Print syllabusNeuropsychiatry
General data
| Course ID: | 2500-EN-S-95 |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
14.4
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| Course title: | Neuropsychiatry |
| Name in Polish: | Neuropsychiatry |
| Organizational unit: | Faculty of Psychology |
| Course groups: |
WISP specialization courses for 5 year |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | English |
| Type of course: | elective courses |
| Short description: |
The course is aimed to provide students with knowledge about neuropsychological and neurobiological aspects of mental illnesses. |
| Full description: |
During the course the neuropsychological profile of various neuropsychiatric disorders will be discussed. Given the current state of knowledge the following topics will be reviewed: Etiology of cognitive deficits in various neuropsychiatric disorders Relationship between cognitive deficits and psychopathological symptoms observed in patients Impact of cognitive deficits on functional outcome and quality of life of patients Cognitive remediation in neuropsychiatric disorders |
| Bibliography: |
1. Why is it important to have neuropsychological knowledge even if you don’t wear scrubs? 2-3. Neurobiological underpinnings of schizophrenia. (2) Haller, C.S., Padmanabhan, J.L., Lizano, P.2., Torous, J.2., Keshavan, M. (2014). Recent advances in understanding schizophrenia. F1000Prime Rep, 6:57-68. Keefe, R.S., Harvey, P.D. (2014) Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia, Handb Exp Pharmacol, 213: 11-37. (3) Fletcher, P.C., Frith, C.D. (2009). Perceiving is believing: a Bayesian approach to explaining the positive symptoms of schizophrenia. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 10, 48-58 Palmer et al. (2009). What do we know about neuropsychological aspects of schizophrenia? Neuropsychol Rev 19 Anticevic, A., Corlett, P. R. (2012). Cognition-emotion dysinteraction in schizophrenia. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 1–18. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00392 Marcopulos B. Clinical Neuropsychological Foundations of Schizophrenia 4. Prodromal phase of psychosis. (4) Howes, O.D., Murray, R.M. (2014). Schizophrenia: an integrated sociodevelopmental – cognitive model. Lancet, 383: 1677-87. Bora & Murray (2013). Meta-analysis of Cognitive Deficits in Ultra-high Risk to Psychosis and First- Episode Psychosis: Do the Cognitive Deficits Progress Over, or After, the Onset of Psychosis? Schizophr Bull Pantelis et al. (2009). Neurobiological Markers of Illness Onset in Psychosis and Schizophrenia: The Search for a Moving Target. Neuropsychol Rev 5. Alcohol and brain. (5) Oscar-Berman, M., Marinkovic, K. (2007). Alcohol: Effect on Neurobehavioral Functions and the Brain. Neuropsychol Rev. 17: 239-257 Stavro et al. (2012). Widespread and sustained cognitive deficits in alcoholism: a meta-analysis. Addiction Biology Zahr et al. (2012). Contributions of Studies on Alcohol Use Disorders to Understanding Cerebellar Function. Neuropsychl Rev 6. Affective disorders and brain. Keedwell, P., Surguladze, S.A., Phillips, M. (2009). Neuropsychological investigation in mood disorders. In S.J. Wood, N.B. Allen, C. Pantelis (Ed.), The Neuropsychology of Mental Illness (353-364). Cambridge University Press: New York Lagenecker, S.A., Lee, J. Bieliauskas, L.A. (2009). Neuropsychology of Depression and Related Mood Disorders In I.Grant, K.M. Adams (Ed.), Neuropsychological Assessment of Neuropsychiatric and Neuromedical Disorders (523-537) Oxford University Press: New York Fleck, D. et al. (2009). Manic distractibility and processing efficiency in bipolar disorder. In S.J. Wood, N.B. Allen, C. Pantelis (Ed.), The Neuropsychology of Mental Illness Bastos et al. (2013). Neurocognitive changes in depressed patients in psychodynamic psychotherapy, therapy with fluoxetine and combination therapy. J Affective Disorders Buchleim et al. (2012). Changes in Prefrontal-Limbic Function in MajorDepression after 15 Months of Long-Term Psychotherapy. PLOSone 7. Translational neuroscience and psychiatry Billeke, P., Aboitiz, F. (2013). Social cognition in schizophrenia: From social stimuli processing to social engagement. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 4, 1–12. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00004 King-Casas, B., Chiu, P.H. (2012). Understanding Interpersonal Function in Psychiatric Illness Through Multiplayer Economic Games. Biological Psychiatry, 72, 119–125. Hasler, G. (2012). Can the neuroeconomics revolution revolutionize psychiatry? Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 36: 64-78. |
| Learning outcomes: |
Learning outcomes Knowledge about neurobiological underpinnings of mental disorders and cognitive deficits associated with various neuropsychiatric conditions Skills: ability to select adequate methods to assess neuropsychological functioning of patients with various mental disorders, ability to interpret results of cognitive profile as congruent / incongruent with presented psychopathological symptoms. |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Final grade is associated with total number of points scored during the semester and final test. Methods of assessment: short tests (5 questions regarding the obligatory reading) during the classes 2 to 7 (up to 30 points overall) Final test – multiple-answer questions (60% of the test) and openended questions (40 % of the test) – up to 80 points overall Grading scheme: > = 90 – 5 84-89 – 4,5 75-83 – 4 70-74 – 3,5 65-69 – 3 Attendance rules 0 - 1 absences – no excuse required 2 - 3 absences – formal excuse required > 3 absences – course failure |
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