Psychiatry and Mental Health

Code:

MI504

Acronym:

PSM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2013/2014 - SP

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Departamento de Neurociências Clínicas e Saúde Mental
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	292	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina 2007	5	-	5	54	135
		Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	5	-	5	54	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

We consider a priority in the Medical curriculum the presence of a study area covering the assessment of abnormal behavior and emotional / afective pathology as well as the skills for diagnosing and treating mental disorders. Other objective would be the learning of the somatic expression of psychiatric illness and psychological reaction of serious somatic disorders in a holistic approach to human suffering. Learnig will be made through seminars, open to discussion, supervised clinical sessions next to the patient and the elaboration of a short monography where the basic skills in Clinical Psychiatry will be tought. The existence of the practical sessions through the wards and the emergency service, together with the theoretical-practical discussion, allows the student to acquire a general attitude to considering the patient as a totally integrated psychosomatic being and anticipating a specific overall view of an individual patient integrating the psychosocial assessment in the sense of true Modern Medicine.

Learning outcomes and competences

From 9:00 to 10:30 h = theoretical sessions - 1.5 hours. Between 11:00 and 13:00 h the students attend theoretical-practical seminar - 2.00 hours. From 14:00h to 18:00h the students participate in a practical sessions – 4.00 hours.

Working method

Presencial

Program

In the practical sessions, presentations and clinical discussions of in-ward and out-patient as well as patients from the day hospital and emergency room are made with active participation, “residence type”. The thematic contents of the lecturers and seminars are:
Causality in Psychiatry. Psychiatric semiology. Doctor-patient relationship in Psychiatry. Complementary exams of a psychological nature: psychometrical tests and assessment scales; of somatic nature: biochemistry, endocrinology, neurophysiology and neuroimaging. Anxiety disturbances (phobic-anxiety, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, reaction to serious stress, adjustment and dissociate behaviour). Humour disturbances (affective). Schizophrenia, Schizotype  and delusion disturbances. Personality disturbances. The psychosomatic perspective in Medicine. The somatoform disturbances and their importance in general practice. Mental disturbances and current behaviour of psychoactive substances (alcohol - illicit substances). The non-chemical dependencies: disturbances of habits and impulses. Drug abuse and rehabilitation. Alimentary behaviour disturbances - nervous anorexia and bulimia. Human sexual behavior. Sexual dysfunction, disturbances of sexual identity, of sexual preferences and of behavior associated with the development and sexual orientations. The paraphilias. Organic mental disturbances (delirium, insanity, mental disturbances and other cognitive disturbances). The symptomatic and toxic disturbances in general. Clinic psychopharmacology; The new therapeutic orientations in Psychiatry. Psychosocial aspects of human aging. Psychogeriatrics. Community psychiatry. Psychiatric rehabilitation and day-hospital. Forensic Psychiatry. Mental health and compulsive internment, Law no. 36 of 24.07.98.

Mandatory literature

Vallejo Ruiloba J.; Introducción a la Psicopatología y la Psiquiatría, Masson, 2011
OMS; Classificação dos Transtornos Mentais e de Comportamento da CID-10,, Artes Médicas, 1993
APA; DMS-5 -Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, American Psychiatric Association, 2013
Cowen P, Harrison P, Burns; Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, Oxford University Press, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

From 9:00 to 10:30 h = theoretical sessions - 1.5 hours. Between 11:00 h and 13.00 h the students attend a theoretical-practical seminar - 2.00 hours. From 14:00 to 18:00 the students participate in  a practical seminar – 4.00 hours.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

From 9:00 to 10:30 h = theoretical sessions - 1.5 hours. Between 11:00 h and 13.00 h the students attend a theoretical-practical seminar - 2.00 hours. From 14:00 to 18:00 the students participate in  a practical seminar – 4.00 hours.

Calculation formula of final grade

Objective assessment (multiple choice test). Values higher than 17.5 may demand an oral examination, unless the students don't want grade improvement (in this case the student will have 18 = 17.5). Presence and pontuality of the student will be taken into account.
Requirement to attend classes, seminars and consultations is in accordance to the Falculty of Medicine, UPorto.

Examinations or Special Assignments

N.A.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

N.A.

Classification improvement

In accordance to the Faculty of Medicine, UPorto

Observations

BIBLIOGRAPHY
OMS; Classificação dos Transtornos Mentais e de Comportamento da CID-10, Artes Médicas, 1993.
APA; DSM-5 - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
Cowen P, Harrison P, Burns T. Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, Oxford University Press, 2012.
Vallejo Ruiloba, J. Introducción a la Psicopatología y la Psiquiatría, Masson 2011.