| Objective Objectives/Desired Results: |
The purpose of the course is to acquaint medical students with the recognition, understanding and treatment of mental pathology in children and adolescents.
The course begins with a description of the subject of Child Psychiatry and the operation of the Child Psychiatry team. The diagnostic assessment of the child, the use of play and painting as diagnostic tools and the classification of childhood mental disorders are described. Clinical entities are listed according to the latest taxonomic principles and are divided into neuro-developmental, psychosomatic, emotional and behavioral disorders. The clinical picture, epidemiology data, etiology, prognosis and treatment methods are given. The interdependence and interaction of the biological, psychological and psychosocial causes for the manifestation of each disorder is emphasized. Finally, the child psychiatric service structures and the preventive and therapeutic interventions they provide are described, with particular reference to psychotherapies and pharmacotherapy. The main purpose of the educational subject is to recognize the mental disorders of childhood and adolescence and to become familiar with the way child psychiatrists work. At the end of the training medical students will be able to recognize the basic clinical pictures of child and adolescent psychopathology and the necessity of referring children to child psychiatric services.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
uses acquired knowledge to:
- to recognize the basic clinical pictures of child and adolescent psychopathology
- to use his knowledge to recognize and differentially diagnose the main mental disorders of children and adolescents.
- to know and be familiar with the way Child Psychiatrists work and to recognize the necessity of referring minors to Child Psychiatry services
- to approach children and adolescents with mental health problems to organize and present independent scientific work
General Skills
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information
Autonomous work
Work in an interdisciplinary environment
Generating new research ideas
Respect for diversity and multiculturalism
Demonstrating social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking |
| Course Description: |
Unit 1: Introduction to Child Psychiatry: definition, historical development, the object of Child Psychiatry, the normal and the pathological in the child's mental health, Interdisciplinary P/ps Group
Unit 2: Diagnostic assessment, classification in Child psychiatry: Child psychiatry examination, the Game, Drawing, classification in child psychiatry
Module 3: Neurodevelopmental Disorders I: Speech and Language Disorders and Psychological Effects, Specific Developmental Disorders of Motor Function, Written Language, Learning Disorders Developmental Issues of Children with Chronic Conditions & Treatments: (Prematurity, Prenatal Effects, Chromosomal and Genetic Disorders, Metabolic Disorders, Infections, Neurological Problems, Sensory Deprivation, Other)
Module 4: Neurodevelopmental Disorders II: Mental Retardation, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Unit 5: Psychosomatic disorders of childhood: Psychosomatic problems, eating disorders (anorexia – bulimia), sleep disorders, the child facing illness
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, Muscle spasms (tics), Tourettesyndrome
Unit 10: Addictive behaviors: Smoking, alcohol, GamingDisorder, Internet addiction effects on the daily life of children and adolescents – Prevention-Methods of Treatment
Unit 11: Behavioral Disorders: Behavioral Disorders and therapeutic interventions, Bullying and Cyberbullying in Greece – Ways of prevention and treatment
Unit 12: Forensic Child Psychiatry: Emergencies in Child Psychiatry, Abuse - Neglect-Abuse Prevention and Therapeutic Interventions, Psychosocial Issues, Custody and Parenting Issues
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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