Biological psychiatry (biological models of mental illness, basic and clinical psychopharmacology and other biological therapies)
| Title | Βιολογική ψυχιατρική (βιολογικά μοντέλα της ψυχικής νόσου, βασική και κλινική ψυχοφαρμακολογία και άλλες βιολογικές θεραπείες) / Biological psychiatry (biological models of mental illness, basic and clinical psychopharmacology and other biological therapies) |
| Code | ΙΜΨ003 |
| Faculty | Health Sciences |
| School | Medicine |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Konstantinos Fountoulakis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600018954 |
Programme of Study: PPS Clinical Mental Health
Registered students: 77
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Compulsory Course | 1 | 1 | 7.5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600290039
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Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600290039
- eLearning:
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
degree related to mental health
Learning Outcomes
Students are expected that, within this course, they will:
• Be able to better understand the biological dimension of mental disorders
• Know the advantages and limitations of the biological therapeutic approach
• be able to design in basic terms the psychopharmacological treatment for mental disorders
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Generate new research ideas
- Be critical and self-critical
Course Content (Syllabus)
The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge of the neuro-psychobiology and psychophysiology that underlie normal mental life and human behavior as well as the biological models and biological theories that have been formulated to understand mental disorders. Subsequently, both basic and clinical psychopharmacology and pharmacotherapy will be taught with an emphasis on therapeutic guidelines both in terms of their development and their clinical utility and application. The different classes of psychopharmacological substances, their pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties and their place in psychiatric therapy will be taught in detail, especially in relation to the proposed biological models of the various mental disorders. Special emphasis will be given to the analysis of side effects as well as to the methods of their treatment. In addition to the psychopharmacotherapeutic approach, other non-pharmacological biological therapies such as electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation and others will be taught.
Keywords
biological psychiatry, neurobiology, psychopharmacology
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 150 | 5.8 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 40 | 1.5 | |||
| Tutorial | 5 | 0.2 | |||
| Exams | |||||
| Total | 195 | 7.5 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Το Νευρωνικό δίκτυο του ανθρώπου: Πως λειτουργεί ο εγκέφαλος ISBN: 978-618-5288-52-5 κεφ 2-19
Ψυχοβιολογία της Συμπεριφοράς ISBN. 9786185288334 κεφ 1, 3, 5-9, 12, 13
Ψυχιατρική: Από τις ιστορικές και φιλοσοφικές ρίζες στο σύγχρονο πρόσωπο κεφ. 10, 11, 16, 18
Additional bibliography for study
Εγχειρίδιο Κλινικής Ψυχιατρικής Sadock, Kaplan (Μετάφραση: Παπαδημητρίου Γ) Εκδόσεις Λίτσας 2007 ISBN: 978-960-372-115-4
Last Update
28-12-2023
