Unit CLINICAL NURSING IN THE MENTAL HEALTH

Course
Nursing
Study-unit Code
50565906
Curriculum
In all curricula
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2018
Offered
2020/21
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTALHELTH NURSING

Code 50566002
CFU 2
Teacher Alice Santoni
Teachers
  • Alice Santoni
Hours
  • 30 ore - Alice Santoni
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze infermieristiche
Academic discipline MED/45
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents evolution of psychiatric nursing care.
working method Department of psychiatry.
nursing care depending on the psychiatric pathology expressed by the patient.
management and forecasting of adverse events
Reference texts Krupnick S.L.W., Wade A. Piani di assistenza in psichiatria. Mc
Graw Hill 2003
Betti M, Di Fiorino M Psichiatria e Igiene Mentale Mc Graw Hill
1997
Ciambrello C, Cantelmi T, Pasini A Infermieristica clinica in igiene
mentale. Casa editrice Ambrosiana 2001
DPR 01/11/1999 Progetto Obiettivo “tutela salute mentale” 1998-2000
Educational objectives At the end of the course, the student will be able to describe the historical evolution of nursing care in
psychiatry, the legislation for the protection of mental health and the care path for the person with discomfort
psychic; assist the person with psychiatric problems and argue the need to collaborate
positively within the multi-professional team. Will be able to describe the application of the process
nursing care to the person with mental health problems and to identify the main elements of risk
mental health clinic and related interventions for the management and prevention of adverse events / sentinel.
Prerequisites acquisition of teaching concepts of helping relationship and adaptation
Teaching methods Frontal lessons, interactive lesson, discussion of clinical cases, games
simulation, Team Teaching, groupwork, active teaching with
video
Other information --------------------
Learning verification modality Oral and / or written tests
Extended program From the asylum to the mental health department. Evolution of the
role of the nurse, the current distinctive skills, The protection of
Mental Health and the laws that regulate it: Law
180/78; National and Regional Objective Projects, Organization
of Mental Health Services: the Department of Mental Health, the
Mental Health Center, Day Centers, Residential Facilities,
Functions of the nurse in the various contexts of the department,
organization and relationships in multidisciplinary groups, User,
family, context, individual, group, institutional interventions;
biological, psychological, rehabilitative treatments; differences between curing
as support-intervention-prosthesis and take care as
elaboration, emotional containment, transformation, the taking in
loading and the therapeutic project: from compliance to
concordance, The person-nurse relationship: observation,
negotiation, empathy. Concepts of healing, rehabilitation,
chronicity and mental health crisis. The therapeutic relationship with the
person suffering from mood disorders, anxiety disorders, disorders
psychotic. Nursing of the person who attempted suicide., La
therapeutic continuity, the treatment team, related ethical problems
assistance, characteristics and assistance priorities of the intervention
nursing in: Mental Health Center, SPDC, Community
Therapeutic, Residential; in the context of life and work of the
person. Management of aggression in mental health. The risk
mental health clinician Collaboration with self-help groups.
Integration with other areas: Addictions, Disabilities,
Psychology, Prison Healthcare, Geriatrics, Disorders of
Food behavior, childhood and adolescence, obstetrics-gynecology

PSYCHIATRY

Code 50562802
CFU 2
Teacher Patrizia Moretti
Teachers
  • Ivano Cenci (Codocenza)
  • Patrizia Moretti
Hours
  • 15 ore (Codocenza) - Ivano Cenci
  • 15 ore - Patrizia Moretti
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Interdisciplinari e cliniche
Academic discipline MED/25
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents - The Psychiatric Semiotics
- Clinical Psychiatry
- Mental Health Legislation and forensic psychiatry
- Psychiatric Services Organization
Reference texts Roberto Quartesan (a cura di). Manuale di Psichiatria. Nuova edizione aggiornata al DSM 5. Morlacchi Editore, Perugia, 2014.

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th Edition. American Psychiatric Association. Washington D.C. 2013. Edizione italiana R. Cortina. Milano, 2014.

Kaplan HI, Sadock BJ: Kaplan & Sadock’s Psichiatria clinica. Centro Scientifico Editore, Torino, 2003.
Educational objectives Introduction:
The essential aim of the teaching is to provide the students with useful concepts to the basic knowledge of the discipline. The most important acquired skills are about:
- The Psychiatric Semiotics (perceptual, thought, memory, attention and mood disorders, disorders of consciousnees, volition and psychomotricity, learning disabilities, personality, temperament and character disorders)
- Clinical Psychiatry (substance-related and addictive disorders, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar and related disorders, mental health legislation).
The capability in applying the acquired skills of the student will be examined by the presentation of clinical cases (n. 10). They will be introduced during the teaching and they will focus on basic semiological aspects and differential diagnostic criteria.
Prerequisites In order to understand the contents of the teaching and to reach the learning aims, it is necessary to know the base of CNS physiology and anatomy.
Teaching methods frontal and interactive lectures, using slides
Other information Assistance for students with disabilities and/or learning disabilities: http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa
Learning verification modality The exam is divided into an oral test: a 30 minutes discussion for the assessment of the acquired knowledge of the student.
The test will take in consideration the pertinence of the acquired lexicon.
Extended program - The Psychiatric Semiotics
• perceptual,
• thought,
• memory,
• attention,
• mood disorders,
• disorders of consciousnees,
• volition,
• psychomotricity,
• learning disabilities,
• personality,
• temperament and character disorders.
- Clinical Psychiatry
• Substance-related and Addictive Disorders,
• Schizophrenia spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders,
• Depressive Disorders,
• Bipolar and Related Disorders,
• Dissociative disorders
- Mental health legislation and forensic psychiatry
• consent to treatment, discretion to treat and ethics in psychiatry,
• mandatory psychiatric treatment.
- Psychiatric services organization
Department of Mental Health constitutive parts:
• Community Mental Health Service,
• psychiatric ward,
• Semi residential and residential therapeutic communities.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Code 50543202
CFU 2
Teacher Patrizia Moretti
Teachers
  • Patrizia Moretti
Hours
  • 30 ore - Patrizia Moretti
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze interdisciplinari
Academic discipline M-PSI/08
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents The Psychiatric Semiotics

Model of psychiatric interview

Clinical Psychiatry
Reference texts Roberto Quartesan (a cura di). Manuale di Psichiatria. Nuova edizione aggiornata al DSM 5. Morlacchi Editore, Perugia, 2014.

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th Edition. American Psychiatric Association. Washington D.C. 2013. Edizione italiana R. Cortina. Milano, 2014.
Educational objectives The essential aim of the teaching is to provide the students with useful concepts to the basic knowledge of the discipline. The most important acquired skills are about:

- Interviewing clinical examination and history taking
- Signs and symptoms of mental disorder, and psychopathology
-Doctor-patient relationship
-Model of Psychiatric interview
-Psychiatric interview
-Personality disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Feeding an eating disorders
Prerequisites In order to understand the contents of the teaching and to reach the learning aims, it is necessary to have passed with success the exam “General Psychology”. Furthermore, the knowledge of CNS physiology and anatomy is required in order to understand the topics introduced in the lectures. These points represent important prerequisites.
Teaching methods Lectures about the above mentioned topics and clinical cases.
Other information www.med.unipg.it/infermieristica/Perugia/indexinfPG.htm
Learning verification modality The exam is divided into:

- an oral test: a 10 minutes discussion for the assessment of the acquired knowledge of the student. The test will take in consideration the pertinence of the acquired lexicon.

- a written test: there will be three sessions (summer, fall and winter sessions); the test is based on the appropriateness of the theoretical knowledge and of the capability in understanding and differentiate. In particular, it is composed by 15 multiple choice questions, with 3 questions for each teaching topic. The test will be passed with 9 right questions. Average test time: 20 minutes.
Extended program - Interviewing clinical examination and history taking
- Signs and symptoms of mental disorder, and psychopathology
-Doctor-patient relationship
-Model of Psychiatric interview
-Psychiatric interview
-Personality disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Feeding an eating disorders
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