- Docente: Marco Menchetti
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/25
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Speech and Language Therapy (cod. 8478)
Learning outcomes
Objective of the course is to provide knowledge on the mental
disorders and in particular presentation, diagnosis, and
treatment.
Course contents
Epidemiology of mental disorder. Diagnostic criteria in
psychiatry.
Patient assessment.
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
Mood disorders.
Anxiety and somatoform disorders.
Personality disorders.
Eating disorders.
Suicide and deliberate self-harm.
Organic psychiatric disorders (delirium and dementias).
Mental disorders in the elderly.
Substance misuse.
Treatments in Psychiatry: psychotropic drugs, psychotherapies.
Psychiatric care in Italy. Organization and laws.Readings/Bibliography
N.L. Burton. Psychiatry (second edition). Wiley-Blackwell 2010.
Teaching methods
Traditional classes
Teacher-led discussion on clinical cases
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Office hours
See the website of Marco Menchetti