PSICHIATRIA E PSICOLOGIA GENERALE
Module PSICHIATRIA I

Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: Antonino PETRALIA

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course deals with the study of psychiatric semiological aspects of major mental disorders (Axis I and II) and their international diagnostic classification systems (ICD-11, DSM-V), designed to provide students with the basic knowledge of general psychopathological aspects

Course Structure

frontal learning

Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Required Prerequisites

Humanistic assessment knowledge

Attendance of Lessons

Mandatory: two hours per week

Detailed Course Content

1. Psychiatry: the theory 2. Psychiatric Semeiology: appearance, motricity, facial expressions, speech, behavior, anamnesis 3. Psychopathology: attention, consciousness, memory, perception, thought, emotion, aggressive or violent behavior, volition, psychomotor activity, intelligence 4. The classification of Mental Disorders: DSM-V and ICD-11 5. Personality Disorders Lo

Textbook Information

A. Favaro, F. Sambataro: Manuale di Psichiatria, Piccin Ed. 2021 

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1psychiatric semiology applied to rehabilitationA. Favaro, F. Sambataro: Manuale di Psichiatria, Piccin Ed. 2021 
2Depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substances induced psychosis, axiety disorders, personality disorders, forensic psychiatryA. Favaro, F. Sambataro: Manuale di Psichiatria, Piccin Ed. 2021 

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Differential Diagnosis between Obsessive-Compulsive disorder and  Obsessive Personality Disorder

Describe and list the anxiety disorders that you know

Which are the perception disorders

Describe Jaspers' criteria for delusion definition