NEUROLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES

Francesco DI SALLE NEUROLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES

1060100034
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, SURGERY AND DENTISTRY "SALERNITANA MEDICAL SCHOOL"
EQF7
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 5
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1SCIENZE NEUROLOGICHE E PSICHIATRICHE - MOD PSICHIATRIA
448LESSONS
2SCIENZE NEUROLOGICHE E PSICHIATRICHE - MOD NEUROLOGIA
448LESSONS
3SCIENZE NEUROLOGICHE E PSICHIATRICHE MOD NEUROCHIRURGIA
112LESSONS
4SCIENZE NEUROLOGICHE E PSICHIATRICHE - MOD NEURORADIOLOGIA
112LESSONS
7SCIENZE NEUROLOGICHE E PSICHIATRICHE - AFP NEUROCHIRURGIA
125INTERNAL STAGE
8SCIENZE NEUROLOGICHE E PSICHIATRICHE - AFP NEURORADIOLOGIA
125INTERNAL STAGE
Objectives
STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO EVALUATE, DIAGNOSE AND TREAT THE MOST COMMONLY OBSERVED PSYCHIATRIC, NEUROLOGICAL AND NEUROSURGICAL DISEASES.
SPECIFICALLY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE:
•KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN CLINICAL PICTURES OF NEUROLOGICAL, PSYCHIATRIC OR NEUROSURGICAL INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR EVOLUTION, SO AS TO ENABLE THE ELABORATION AND APPLICATION OF ORIGINAL IDEAS ALSO IN A RESEARCH CONTEXT;
•KNOWLEDGE OF THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES ON FUNCTIONAL ABILITIES OF MAJOR PSYCHIATRIC, NEUROLOGICAL OR NEUROSURGICAL DISEASES AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR LONG-TERM OUTCOME;
•ABILITY TO LEARN, UNDERSTAND AND APPLY ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO THE FORMULATION OF DIAGNOSTIC HYPOTHESES AND THERAPEUTIC DESIGNS;
•ABILITY TO APPLY ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING PHARMACOLOGICAL, NEUROSURGICAL, OR REHABILITATIVE TREATMENTS FOR SPECIFIC DISEASES
•ABILITY TO INTEGRATE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE IN ORDER TO MAKE CLINICAL JUDGMENTS INDEPENDENTLY, INCLUDING REFLECTION ON THE SOCIAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPLICATION OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND JUDGMENTS;
•ABILITY TO CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY COMMUNICATE THEIR CONCLUSIONS, AS WELL AS THE KNOWLEDGE AND RATIONALE BEHIND THEM, TO SPECIALIST AND NONSPECIALIST INTERLOCUTORS;
•LEARNING SKILLS SUCH THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR STUDY INDEPENDENTLY.

THERAPEUTICS OF PSYCHIATRIC, NEUROLOGICAL AND NEUROSURGICAL DISEASES.
•GENERIC KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND NORMATIVE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHIATRIC ASSISTANCE,
•EXHAUSTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVIDENCE-BASED NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
•GENERIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN NEUROSURGICAL TECHNIQUES;
•GENERIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN NEUROIMAGING METHODS AND NEUROIMAGING SEMIOLOGY OF THE MAIN PSYCHIATRIC, NEUROLOGICAL AND NEUROSURGICAL DISEASES.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
•IDENTIFY THE MAIN PSYCHIATRIC, NEUROLOGICAL AND NEUROSURGICAL DISEASES AND TO UNDERSTAND THEIR EVOLUTION;
•IDENTIFY THE MAIN CONSEQUENCES OF PSYCHIATRIC, NEUROLOGICAL AND NEUROSURGICAL DISEASES ON THE INDIVIDUAL’S FUNCTIONAL ABILITIES AND THEIR LONG-TERM OUCTCOMES;
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
•APPLY THE LEARNED KNOWLEDGE IN ORDER TO FORMULATE DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS;
APPLY THE LEARNED KNOWLEDGE IN ORDER TO CHOOSE THE MOST APPROPRIATE PHARMACOLOGIC, NEUROSURGICAL OR REHABILITATION TREATMENTS
Prerequisites
KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASICS OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF NERVOUS SYSTEM, PATHOLOGY AND PHYSIOPATHOLOGY,PHARMACOLOGY.

STUDENT MUST HAVE PASSED
- PHARMACOLOGY E MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY
- CLINICAL METHODOLOGY MEDICAL-SURGICAL

Contents
THE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO 4 MODULES, CALLED PSYCHIATRY; NEUROLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY.
NEUROLOGY, 48 H:
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF NERVOUS SYSTEM, HEADACHES, TYPICAL AND ATYPICAL FACIAL PAIN, EPILEPSY, SLEEP DISTURBANCES,
COMA, PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF COGNITIVE DISTURBANCES, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS, ACUTE AND CHRONIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS, MOVEMENT DISORDERS: HYPOKINETIC AND HYPERKINETIC DISORDERS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, INFEVTIVE DISORDERS OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIES, MYOPATHIES, MYASTHENIA, MUSCOLAR DYSTROPHIES, TOXIC AND METABOLIC DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.

NEUROSURGERY, 12 H:
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, SIMPTOMS AND DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES OF THE MOST FREQUENT NEUROSURGICAL DISEASES. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NEUROSURGICAL TREATMENTS.CEREBRAL AND SPINAL NEOPLASMS. BRAIN AND SPINAL TRAUMAS. DEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF SPINE. CRANIO-SPINAL MALFORMATIONS. SUB-ARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE. INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS AND ARTERIO-VENOUS MALFORMATIONS. BRAIN ABSCESSES. HYDROCEPHALUS. FUNCTIONAL DISEASES OF CRANIAL NERVES. PITUITARY ADENOMAS.

PSYCHIATRY, 48 H:
DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION IN PSYCHIATRY
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF IDEATION, PERCEPTION, MOOD, EMOTIONS AND COGNITION
PRIMARY PSYCHOSES: SCHIZOPHRENIA AND SCHIZOPHRENIA-LIKE SYNDROMES
ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS AND THEIR USE IN THE CLINICAL PRACTICE
MOOD DISORDERS: RECURRENT MAJOR DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR DISORDERS, CYCLOTHYMIA, DYSTHYMIA
ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS , ANTIMANIC DRUGS AND THEIR USE IN THEC LINICAL PRACTICE
ANXIETY DISORDERS: GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER, PANIC DISORDER, AGORAPHOBIA, SIMPLE PHOBIA AND SOCIAL PHOBIA, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
STRESS DISORDERS AND ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS
SOMATOPHORM DISORDERS
DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
DISORDERS OF IMPULSE CONTROL
THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY INSOMNIA
ANXIOLYTIC AND HYPNOTIC DRUGS AND THEIR USE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
EATING DISORDERS: DIAGNOSTIC, CLINICAL AND TREATMENT ISSUES.
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
DELUSIONAL SYNDROMES AND PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTATION
EMERGENCIES IN PSYCHIATRY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY
ITALIAN PSYCHIATRIC LEGISLATION

NEUROIMAGING, 12 H:
NEUROIMAGING METHODS
NEUROIMAGING OF STROKE
NEUROIMAGING OF TUMORS
NEUROIMAGING OF INFLAMMATION
NEUROIMAGING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND OF DEMENTIAS
NEUROIMAGING OF MALFORMATIONS
NEUROIMAGING OF TRAUMAS
Teaching Methods
LECTURES AND CLINICAL ACTIVITIES (120 H)
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL INTERVIEW.
THE WRITTEN TEST IS COMPOSED OF 30 QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TOPICS TREATED OVER THE LESSONS. FOR EACH EXACT RESPONSE, A SCORE OF 1 IS ALLOCATED; FOR NO RESPONSE OR WRONG RESPONSE A SCORE OF 0 IS ALLOCATED. A TOTAL SCORE OF AT LEAT 18 IS MANDATORY TO ADMITTED TO THE ORAL INTERVIEW.
THE ORAL INTERVIEW AIMS TO VERIFY THE STUDENT’S LEVEL OF THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND HIS ABILITIES TO DESCRIBE IT. THE EVALUATION TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE EXACTNESS OF THE STUDENT’S RESPONSES AND, ESPECIALLY, HIS ABILITY TO DEFINE A DIAGNOSIS AND A
THE EXAM GRADE IS EXPRESSED IN THIRTIETHS.
COLLEGIAL EVALUATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EXAM COMMISSION.

Texts
BRADLEY ET AL. NEUROLOGY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, FIFTH EDITION, BUTTERWORTH ED.

KAPLAN AND SADOCK'S COMPREHENSIVE TEXTBOOK OF PSYCHIATRY.
BENJAMIN J. SADOCK, PEDRO RUIZ, VIRGINIA ALCOTT SADOCK
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS AND WILKINS 2017
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