- Docente: Marco Menchetti
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/25
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8473)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student has knowledge, as far as he is competent, relating to the field of psychiatry, medical psychopathology, psychosomatics, psychotherapy, psychiatric pharmacotherapy, psychiatric aspects of medical psychology and social psychiatry.
Course contents
Impact of mental disorders in the population
Comorbidity between mental disorders and chronic medical diseases
Anxiety disorders
Mood disorders
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Personality Disorders
Eating disorders
Substance Use Disorders
Behavioral addictions
Psychiatric pharmacotherapy: antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, sedatives-hypnotics
Readings/Bibliography
Brambilla P. Manuale di Psichiatria Clinica/Essentials. Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2020.
Teaching methods
Traditional classes.
Teacher-led discussion on clinical cases.
Assessment methods
Test with 30 multiple choice quizzes distributed among all the topics covered in class. Each correct answer is worth 1 point, while the wrong answer does not give a score. The test is considered to have been passed with 18 correct answers.
Thirty with distinction is conferred on the basis of a collegial evaluation of the grade of the 3 courses that make up the integrated course.
Teaching tools
Presentations of the lessons in PowerPoint. Material provided during lectures. The material is available to students and can be downloaded from a dedicated online space (https://virtuale.unibo.it).
Office hours
See the website of Marco Menchetti
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.