Students of this course should:
- acquire the competences needed to understand the structural and anatomic organisation of the NS and of the relevant biological, neuro-chemical and physiological phenomena;
- know the fundamental traits of psychological development and family dynamics
- understand the etiopathogenesis, physiopathology, diagnostics and symptoms of the principal mental disorders of childhood, adolescence and adult age;
- know the main psychodiagnostics tools and the most common rating scales;
- know the fundamental traits of both pharmacological and psychotherapeutic psychiatric care;
- understated the basic principles, the underlying theories, the models, techniques and intervention strategies of psychiatric rehabilitation;
- acquire the capability of designing tailor made rehabilitation interventions and their evaluation procedures;
- understand the basic principles of mental hygiene and of the prevention of psychic disease in various life contexts.
- Acquire appropriate knowledge of the regulations related to psychiatry and to the organisation of mental healthcare services.
The course provides 180 credits in three years; at least 60 credits correspond to core, class specific and related activities aiming at the acquisition of specific professional skills. Core activities are related to preparatory and introductory teachings, needed to achieve basic competences with respect to biological, biochemical and physiological phenomena and to the principal functioning mechanisms of origins and systems. Class specific activities are related to the prevention, diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation in the field of psychiatric pathologies, with respect, in particular, to the study of the psychological, pharmacological and forensic traits. The course also provides competences with respect to healthcare management, Related activities deeply investigate subjects related to psychiatric rehabilitation, in accordance with a multidisciplinary approach to mental disease.