C.I. NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

Maria Teresa PELLECCHIA C.I. NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

1060200024
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, SURGERY AND DENTISTRY "SALERNITANA MEDICAL SCHOOL"
EQF7
DENTISTRY
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 4
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1C.I. NEUROLOGIA E PSICHIATRIA - MOD. NEUROLOGIA
222LESSONS
2C.I. NEUROLOGIA E PSICHIATRIA - MOD. PSICHIATRIA
111LESSONS
3C.I. NEUROLOGIA E PSICHIATRIA - MOD. NEUROCHIRURGIA
111LESSONS
4C.I. NEUROLOGIA E PSICHIATRIA - MOD. NEUROLOGIA AFP
121INTERNAL STAGE
5C.I. NEUROLOGIA E PSICHIATRIA - MOD. NEUROCHIRURGIA AFP
121INTERNAL 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.

Prerequisites
ACCORDING TO THE PUBLISHED DIDACTIC GUIDELINES
Contents
3 MODULES CALLED NEUROLOGY, NEUROSUGERY, PSYCHIATRY.
NEUROLOGY - 22 H:
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF NERVOUS SYSTEM, HEADACHES, EPILEPSY,
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.
NEUROSURGERY - 11 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 - 11 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
Teaching Methods
LECTURES AND TRAINING
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST AND AN 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 THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM ON THE BASIS OF CASE VIGNETTES.
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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