Learning outcomes

1. Describe the main genetic, sexual, age, lifestyle, environmental, social, economic, psychological and cultural factors that may modify the therapeutic and toxic response of a drug.
2. Gather and communicate the data on the pharmacological anamnesis.
3. Define the concept of drug interaction and know the main mechanisms of interactions between drugs and between drugs and other substances (food, toxic habits, medicinal plants) and diagnostic tests.
4. Describe the main mechanisms of toxicity involved in adverse reactions to drugs.
5. Identify the role of drugs in current and future therapy.
6. Describe the concept of risk-benefit in medical therapy.
7. Inform patients of their treatment plan.
8. Use manual methods and new information search technologies.
9. Maintain and sharpen one's professional competence, in particular by independently learning new material and techniques and by focusing on quality.
10. Demonstrate, in professional activity, a perspective that is critical, creative and research-oriented.
11. Formulate hypotheses and compile and critically assess information for problem-solving, using the scientific method.
12. Communicate clearly, orally and in writing, with other professionals and the media.
13. Use information and communication technologies in professional practice.
14. Describe the epidemiology in paedopsychiatry and psychogeriatrics.
15. Account for the relationship between psychology and the immune system.
16. Identify adaptive and non-adaptive lifestyles for physical and mental health.
17. Explain multidisciplinary intervention in the field of mental health.
18. Define the basic features of nursing intervention in paedopsychiatry and psychogeriatrics.
19. Describe social and family intervention in paedopsychiatry and psychogeriatrics.
20. Distinguish resource use in paedopsychiatry and psychogeriatrics.
21. Cite the major neural mechanisms of anxiety, depression, brain ageing and dementia, schizophrenia, aggressive behaviour and addictive behaviour.
22. Recognise the main neural and endocrine stress mechanisms.
23. Identify the biological, psychological and social mechanisms of mental disorders in childhood/adolescence, adulthood and old age, and aggressive behaviour, addictive habits and anomalies in sexual behaviour.
24. Describe harmful stress: concept, causes, mechanisms and short- and long-term effects.
25. Describe the influence of the group and circumstances on an individual's behaviour.
26. Describe the emotional and affective disorders of childhood, adolescence and old age.
27. Explain the emotional disorders of childhood, adolescence and old age.
28. Recognise the clinical manifestation of affective disorders and anxiety disorders.
29. Describe stress: concept, causes, mechanisms and short- and long-term effects.
30. Know the methods of dose adjustment and calculate the dosage of drugs in different physiological and pathological conditions.
31. Distinguish between sound diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and those that are speculative or misleading.
32. Attend to research in various areas of mental health: Social psychology, addictions, ageing, child and adolescent psychiatry, neuropsychology, neuro-imaging techniques and alternative therapies.
33. Map out the information to be compiled in a process of medical, psychological and psychiatric assessment.
34. Set up a medical record that integrates the information needed in psychological and psychiatric assessment.
35. Perform a cursory physical examination suited to the patient's age, gender and ethnocultural origin.
36. Explain the process for conducting an assessment in the field of mental health.
37. Integrate information obtained through various methods and techniques to develop a diagnosis and a strategy for action in the field of child and adolescent mental health and ageing.
38. Recognise situations of aggressive behaviour risk in a medical context.
39. Make a diagnosis, formulate a prognosis and design a therapeutic alternative in the areas of paedopsychiatry and psychogeriatrics based on scientific knowledge, considering different sources of information and integrating the various related disciplines.
40. Describe psychotherapeutic strategies for doctors.
41. Detail the alternative therapies indicated in the main acute and chronic processes in mental health.
42. Prepare action plans for psychiatric emergencies in paedopsychiatry and psychogeriatrics.
43. Argue for and detail specific preventive measures in the area of physical and mental health at different stages in life.
44. Understand the role of active listening in the clinical interview.
45. Use scientifically sound clinical and biomedical information sources.
46. Develop reasoned and critical science-based argument in the field of mental health.
47. Assess the participation of several professionals in professional practice, in any context.
48. Explain the process for conducting a diagnostic assessment in the field of children's mental health and mental health in old age.