Teaching - UniCamillus

Nursing in psychiatry and mental health (objectives)

Aim of the Teaching is to:
• Define Mental Health by contextualizing it in the national and European scenario.
• Describe the historical evolution of theoretical models, laws and the organization of psychiatric care
• Describe the historical evolution of theoretical models, laws and the organisation of psychiatric care
• Recognize drug therapies - drugs and their expected and unwanted effects
• Describe the most current theoretical guidelines in psychiatry and the interpretive models of psy-chic suffering
• Describe the main psychopathological frameworks, including problems of pathological addiction and the most frequently used drugs (indications, side effects, toxicity)
• Identify the clinical aspects that affect the phases of the patient's care diagnostic pathway (PDTA) (reception, care, treatment/planning, discharge/follow-up)
• Outline the legislative, ethical and ethical aspects and health policy guidelines on mental health
• Recognize the need to activate and involve the patient's socio-affective network in the care pro-ject also through therapeutic and rehabilitative education programs
• provide the fundamentals of psychopathology and the history of psychiatry and a basic knowledge of pathophysiology, the clinic, the nosographic classification and the treatment of the main psy-chiatric disorders. An overview of the organization of territorial psychiatric assistance will also be provided.
• Provide the acquisition of systematic and up-to-date knowledge in different sectors of the biologi-cal (molecular, metabolic, physiological) and clinical (neurological, psychiatric, neurobiological) disciplines, and of the anthropological, epistemological and ethical disciplines fundamental for the understanding of the cultural and deontological dimension of interventions for the promotion, maintenance and recovery of health and well-being conditions within public and private institu-tions for individuals at all stages life span.
• Provide an overview of the knowledge in clinical psychology useful in nursing work with populations suffering from or at risk for the onset of psychopathological conditions.
• Provide theoretical and practical knowledge for setting up and managing the therapeutic relationship
• Illustrate the main psychological assessment and intervention tools that the student will be able to deepen and develop in his professional practice
• Stimulate the student's ability to periodically update his knowledge relating to the topics covered in the module.

Code

90285

Language

ENG

Type of certificate

Profit certificate

Module: Clinical psychology (objectives)

Aim of the Teaching is to:
• Define Mental Health by contextualizing it in the national and European scenario.
• Describe the historical evolution of theoretical models, laws and the organization of psychiatric care
• Learn the basics of relational dynamics in nursing care, related to the mentally ill and their living environment, to plan and be responsible for nursing care.
• Describe the tools necessary for informed management of the communicative-relational aspects in the relationship with the patient, with the family and with the healing team.
• Describe the historical evolution of theoretical models, laws and the organisation of psychiatric care
• Recognize drug therapies - drugs and their expected and unwanted effects
• Describe the most current theoretical guidelines in psychiatry and clinical psychology (neurobiological, psychodynamic, social, etc.) and the interpretive models of psychic suffering
• Recognize psychic suffering in disease histories
• Identify the main defence mechanisms
• Identify care strategies and management methodologies (assessment tools, no restraint approaches, etc.) can be adopted to cope with the person's mental suffering (aggression, resistance to therapeutic treatments, etc.)
• Describe the main psychopathological frameworks, including problems of pathological addiction and the most frequently used drugs (indications, side effects, toxicity)
• Identify the clinical aspects that affect the phases of the patient's care diagnostic pathway (PDTA) (reception, care, treatment/planning, discharge/follow-up)
• Outline the legislative, ethical and ethical aspects and health policy guidelines on mental health
• Recognize the need to activate and involve the patient's socio-affective network in the care project also through therapeutic and rehabilitative education programs
• provide the fundamentals of psychopathology and the history of psychiatry and a basic knowledge of pathophysiology, the clinic, the nosographic classification and the treatment of the main psychiatric disorders. An overview of the organization of territorial psychiatric assistance will also be provided.
• Provide the acquisition of systematic and up-to-date knowledge in different sectors of the psychological disciplines, as well as the biological (molecular, metabolic, physiological) and clinical (neurological, psychiatric, neurobiological) ones, that are the basis of knowledge on psychic processes, and of the anthropological, epistemological and ethical disciplines fundamental for the understanding of the cultural and deontological dimension of interventions for the promotion, maintenance and recovery of health and well-being conditions within public and private institutions for individuals at all stages life span.
• provide the acquisition of operational and applicative skills, including psychodiagnostic and psychological counseling for people suffering from physical and mental, cognitive and emotional disorders, but also of updated tools for communication and information management, experience and professional skills in the field of direct services to individuals, groups, organizations and communities in the specific area of competence and for the exchange of general information.

Language

ENG

Type of certificate

Profit certificate

Credits

Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code

M-PSI/08

Contact Hours

Type of Activity

Core compulsory activities

Teacher	Rogier Guyonne (syllabus) The teaching contents will be divided into the following teaching units: • The relationship, communication and therapeutic alliance • Burn-out, emotional regulation, interpersonal resources in the nurse • Suicidality and others-directed aggression: evaluation and intervention • Tools to promote the patient's ability to manage stress and social skills • Overview of psychosocial interventions in acute care • Introduction to motivational interviewing • The trauma-informed approach (reference books) The fundamental contents will be provided in the material made available by the teacher during the course. For students who want to deepen these contents, the reading of the following book’s chapters is recommended: • Stuart, G.W. (2013). Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing. 10th edition. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN: 9780323082648. (Chapters 2 and 6) • Halter, M.J. (2022). Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, 9th Edition. Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-323-69707-1 (Chapters 8, 9, 25 and 27) • Harrison, M., Howard, D., Mitchell, D. (2004). Acute Mental Health Nursing: From Acute Concerns to the Capable Practitioner. Sage: London. (Chapter 10)
Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities	From to
Delivery mode	Traditional
Attendance	not mandatory
Evaluation methods	Written test Oral exam

Module: Nursing sciences – nursing in psychiatry and mental health (objectives)

Aim of the Teaching is to:
• Define Mental Health by contextualizing it in the national and European scenario.
• Describe the historical evolution of theoretical models, laws and the organization of psychiatric care
• Learn the basics of relational dynamics in nursing care, related to the mentally ill and their living environment, to plan and be responsible for nursing care.
• Describe the tools necessary for informed management of the communicative-relational aspects in the relationship with the patient, with the family and with the healing team.
• Describe the historical evolution of theoretical models, laws and the organisation of psychiatric care
• Recognize drug therapies - drugs and their expected and unwanted effects
• Describe the most current theoretical guidelines in psychiatry and clinical psychology (neurobiological, psychodynamic, social, etc.) and the interpretive models of psychic suffering
• Recognize psychic suffering in disease histories
• Identify the main defence mechanisms
• Identify care strategies and management methodologies (assessment tools, no restraint approaches, etc.) can be adopted to cope with the person's mental suffering (aggression, resistance to therapeutic treatments, etc.)
• Describe the main psychopathological frameworks, including problems of pathological addiction and the most frequently used drugs (indications, side effects, toxicity)
• Identify the clinical aspects that affect the phases of the patient's care diagnostic pathway (PDTA) (reception, care, treatment/planning, discharge/follow-up)
• Outline the legislative, ethical and ethical aspects and health policy guidelines on mental health
• Recognize the need to activate and involve the patient's socio-affective network in the care project also through therapeutic and rehabilitative education programs
• provide the fundamentals of psychopathology and the history of psychiatry and a basic knowledge of pathophysiology, the clinic, the nosographic classification and the treatment of the main psychiatric disorders. An overview of the organization of territorial psychiatric assistance will also be provided.
• Provide the acquisition of systematic and up-to-date knowledge in different sectors of the psychological disciplines, as well as the biological (molecular, metabolic, physiological) and clinical (neurological, psychiatric, neurobiological) ones, that are the basis of knowledge on psychic processes, and of the anthropological, epistemological and ethical disciplines fundamental for the understanding of the cultural and deontological dimension of interventions for the promotion, maintenance and recovery of health and well-being conditions within public and private institutions for individuals at all stages life span.
• provide the acquisition of operational and applicative skills, including psychodiagnostic and psychological counseling for people suffering from physical and mental, cognitive and emotional disorders, but also of updated tools for communication and information management, experience and professional skills in the field of direct services to individuals, groups, organizations and communities in the specific area of competence and for the exchange of general information.

Language

ENG

Type of certificate

Profit certificate

Credits

Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code

MED/45

Contact Hours

Type of Activity

Core compulsory activities

Teacher	Apuzzo Luigi (syllabus) • Elements of the history of psychiatry: the laws of psychiatric care, the organization of assistance from the asylum to the Department of Mental Health • Organization of services and legislation in psychiatry, law 180/78, compulsory health procedure - TSO • Theoretical guidelines in the psychiatric field and models of mental illness. • Prevention in the area of mental health, the culture of "healing" and resilience. • Defence mechanisms and psychological reactions to the disease • Psychosomatics and the biopsychosocial model of disease • The main psychopathological frameworks • Pharmacological therapies - drugs and their expected and undesirable effects - cardiometabolic risk • Psychotherapeutic approaches (different settings and methodologies) • Pathological dependencies and comobility - principles of nursing care - rehabilitation in the field of mental health - models of intervention The reception and the first contact with the patient in the different structures of the DSM , hospital psychiatric wards "open door" and "no restraint") • The patient's take-up in the multi-professional team, case management, care planning, home in-tervention, integrated profile of care • The relationship with the patient and his family • Counseling and psychotherapy • Basic Communication Skills and Help Report: Definition and Psychological Concepts of Reference • Therapeutic Education to the Psychiatric Patient and His Family; Medication administration (rela-tional aspects, adverse effects management) (reference books) • Keltner, N.L., Steele, D. (2018). Psychiatric Nursing. Mosby, 8 edizione. • T. Heather Herdman, S. Kamitsuru, C.T. Lopes. Nanda International, Inc. Diagnosi Infermieristiche, Definizioni e Classificazione 2021 – 2023. Dodicesima edizione (trad. italiana a cura di L.A. Rigon). Casa Editrice Ambrosiana • Barelli B, Spagnolli E. Nursing di Salute Mentale. Carocci Faber Editore. • Raucci V, Spaccapeli G. Fondamenti di Infermieristica in Salute Mentale. Maggioli Editore • Teaching materials provided by the lecturer
Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities	From to
Delivery mode	Traditional
Attendance	not mandatory
Evaluation methods	Written test Oral exam

Module: Psychiatry (objectives)

Aim of the Teaching is to:
• Define Mental Health by contextualizing it in the national and European scenario.
• Describe the historical evolution of theoretical models, laws and the organization of psychiatric care
• Learn the basics of relational dynamics in nursing care, related to the mentally ill and their living environment, to plan and be responsible for nursing care.
• Describe the tools necessary for informed management of the communicative-relational aspects in the relationship with the patient, with the family and with the healing team.
• Describe the historical evolution of theoretical models, laws and the organisation of psychiatric care
• Recognize drug therapies - drugs and their expected and unwanted effects
• Describe the most current theoretical guidelines in psychiatry and clinical psychology (neurobiological, psychodynamic, social, etc.) and the interpretive models of psychic suffering
• Recognize psychic suffering in disease histories
• Identify the main defence mechanisms
• Identify care strategies and management methodologies (assessment tools, no restraint approaches, etc.) can be adopted to cope with the person's mental suffering (aggression, resistance to therapeutic treatments, etc.)
• Describe the main psychopathological frameworks, including problems of pathological addiction and the most frequently used drugs (indications, side effects, toxicity)
• Identify the clinical aspects that affect the phases of the patient's care diagnostic pathway (PDTA) (reception, care, treatment/planning, discharge/follow-up)
• Outline the legislative, ethical and ethical aspects and health policy guidelines on mental health
• Recognize the need to activate and involve the patient's socio-affective network in the care project also through therapeutic and rehabilitative education programs
• provide the fundamentals of psychopathology and the history of psychiatry and a basic knowledge of pathophysiology, the clinic, the nosographic classification and the treatment of the main psychiatric disorders. An overview of the organization of territorial psychiatric assistance will also be provided.
• Provide the acquisition of systematic and up-to-date knowledge in different sectors of the psychological disciplines, as well as the biological (molecular, metabolic, physiological) and clinical (neurological, psychiatric, neurobiological) ones, that are the basis of knowledge on psychic processes, and of the anthropological, epistemological and ethical disciplines fundamental for the understanding of the cultural and deontological dimension of interventions for the promotion, maintenance and recovery of health and well-being conditions within public and private institutions for individuals at all stages life span.
• provide the acquisition of operational and applicative skills, including psychodiagnostic and psychological counseling for people suffering from physical and mental, cognitive and emotional disorders, but also of updated tools for communication and information management, experience and professional skills in the field of direct services to individuals, groups, organizations and communities in the specific area of competence and for the exchange of general information.

Language

ENG

Type of certificate

Profit certificate

Credits

Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code

MED/25

Contact Hours

Type of Activity

Core compulsory activities

Teacher	Chiappini Stefania (syllabus) • Introduction to psychiatry • Notes on history of psychiatry • Elements of psychopathology • The main psychiatric disorders: • Schizophrenia • Mood disorders • Anxiety disorders • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder • Disorders associated with traumatic or stressful events • Personality disorders • Hysteria and disorders with somatic symptoms • Eating disorders • Substance Use Disorder and Behavioral Addictions • Treatments in psychiatry: • Principles of psychopharmacology • Main psychotherapeutic guidelines • Legislation and organization of territorial psychiatric assistance (reference books) • Ahuja, N. (2011). A short textbook of psychiatry : 20th year edition. Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub; 7° edizione • Giovanni Martinotti. (2023). Handbook of psychopathology. Fila 37 Editore, EAN: 9788899235222, ISBN: 8899235228 • Teaching materials provided by the lecturer.
Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities	From to
Delivery mode	Traditional
Attendance	not mandatory
Evaluation methods	Written test Oral exam