Professional education | University of Parma

Professor: Paolo OSSOLA
Academic discipline: Psichiatria (MED/25)
Field: Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity: Related/supplementary

32 hours
of face-to-face activities

4 credits

hub: -

course unit
in ITALIAN

lectures timetable

exam calls

Integrated course unit module: Mental Health and Psychopathology

Learning objectives

Basic knowledge of risk and resilience factors for mental health disorders according the bio-psycho-social model

Prerequisites

n/a

Course unit content

Precautional measures aimed at preventing the onset of major mental disorders and maintain psychic equilibrium and favour the balance with the envioromenatl factors

Full programme

1- Risk and Resilience: definitions
2- Bio-psychosocial model of metal disorders
3- Towards a developmental model of adjustment
4- Genes and epigenetics
5- Temperaments and Character
6- Basic structure of Diagnostic manuals
7- Epidemiology and Psychiatry
8- Risk factors and resilience for the main mental disorders
9- Stigma in mental health

Bibliography

Argomenti di igiene mentale
by Luigi Frighi

Risk and Resilience: Adaptations in Changing Times by Ingrid Schoon

Lecture slides and relevant cited papers.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exams with multiple choices
31 questions
correct: 1 point
wrong or missing: 0 point

Other information

These lectures are part of the integrated course C.I. Salute Mentale e Psicopatologia

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

During the course we will expolore the association between mental health and well-being, the effect of gender of prevalence and pathogenesis of menatl helath disorders and how to fight the associated stigma contributing to social inequalities

MENTAL HYGIENE cod. 1011339