CHILD NEUROPSYCHIATRY
cod. 16063

Academic year 2018/19
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Neuropsichiatria infantile (MED/39)
Field
Scienze interdisciplinari e cliniche
Type of training activity
Characterising
21 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub: -
course unit
in ITALIAN

Integrated course unit module: PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

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

Neurodevelopmental delay
Cerebral Palsy
Brain Tumors and spina bifida
Neurodegenerative disorders
Movement Disorders
Paroxysmal epileptic and non-epileptic disorders
Neuromuscular disorders
SMA
Autistic spectrum disorders
Attention deficit and Hyperactive disorders

Full programme

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Bibliography

Militerni R, Neuropsichiatria infantile, Idelson-Gnocchi, 2015

Teaching methods

Lectures with the support of powerpoint presentations

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

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