Unit INFANTILE NEUROPSYCHIATRY
- Course
- Primary teacher education
- Study-unit Code
- 40988008
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Beatrice Gallai
- Teachers
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- Beatrice Gallai
- Hours
- 48 ore - Beatrice Gallai
- CFU
- 8
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2015
- Offered
- 2018/19
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Psicologia clinica e discipline igienico-sanitarie
- Academic discipline
- MED/39
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Reference texts
- Roberto Militerni, Neuropsichiatria infantile, Idelson Gnocchi, edizione 5, 2015
- Educational objectives
- knowledge of the psychomotor development and the most important disorders in children
- Teaching methods
- face to face
- Learning verification modality
- oral exam
- Extended program
- The diagnosis in the developmental age
The psychomotor development: progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities
Mental Retardation: Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome. Definition, Causes and risk factors, Diagnosis, Treatment and intervention
Autism spectrum disorders. Definition, Causes and risk factors, Diagnosis, Treatment and intervention
Learning disabilities: Reading disorder, Writing disorder, Math disability. Definition, Signs and symptoms, Causes and risk factors, Diagnosis, Treatment and intervention
Attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or AD/HD or ADD), Oppositional defiant disorder and Conduct disorder.
Anxiety disorders: Generalized anxiety disorder, Panic disorder, Phobias, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Separation anxiety disorder
Mood disorders: Major Depressive Disorder, dysthymia and Bipolar disorders
Enuresis and Encopresis
Speech and Language Disorders
Tic disorders: Transient tic disorder, Chronic tic disorder, Tourette's disorder and Tic Disorder NOS
Sleep disorders in childhood