Unit 1 • How the brain works
- Cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem
- The limbic system
- Diseases of the brain and the nervous system
- What is memory?
- What is a headache?
Unit 2 • Mental illness
- Clinical depression, bipolar and panic disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Personality disorders: dissociative identity, obsessive-compulsive personality and paranoia
- Eating disorders
Unit 3 • Caring for the mind
- Deinstitutionalisation: from asylums to community centres
- Deinstitutionalisation around the world
- Mental health services in Italy
Unit 4 • Psychology
- Psychology and psychologies
- Psychoanalysis and developmental theories
- Mental health professionals
- Other mental health care professions
