Enrollment year
2022/2023
Academic discipline
MED/39 (CHILD NEUROPSYCHIATRY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (19/02/2024 - 08/06/2024)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of normal human anatomy and physiology of the Nervous System.
Learning outcomes
1. knowledge of the basics of neurological and psychiatric semiology of developmental age
2. knowledge of the main pathology within the discipline's competence:
I. epidemiological aspects
II. etiopathogenetic aspects
III. symptomatic aspects
IV. diagnostic aspects
V. therapeutic aspects
VI. rehabilitation aspects
Course contents
1. psychiatric and neurological semiotics
2. autism spectrum disorders
3. ADHD
4. Intellectual disability
5. Specific learning disorders
6. Schizophrenia spectrum disorders
7. Bipolar disorders
8. Depressive disorders
8. Eating disorders
9. Personality disorders
10. Headaches
11. Epilepsy
12. Neuromuscular disorders
13. Infantile cerebral palsy
Teaching methods
Lectures with discussion of clinical cases and research projects
Reccomended or required readings
Any updated child neuropsychiatry text (published after 2017).
Assessment methods
The oral exam aims to verify the students' understanding of the clinical aspects of the main psychiatric and neurological disorders.
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