Learning objectives
The course is aimed to make the students able to recognize people with psychotic disorders, to make an adequate project of care and of psycho-social rehabilitation.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The first part of the classes will address the fundamental principles of psychopathology such as alterations of consciousness, attention, memory, perception, thought, instinct, affect, volition.
The second part of the classes will address the principal psychotic disorders: schizophrenia, paranoia, paraphrenia, acute psychoses.
The third part of the classes will address the fundamental principles of treatment of psychotic disorders (pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy).
The fourth part of the classes will address the organization of the Department of Mental Health
Full programme
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Bibliography
PSICOPATOLOGIA E CLINICA PSICHIATRICA- CASSANO-TUNDO - UTET 2006
P. SARTESCHI, C. MAGGINI, Ed.SBM Noceto (PR): MANUALE DI PSICHIATRIA
Teaching methods
Lessons and attendance of services of Department of Mental Health.
Assessment methods and criteria
In progress evaluation isn't scheduled.
The final examination consists in a multiple choice test with 60 questions, concerning the program of the course. The time available is 90 min. The exam has a positive result if the student gives the correct answers to at least 36 questions. The final result depends on the number of the correct answers above the cut-off.
The final examination evaluates the student's knowledge, acquired during the study, about the ability to recognize psychotic disorders, to plan an adequate program of care and rehabilitation project.
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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