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Course: 2025/2026

Introduction to psychiatric disorders and mental illness
(19781)
Bachelor in Neuroscience (Plan: 517 - Estudio: 389)


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Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

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Learning Outcomes
K11: Knows the causes and mechanisms of diseases of the nervous system and mental disorders, their characteristics, symptomatology and diagnosis, as well as approaches to prevention and treatment. S5: Appropriately uses the scientific and technical vocabulary of the different subfields within Neuroscience. S6: Has an understanding of the biological bases of pathologies of the nervous system, as well as the biological and socio-economic effects these pathologies have on the lives of people who suffer from them. C1: Apply knowledge about the biological basis of Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders and their effects to the development of improved diagnostics and treatments. C3: Apply knowledge about technologies for the study of the Nervous System and the brain (Medical Imaging, brain-machine interfaces) to develop new systems for diagnosis and treatment, as well as and other applications within Neuroscience (Artificial Intelligence, Robotics) with the aims of improving the quality of life and furthering social progress. C5: Apply your neuroscience knowledge in a unifying and integrated fashion as part of a multidisciplinary team (pharmaceutical sector, health industry, diagnostic techniques, health information technologies, government agencies and regulatory bodies. C6: Apply the results of your comprehensive training to your everyday professional activities, combining Neuroscience knowledge with a solid foundation of ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights, diversity and democratic values. C7: Apply the scientific and technical principles you acquired during your undergraduate training, together with your own natural learning capabilities, to better adapt to novel opportunities arising from scientific and technological development.
Description of contents: programme
1. Organic mental disorders 2. Mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of psychotropic substances 3. Schizophrenia, schizotypal disorders and delusional disorders 4. Mood disorders, affective disorders 5. Neurotic disorders, stress-related disorders and somatoform disorders 6. Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors 7. Personality and behavioural disorders in adults 8. Mental Retardation and Developmental Psychological Disorders 9. Emotional and behavioural disorders that commonly occur in childhood or adolescence.
Learning activities and methodology
Classroom lectures. Face-to-face classes: reduced (workshops, seminars, case studies). Student individual work. Final exam. Seminars and lectures supported by computer and audiovisual aids. Practical learning based on cases and problems, and exercise resolution. Individual and group or cooperative work with the option of oral or written presentation. Individual and group tutorials to resolve doubts and queries about the subject.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination/test 60
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40




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The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.