Introduction to Psychiatry and Psychopathology of Aging

Code: CMS14660O

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours

Scientific Area: Health Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: E-learning

Presentation

The aim of this course is to develop knowledge about psychopathological aging, with particular focus on the most common mental disorders at this stage of the life cycle.

Sustainable Development Goals

Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

1. To know the changes to normal psychological aging through mental state exam
2. To know psychopathological aging risk factors
3. To know the aging associated mental pathologies, as well as the particularities of each clinical manifestation
4. To know the diagnostic criteria of the most common psychopathological syndromes in the elderly
Competences:
Distinguish and apply criteria of psychological signs and symptoms associated with aging in the study and discussion of cases.

1. Mental state exam of elderly people
1.1. Normative and pathologic changes
2. Psychopathology of the elderly
2.1.Depressive disorders
2.2.Anxiety disorders
2.3.Sleep disorders
2.4. Late onset psychoses

Teaching Methods

The syllabus is approached from the perspective of aging process interpretation and associated mental pathologies, through exposition/reflection, as well as through the analysis of clinical cases. In addition to individual exercises, it is proposed to develop group work around the syllabus. The assessment comprises: individual exercises (60%); group work (40%).