LABORATORY I: SLEEP AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING
cod. 1011667

Academic year 2023/24
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Christian FRANCESCHINI
Academic discipline
Indefinito/interdisciplinare (NN)
Field
"altre conoscenze utili per l'inserimento nel mondo del lavoro"
Type of training activity
More
12 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

At the end of the training activity, the student:
- understands the sleep process and the techniques for studying it;
- understands chronobiology and chronopsychology by examining the significance of the 24-hour wake/sleep alternation;
- understands the inconveniences associated with changes in the wake-sleep cycle;
- recognizes sleep disorders;
- understands some useful tools for clinical practice.

Prerequisites

no

Course unit content

Theories related to the functions of sleep. Review on the beliefs and theories around the nature and the meaning of the dreaming.

Methods of search - Techniques of study of the sleep. Techniques of study of the dream.

Physiological aspects - The sleep onset process. The awakening process. Two types of sleep: NREM and REM. Need of sleep.

Classification of the rhythms: infradian, circadian, ultradian. Chronobiological model of sleep regulation.

Clinical aspects - Classification of the sleep disorder. Chronobiological aspects in clinical psychology.

Clinical Cases of Sleep consultation.

Full programme

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Bibliography

material provided by the teacher

Teaching methods

Traditional didactics.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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