ELEMENTS OF CHILD NEUROPSICHIATRY
cod. 1008649

Academic year 2021/22
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
- Francesco PISANI
Academic discipline
Neuropsichiatria infantile (MED/39)
Field
"discipline didattiche e per l'integrazione dei disabili"
Type of training activity
Characterising
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

Delineation of the motor and psychological neurodevelopment.
Neurological signs of neurodevelopmental delay.
Characterization of the semiology of the epileptic and non-epileptic
seizures and their management.
Definition and delineation of the main movement disorders in childhood.
Learn the main clinical and neurological signs of the brain tumors, spina
bifida and neuromuscular disorders.
Learnd the main clinical findings and the behavioral attitude in the
precence of attention deficit and hyperactive disorders, autistic disorders
and obsessive disorders.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system

Course unit content

Psychomotor development.
Sleep disorders.
Neurodevelopmental delay.
Cerebral Palsy.
Brain Tumors
Paroxysmal epileptic and non-epileptic disorders
Neuromuscular disorders
Autistic spectrum disorders
Attention deficit and Hyperactive disorder..
Anxiety disorders.
Eating disorders.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Militerni R, Neuropsichiatria infantile

Teaching methods

Lectures with the support of powerpoint presentations and video-lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

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