The main objective is knowledge of the essential aspects of psychopathology, the classification of mental illnesses, clinical phenomenology, and the main practices for treatment with or without patient consent. Another goal is understanding treatments without consent (A.S.O. and T.S.O), which constitute a very delicate moment in healthcare practice, even for the general practitioner. The normal/pathological relationship and the various psychopatological approaches (biological, phenomenological, psychodynamic, sociological, anthropological) imply different conceptions of illness. Finally, it is important to understand the distinction between psychosis and neurosis, a fundamental point of orientation for clinical practice. Special attention is also given to concepts related to psychomotricity, body schema, psychomotor symptoms, and psychiatric semiotics and clinics related to the psychopatological impairment of the motor component.
Course Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Lecture classes
Assessment Methods
The assessment of learning, in order to explore whether all subjects of the integrated course are equally assimilated, takes place through a test with 15 multiple-choice questions with 4 answers for each discipline of the integrated course.
Contents
History of Psychiatry, Psychopathology, psychiatric nosography (1 h) Psychopathological history, psychic examination, psychiatric semeiotic (2 h) Psychosis. Cognitive and mental disorders due to a general medical condition (2 h) Schizophrenia, delusional disorder. Mood disorders (2 h) Neurosis. Anxiety disorders, somatoforms, post traumatic disorders and adaptation. Eating disorders (2 h). Addiction disorders. Chronic alcoholism. Personality Disorders. Factitious disorders. Postpartum Psychosis (3 h).
Course Language
Italian
More information
The teacher is available to receive the students by appointment to be agreed by email: camilla.callegari@uninsubria.it
