75299 - Psychiatry -

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the module, students will have acquired, within the scope of their expected competencies, knowledge of psychiatry, medical psychopathology, psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy, psychiatric pharmacotherapy, the psychiatric aspects of medical psychology, and social psychiatry.

Course contents

The burden of mental disorders in the general population

Principles of descriptive psychopathology

The patient with anxiety disorders

The patient with depressive disorders

The patient with psychotic symptoms

The patient with obsessive-compulsive symptoms

The patient with alcohol and/or substance use disorders

The patient with behavioural disturbances

Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

Feeding and Eating Disorders

Personality Disorders

Introduction to psychiatric pharmacotherapy: antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and sedative-hypnotic medications

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 15 multiple choice quizzes distributed among all the topics covered in class. Each correct answer is worth 2 points, while the wrong answer does not give a score. The test is considered to have been passed with 9 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.

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

 

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