THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING

Course objectives

Clinical diagnosis, differential diagnosis and classification of mental disorders. The cerebral and neurobiological bases of mental disorders. General and clinical psychopharmacology. Pharmacological, physical and psychotherapeutic treatments of mental disorders. Being able to make diagnoses of mental disorder, also in relation to differential diagnosis with mental disorders during somatic pathologies. Be able to set up a treatment strategy and evaluate the possible role of different specialized skills. Be competent in the field of psychiatric therapies, with particular reference to psychopharmacological ones.

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LORENZO TARSITANI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Contents: Concepts of psychiatry and global mental health Psychiatric evaluation and basics of psychopathology Consciousness and related disorders Anxiety and anxiety disorders Depressive and bipolar disorders - Suicide Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders Obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders Psychiatric disorders due to general medical conditions Anorexia and bulimia Stress, Trauma- and Stressor- Related disorders Somatic Symptom and Related Disorder Personality disorders Sexual disorders and paraphilias Sleep disorders Substance use disorders Basic forensic aspect in psychiatry; voluntary admission and compulsory treatment Treatments: Psychopharmacology, psychotherapy and psychosocial interventions
Prerequisites
Requirements: None, besides being a regular student in the fifth year.
Books
Suggested textbooks: ● Libri di testo (consigliati): ● Kaplan & Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry, 12th Edition. Wolter Kluwer 2021 ● Slides and other documents uploaded on e-learning
Frequency
mandatory
Exam mode
Evaluation methods: Thirty-one multiple choice questions with only one correct choice. One point for each correct answer, zero points for wrong or missing answers.
Lesson mode
Teaching methods: Lectures.
ISABELLA BERARDELLI Lecturers' profile
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseMedicine and Surgery
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year5th year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDMED/25
  • CFU3