39694 - Psychiatry 4

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student: - knows drugs in contemporary society: uses and social meanings, the sociological dimensions of the phenomenon, effects and new scenarios of use. The new forms of addiction without substances, such as Internet Addiction, compulsive shopping, pathological gambling, etc. - knows the criteria for the diagnosis of drug addiction - knows the main psychopathological forms linked to the use and abuse of substances (alcohol, drugs, medications) - knows the most significant medical complications due to substance abuse - knows the classification of substances of abuse on the basis of their mechanism of action - knows the main educational intervention strategies in the various forms of pathological addiction

Course contents

Drugs in contemporary society: uses and social meanings, the sociological dimensions of the phenomenon, effects and new scenarios of use. Furthermore, the profound cultural change of recent years has favored the development of new forms of addiction without substances, such as Internet addiction, compulsive shopping, gambling, social networks, etc. The classification of substances of abuse based on their mechanisms of action, the most significant medical complications and psychopathological forms due to substance abuse, the criteria for making a diagnosis of drug addiction. The main educational intervention strategies in the different forms of pathological addiction.

Readings/Bibliography

M. LANCINI (a cura di) Il ritiro sociale negli adolescenti. La solitudine di una generazione iperconnessa, Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano 2019.

G. Lavenia, Realtà virtuale e identità soggettiva. Nuovi mondi e psicopatologia del Sè, Asterisco, Urbino 2004.

C.Guerreschi, New addicitons. Le nuove dipendenze, San Paolo Edizioni, Roma 2005.

R.Pani, R. Biolcati, Le dipendenze senza droghe. Lo shopping compulsivo, Internet e gioco d'azzardo, UTET Università, Torino 2006.

V.Caretti, D. La Barbera (a cura di) Addiction, Aspetti biologici e di ricerca, Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano 2010.

V. Marino, E. Barozzi, C.Arrigone, Shopping Compulsivo: l'altra faccia dello shopping, Edizioni Odòn, Milano 2013.

Teaching methods

Lectures, guided readings, discussion of video material and clinical cases.

Assessment methods

Verification of learning takes place through an oral test.
The purpose of the oral test is to verify the student's ability to apply their theoretical knowledge and make the necessary logical-deductive connections.
Grading of the final grade:
Preparation on a very limited number of topics covered in the course and analytical skills that emerge only with the help of the teacher, expression in overall correct language → 18-19;
Preparation on a limited number of topics covered in the course and ability to independently analyze only purely executive questions, expression in correct language → 20-24;
Preparation on a large number of topics covered in the course, ability to make independent choices of critical analysis, mastery of specific terminology → 25-29;
Substantially exhaustive preparation on the topics covered in the course, ability to make autonomous choices of critical analysis and connection, full mastery of the specific terminology and ability to argue and self-reflect → 30-30L.

Teaching tools

Video projector and PC

Office hours

See the website of Barbara Ferrari