NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO RESPIRATORIO ENDOCRINOLOGIA CHIRURGIA GENERALE NEUROCHIRURGIA E MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO CARDIOVASCOLARE

Academic Year 2018/2019 - 3° Year
Teaching Staff Credit Value: 12
Taught classes: 84 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

  • NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE

    Knowing the basics of mental illness with early onset in childhood and adolescence and their course in adulthood.

  • RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

    The course aims to promote the understanding of the main mechanisms that characterize the body's pulmonary regulation. In addition to the general aspects of lung function, the main etiopathogenetic, pathophysiological and clinical characteristics of the most common respiratory diseases will be treated, making prevalent reference to those relevant to the Degree Course

  • Endocrinology

    to provide essential knowledge on the physiolopathology ed endocrine diseases

  • Cardiovascular diseases

    To know the relationship between psycho-affective profile and cardiovascular diseases, between cardiovascular diseases and psycho-somatic sphere, as well as the possible effects of antidepressive and / or anxiolytic treatment on disease outcomes.


Course Structure

  • NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE

    lessons ad internship

  • Endocrinology

    4 lessons


Detailed Course Content

  • NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE

    Psychomotor development • Mental delay • Learning Disorders: dysgraphia, dyslexia, dyscalculia, learning disorder not otherwise specified • Communication disorders: Disorder of speech, expression and disorder mixed receptive language, speech disorder, stuttering, communication disorder not otherwise specified •Autism spetrum disorder,, Rett syndrome,• Attention Deficit Disorder / Hyperactivity • Tic Disorders: Tourette syndrome, transient tic disorder, chronic motor tics or vocal • Obsessive compulsive disorder • Anxiety disorders • Mood Disorders • Eating disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia • Enuresis • epilepsies • cerebral palsy microcephaly

  • RESPIRATORY MEDICINE


    Pathophysiology and lung defense mechanisms
    - Respiratory function tests
    - Asthma
    - COPD
    - Pneumonia
    - Pleural effusions
    - Interstitial lung diseases
    - Acute and chronic respiratory failure
    - bronchiectasis
    - TB

  • Endocrinology

    thyroid and parathyroid diseases, adrenal patthologies, diabetes, obesity, neuroendocrinology

  • Cardiovascular diseases

    Cardiovascular diseases, risk factors, lifestyle.

    Psycho-affective disorders and cardiovascular diseases.

    Stress and risk of ischemic heart disease and arterial hypertension.

    Cardiovascular diseases and depression.

    Antidepressant drugs and cardiovascular risk.


Textbook Information

  • NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE

    R. Militerni “Neuropsichiatria Infantile” Eds Idelson Gnocchi
    DSM-V “Manuale Diagnostico e Statistico dei Disturbi Mentali” APA

  • RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

    Harrison’s Principi di Medicina Interna – McGraw-Hill 18° ed

  • Endocrinology

    Fs Greenspam, Endocrinology

  • Cardiovascular diseases

    1. Matteo Monami, Niccolò Marchionni. Disturbi psico-affettivi e malattie cardiovascolari. G Ital Cardiol 2007; 8 (6): 335-348

    2. M. De Hert, J.M. Dekker, D. Wood, K.G. Kahl, R.I.G. Holt, H.-J. Möller. Malattie cardiovascolari e diabete in soggetti con malattia mentale grave: Position Paper della European Psychiatric Association (EPA),in collaborazione con la European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) e la European Society of Cardiology (ESC).Giorn Ital Psicopat 2011;17:62-77

    3. P.J. Schwartz, A.C. Altamura. Farmaci antidepressivi, intervallo QT e rischio cardiovascolare. Timori fondati?. Journal of Psychopathology 2012;18:183-191

    4. Jeff C. Huffman, Christopher M. Celano, Scott R. Beach,Shweta R. Motiwala,James L. Januzzi. Depression and Cardiac Disease: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Diagnosis. Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology Volume 2013, Article ID 695925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/695925