiotics: appearance, motor activity, facial expressions, language, behavior,psychiatric history.
Psychopathology: attention, consciousness, memory, perception, thought, emotion, aggressive or violent behavior, will, and psychomotor activities, intelligence.
The classification of mental disorders: DSM-5 and ICD-11.
Textbook Information
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Depression, Bipolarizzazioni disorder, schizofrenia, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, forensic psychiatry | Manuale di Psichiatria: A. Favaro. F. Sambataro, Piccin Ed. 2021 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Written open-response test
Assessment of learning can also be conducted remotely, should conditions require it.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
Differential diagnosis between OCD and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Describe and list the anxiety disorders you are familiar with.
What are perception disorders?
Describe Jaspers' criteria for defining delusions.