Face to face in the auditorium. Power Point presentations and a video projector

Powerpoint

Written and oral presentation of assignment. The evaluation criteria are accessible to students. Attendance at the courses is mandatory. The grade will be calculated according to the performance of each student in the presentation of the assignment.

The purpose of the course is to familiarize medical students with the recognition, understanding and treatment of mental health issues in children and adolescents.

The course begins with the description of Child Psychiatry and the operation of the child psychiatric team. It covers the diagnostic assessment, the use of games and painting as diagnostic tools and the classification of childhood mental disorders. Clinical entities are revisited according to the latest classification principles and are divided into neurodevelopmental, psychosomatic, emotional and behavioral disorders. The course covers the clinical picture, epidemiological data, etiology, prognosis and treatment options. The interdependence and interaction of biological, psychological and psychosocial causes for the manifestation of each disorder are emphasized. Finally, child psychiatric services and their preventive and therapeutic interventions are described, with special reference to psychotherapies and pharmacotherapy. The main purpose of the subject is the recognition of mental disorders of childhood and adolescence and familiarity with the work of child psychiatrists. At the end of the course, medical students will be able to recognize the basic clinical features of child and adolescent psychopathology and the need to refer children to child psychiatric services.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• recognize the basic clinical symptoms and signs of child and adolescent psychopathology
• recognize and differentially diagnose the main mental disorders of children and adolescents.
• be familiar with the way Child Psychiatrists work and to recognize the necessity of referring minors to Child Psychiatry services
• reach out to children and teenagers with mental health problems
• organize and present autonomous scientific work

Unit 1: Introduction to Child Psychiatry: definition, historical development, the subject of Child Psychiatry, the normal and the pathological in the mental health of the child, Interdisciplinary psychosocial Team

Unit 2: Diagnostic assessment, classification in Child Psychiatry: Child Psychiatry examination, Play, Painting, classification in child psychiatry

Unit 3: Neurodevelopmental Disorders I: Speech and language disorders and psychological effects, Specific Developmental Disorders of Motor Function, Written word, learning disorders Developmental Issues of Children with Chronic Conditions & Therapies: (Prematurity, Prenatal effects, Chromosomal and Genetic Disorders, Metabolic Disorders, Infections, Neurological problems, Sensory Deprivation, Other)

Unit 4: Neurodevelopmental Disorders II: Learning disability, Autistic spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Unit 5: Psychosomatic disorders of childhood: Psychosomatic problems, eating disorders (anorexia – bulimia), sleep disorders

Unit 6: Anxiety-phobic disorders- obsessive-compulsive disorder : Anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder,  childhood fears – School phobia, selective mutism, obsessive-compulsive disorder

Unit 7: Emotional disorders: Depression, dysthymia, suicidal behavior in children and adolescents, self-harm in adolescence

Unit 8 : Childhood Psychoses: Childhood Psychoses – Childhood Schizophrenia, Autism and Schizophrenia

Unit 9: Behavioral disorders: Excretory disorders. Clamp control, Myospasms (tics), Tourette syndrome

Unit 10: Addictive behaviors: Smoking, alcohol, Gaming Disorder, Internet addiction effects on the daily life of children and adolescents – Prevention-Ways of Treatment

Unit 11: Conduct disorders: Conduct disorders and therapeutic interventions, Bullying and Cyberbullying in Greece – Ways to prevent and treat

Unit 12: Forensic Child Psychiatry: Emergencies in Child Psychiatry, Abuse – Neglect-Abuse Prevention and therapeutic interventions, Psychosocial Problems, Issues of custody and parental responsibility

Unit 13: Prevention and treatment: Basic principles of prevention in the mental health of children and adolescents, Hospitalization, Day Hospital, Community Child Psychiatry, Pharmacotherapy: Antidepressants, Neuroleptics, Amphetamine derivatives, Psychotherapies

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