DISEASE ENVIRONMENTAL, GENETIC AND SOCIAL CAUSES
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- LAILA CRAIGHERO
- Credits
- 4
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
Training objectives
- To know the basic concepts of psychiatric epidemiology and psychobiological mechanisms relative to cognitive functioning in inetrpersonal relationbships .
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of the central nervous system anatomy and physiology and of psychiatry
Course programme
- Tools and instruments in psychiatric epidemiology: psychometric tests and structured and semi-strucutured interviews. Nosographic systems (ICD and DSM) and epidemiology. Epidemiology of the mots common psychiatric disorders. Epidemiological figure in psychopathology of adolescence (European and USA studies) and eating disorders and psychiatric semi-residential activity within the Department of Mental Health and Drug Abuse.
The Psychobiology sub-course includes 16 hours of classroom lessons during which the teacher will bring practical examples of application of theoretical knowledge by simulating experiments and by showing videos.
The following topics will be covered:
Brief History of Neuroscience
Main techniques of experimental psychology
Basics of sensory processing. Eloquent areas and not eloquent areas. Multisensory integration.
Psychophysics.
Main neuronal circuits and related cognitive functions. Oculomotor circuit LIP-FEF and attention. Peripersonal space circuit VIP-F4 and the relationship between space and action. Grasping circuit AIP-F5 and relationship with the environment and the others.
Applications of knowledge to the understanding and rehabilitation of psychiatric pathologies. Didactic methods
- Lectures
Learning assessment procedures
- MODULE PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY: single written exam for both the teachers. The exam consists in 5 open questions on the topics presented during the course and 15 multiple-choice questions. The duration of the test is 60 minutes. The scoring will be based on the answers to the 5 open questions (that should be correct, well-described and indicating a good knowledge of the single topics) (50% of the total exam score) and to the 15 multiple choice questions (0 score for each no-answer, , -1 for each wrong answer; + 1 for each correct answer; range -15 to +15) (50% of the total exam score).
MODULE PSYCHOBIOLOGY: The exam consists of a written test with 31 multiple choice questions. The duration of the exam is 30 minutes (0 points for each no answer, + 1 for each correct answer; minimum score 18).
THE FINAL GRADE IS A ARITHMETIC AVERAGE OF THE MARKS OBTAINED IN EACH TESTS. Reference texts
- Alexander Scott Henderson: Psichiatria sociale ed epidemiologia psichiatrica. Il Pensiero Scientifico, Roma, 1991
PSYCHOBIOLOGY
Slides presented during the lectures.
Specific topics can be further developed in the following text:
S. Mark Breedlove Neil V. Watson
Psicologia biologica
Introduzione alle neuroscienze comportamentali, cognitive e cliniche
Quarta edizione italiana
Casa Editrice Ambrosiana. Distribuzione esclusiva Zanichelli
2019
