Laboratory - Psychopathology, Diagnosis and Psychopharmacology

The course is aimed at providing the fundamentals of psychopathology, clinical and therapy of major psychiatric disorders. The course also aims to develop the knowledge of the main elements of clinical psychology and their application to practice in the psychiatric clinic: the clinical interview, the psychic examination, the psychiatric doctor-patient and family relationship, the fundamentals of psychotherapy.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to apply the fundamentals and cognitive tools of the Psychiatric Clinic with particular reference to:
- Knowledge of the main elements of etiopathology, epidemiology and clinic of major psychiatric disorders;
- Ability to collect psychiatric history and carry out psychiatric examination;
- Ability to acquire psychopathological elements and translate them into diagnostic criteria in order to make a correct psychiatric diagnosis and differential diagnosis;
- Ability to collect psychiatric history, carry out a complete psychic examination and evaluate the symptomatology of the patient with psychiatric disorder;
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of the main psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments;
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of clinical psychology and its applications in psychiatry in order to understand, prevent and intervene appropriately on the patients' difficulties and on their work, family and socio-relational functioning;
- Knowledge of the main elements of clinical psychology in psychiatry related to the doctor-psychiatric patient relationship and family and to the psychopathological analysis in psychotherapy.