at the end of the course, the student should be able in evaluating most relevant psychiatric symptoms, most relevant psychiatric syndromes; he/she should have a proper vision of main psychiatric pictures and being able of having correct relationship also with severe patients
Course Prerequisites
at least: one clinical medical internship, one clinical surgical internship; good disposition towards human contact and introspection
Teaching Methods
lectures, audio/video recording of clinical presentations, workshops
Assessment Methods
written, with multiple-choice and open question test, aiming at evaluating student's knowledge, clinical reasoning and clinical and relational attitudes
Texts
Neel Burton, Introduzione alla Psichiatria, Bologna: il Mulino Ane Haaland and Sassy Molyneux, Quality information in field research WHO Pierluigi Politi, Ri-pensare il paziente, Pavia University Press
Contents
a bio-psycho-social model in clinical medicine communication in healthcare elements of history of psychiatry learning disabilities schizophrenia mood disorders anxiety disorders personality disorders eating, sleeping, sex disorders psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, rehabilitation
