NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
First semester
Frequency Mandatory
- 8 CFU
- 96 hours
- Italian
- Trieste
- Obbligatoria
- Oral Exam
- SSD MED/39, MED/26, MED/25
- Advanced concepts and skills
Structured into the following modules:
1 KNOWLEDGE AN COMPRHESION To understandingof fisiopathology and etiopathogenesis of different neurological conditions;
2 KNOWLEDGE AN COMPRHESION IN applying knowledge and understanding of mechanisms of neurological conditions in a common clinical context
3. CLINICAL CRITICAL JUDGEMENT
Make independent critical judgment in clinical simple context or in single clinical cases in lopedy
4.COMUNICATION SKILLS
Performing good communication skills and acquiring the ability of a correct lexical choice.
5. LEARNING SKILL
Learning skill of automatic procedure (elementary neurological examination) in logopedy.
Are therefore represented the Dublin descriptors features
the obliged exams
previous to attend Neurology Course.
Prerequisite is to have acquired knowledge in the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system; to have acquired skills in the doctor-patient relationship.
Propaedeutic. The exam Nervous System Diseases and Psychiatry must be preceded by the exams: Pathophysiology and Integrated Pathology and Pharmacology.
Notions on central nervous system and on the principal neurological and psychiatric diseases in adult and in childhood. Diagnosis and therapy.
1.Favale e Loeb
neurologia di FAzio Loeb
2.CD delle lezioni
3. Ropper e Brown
Principi di Neurologia-Victor Adams
Padovani, Borroni Cotelli
Neurologia per la professioni sanitarie
Piccini ed 2018
Elementi di Psichiatria, IV Edizione. G. Maina, U. Albert, G. Rosso. Edizioni Minerva Medica Torino, 2023
Libro di testo fondamentale:
Fabbro, F. (2012) Manuale di Neuropsichiatria Infantile. Carrocci editore
In particolare:
Capitolo 20: Ritardo mentale; Capitolo 21: Disturbi dello spettro autistico; Capitolo 22-23-24: Disturbi del linguaggio, del movimento e disturbi specifici dell’apprendimento; Capitolo 28: I traumi infantili; Capitolo 28: I disturbi da somatizzazione: Capitolo 32: ADHD
Clarici, A. (2014). Teoria e ricerca in psicoanalisi. Commentario di Psicoanalisi Contemporanea
per lo studente di Psicologia e di Medicina. EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste. Scaricabile da: http://www.openstarts.units.it/dspace/bitstr eam/10077/9572/1/Clarici-Psicoanalisi.pdf
In Neurology
1. Neurological examination
2. Neurological diagnostic tools
3. Clinical neurophysiology EMG, EEG evoked potentials
4. cerebrovascular diseases ischemic and haemoragic ictus anf TIA
5. Epilepsy and classifications and therapy
6. Neuropathies and peripheral nerve disases
7. Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism
8. Motor neuron disease and neuromuscolar diasease ( myopathies
9. Vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease10. Multiple Sclerosis and demyliniating disases
11. coma, vegetative status and brain death
12. cranial traumatic lesions and brain tumors
In psychiatry
General Psychopathology and definition of psychiatric disorder
Clinical features diagnostic criteria (of the principal psychiatric disorders:
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders (
Depressive syndrome
Anxiety (Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphobia, Panic, Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder) and trauma and stressor-related disorders Disorders)
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (Disorder)
Feeding and Eating disorders
Personality disorders (Cluster A, B and C personality disorders)
Substance related and addictive disorders (general definition of Substance Use Disorder, Tolerance, Abstinence, Alcohol Use Disorders)
General elements of Psychopharmacology (principal classes of drug used in Psychiatry: antidepressants, hypnotic/anxiolytics, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics) and Psychotherapy
Mental health legislation and organization (Italian Legge 180, Department of Mental Health, components of the DMH: SPDC, Community Mental Health Centers, etc.)
History of Psychiatry and of deinstitutionalization
In child Neurology
Mental retardation
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Language, movement Sleep and dream
The development of the brain.
Empathy and psychoanalytic posture Cognitive development according to Piaget: a psychoanalytic reinterpretation
Frontal Lessons and open discussions and seminars with the use of power point format and use of Video
Power points presentation are presente on digital platform on moodle@units.it microsoft teams
The questions will focus on the program carried out and will be theoretical. In order to pass the exam the student will have to demonstrate to have acquired knowledge and understanding of clinical features and treatment of the principal psychiatric disorders, and of organization and legislation of mental health assistance.
The exam will be carried out only in the form of an integrated exam (the only exam for the Nervous System Diseases and Psychiatry Course) with 106 multiple choice questions with four answers of which only one is correct.
The task consists of 106 questions; the questions will be divided proportionally to the CFU of the individual modules as follows: Neurology N=52; Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology N=40; Child Neuropsychiatry N=14. The vote will thus be calibrated in thirtieths, transformed proportionally with respect to the maximum total of answers which are 106. Anyone who scores greater than 100 gets 30 cum laude. The written exam will not give access to any optional oral exam: therefore the only option for the student who is not satisfied with the grade received in the written exam is to repeat the written exam in the next exam session. Duration of the written exam: 1 hour and 45 minutes.
This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)