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- Medicine and Surgery
- Single Cycle Master Degree (6 years)
- Medicine and Surgery [H4102D]
- Courses
- A.A. 2022-2023
- 6th year
- Child Neuropsychiatry
- Summary
Unità didattica
Course full name
Child Neuropsychiatry
Course ID number
2223-6-H4102D039-H4102D174M
Course Syllabus
Aims
- Gain knowledge about the specificities of Childhood and Adolescence Neuropsychiatry
- Recognize the most common risk signs and symptoms of developmental disorders, behavioral and neuropsychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence.
Contents
- The neuropsychomotor development in the first year of life
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Child Neurology
- Child and adolescent psychiatry
Detailed program
The neuropsychomotor development in the first year of life:
neurobehavioral examination
General Movements
Neurodevelopmental disorders:
intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, communication disorders,learning disabilities, movement disorders
Behavioral and psychiatric disorders:
- enuresis, encopresis
- somatic symptom disorder and related disorders
- anxiety disorders
- mood disturbances
- eating disorders
Child Neurology:
- Febrile seizures, critical episodes in childhood and epilepsy
- Headaches
- Movement disorders: ataxia, chorea, athetosis, tremor, dystonia
- Encephalopathies: cerebral palsy
- Muscular dystrophies: Duchenne and Becker
- Neuropathies: Guillain–Barré
Prerequisites
Anatomy and physiology of central and peripheral nervous system
Teaching form
Lectures with interactive presentation and discussion.
In case of pandemic resurgence, the lessons will be through webinar
Textbook and teaching resource
Nelson’s Essentials of pediatrics
Semester
First
Office hours
At the end of each teaching class; By appointment, by e-mail request
Sustainable Development Goals
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Key information
Field of research
MED/39
ECTS
2
Term
First semester
Activity type
Mandatory
Course Length (Hours)
20
Degree Course Type
6-year single cycle Master Degree
Language
English
Staff
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Andrea Eugenio Cavanna