Psychiatric disorders in the elderly- Dementia, Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia
| Title | Ψυχιατρικές διαταραχές στην τρίτη ηλικία-Γεροντική άνοια, άνοια τύπου Alzeimer και άλλες άνοιες / Psychiatric disorders in the elderly- Dementia, Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia |
| Code | ΤΙΓΑ04 |
| Faculty | Health Sciences |
| School | Medicine |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Theodora Papamitsou |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600022438 |
Programme of Study: DiPMS Efarmosménī Gerontología kai Gīriatrikī (2022-sīmera)
Registered students: 30
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600261395
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Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600261395
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=17401
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
• Assess the most common disorders in older populations, such as depression, anxiety disorders, and psychosis.
• To understand the clinical expression of psychiatric disorders in old age.
• Understand the comorbidity between different psychiatric disorders.
• Recognize the symptomatology of mental disorders in the elderly without dementia, cognitive function, and dementia, as well as the latest data on dementia of the Alzheimer type and other dementias in the elderly.
• To understand comorbidity with physical disorders.
• To describe concepts such as cerebral neurodegeneration, cerebrovascular disease, and psychosocial risk factors.
• Categorize consequences that include social deprivation, poor quality of life, cognitive decline, disability, increased risk for physical disorders, suicides, and increased non-suicide mortality.
General Competences
- Make decisions
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. MENTAL DISORDERS IN THE ELDERLY
2. ALZHEIMER'S MENTALITY AND OTHER MENTALITIES
3. INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHIATRY
4. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS
5. PARKINSON'S DISEASE, NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 40 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 40 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 50 | ||||
| Exams | 30 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 160 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
1. Gerhardt, Sara, and M. Hasan Mohajeri. "Changes of colonic bacterial composition in Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases." Nutrients 10.6 (2018): 708.
2. Goldstein, G. (1984). Neuropsychological assessment of psychiatric patients. Advances in clinical neuropsychology, 1, 55-87.
3. Cusimano, Christophe. Language and Neurology: Alzheimer's Disease. John Wiley & Sons, 2021.
4. Trollor, J. N., Anderson, T. M., Sachdev, P. S., Brodaty, H., & Andrews, G. (2007). Prevalence of mental disorders in the elderly: the Australian National Mental Health and Well-Being Survey. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(6), 455-466.
5. Gum, A., & Areán, P. A. (2004). Current status of psychotherapy for mental disorders in the elderly. Current Psychiatry Reports, 6(1), 32-38.
Last Update
03-01-2024
